famous burnouts?

i'm on a local track/xc site and i'm arguing with a guy that says burning out is a myth.

any famous names and stories of burnouts in JH/HS/college that i can use?

i burnout last track season. and i am sure he has heard of my name

theres a girl that used to live by me that burned out. i never knew her though. but i think a 7th grader i know will. shes running a 5k in less than 20 minutes at age 12. its ridiculous.

is the guy clinically stupid or something. any one person can burnout. idk most famous people probably had good coaches to help with their training so they wouldnt burnout.

xc_babe09 wrote:is the guy clinically stupid or something. any one person can burnout. idk most famous people probably had good coaches to help with their training so they wouldnt burnout.

idk like a really good freshman or something that burned out by his sr. year.

or what about that one guy from IL that set a whole lot of records and then sucked once he got to college.

There was a middle school girl that was faster than my times last year and ran more than double the mpw I did. Now shes crap.

not asking for personal stories

alan webb last year, except it wasn't really that big of a burnout
note to alan webb lovers: i'm not hating on him

Girls are way more likely to burnout than guys.

But I guess Matt Withrow had a pretty epic burnout.

A lot of people say burnout is purely mental, too.

David Kletch, basically his whole career has been him screaming "OH GOD I CAN'T DO IT!!!" then crying.

HXC_Runner2012 wrote:Girls are way more likely to burnout than guys.

But I guess Matt Withrow had a pretty epic burnout.

A lot of people say burnout is purely mental, too.

u can burn out physically and mentally

During Bill Bowerman's coaching tenure at Oregon, a two miler who was normally able to run in the 8:30 range burntout physically and was only able to do a 9:00 2 mile. His physical burning out acctually started the pre race resting.

See:

https://runnerstrail.forumakers.com/professional-running-f25/biggest-wastes-of-talent-t915.htm

there is such a thing as overstressing the body through overtraining(usually vo2 intervals, this is the most stressful type of training by far). but in the absence of overtraining I think what people call burnout is often just a person who has become disinterested in or frustrated with running. it can be a very mental thing.

AudienceOfOne wrote:or what about that one guy from IL that set a whole lot of records and then sucked once he got to college.

Matt Withrow?
He didn't suck right away, Freshman year he did pretty good, but yeah for sure a burnout.. at least so far. I know he had some type of injury last year or whatever, but don't know where he went after that.

Webb is kinda one depending on how you want to spin it..he's still fast but he's definitely not as epic now as he was in high school.

i don't think any of us can really think of burnouts because everyone forgets about them once they stop being good...just throwing that out there.

and fyi--if your still going to the olympics i wouldn't consider that a burnout but ehh idk i guess i can see how it could be.

BA_Sadie. wrote:i don't think any of us can really think of burnouts because everyone forgets about them once they stop being good...just throwing that out there.

and fyi--if your still going to the olympics i wouldn't consider that a burnout but ehh idk i guess i can see how it could be.

he's not going to the olympics?

BA_Sadie. wrote:i don't think any of us can really think of burnouts because everyone forgets about them once they stop being good...just throwing that out there.

and fyi--if your still going to the olympics i wouldn't consider that a burnout but ehh idk i guess i can see how it could be.

Again, take a look at this topic:

https://runnerstrail.forumakers.com/professional-running-f25/biggest-wastes-of-talent-t915.htm

They are remembered... in the "distance"... because usually they do have some pretty great achievements before they fade away.

AudienceOfOne wrote:

BA_Sadie. wrote:i don't think any of us can really think of burnouts because everyone forgets about them once they stop being good...just throwing that out there.

and fyi--if your still going to the olympics i wouldn't consider that a burnout but ehh idk i guess i can see how it could be.

he's not going to the olympics?

face palm lol. dk what i was thinking w/e olympic trialssssssssssss.

BA_Sadie. wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:

BA_Sadie. wrote:i don't think any of us can really think of burnouts because everyone forgets about them once they stop being good...just throwing that out there.

and fyi--if your still going to the olympics i wouldn't consider that a burnout but ehh idk i guess i can see how it could be.

he's not going to the olympics?

face palm lol. dk what i was thinking w/e olympic trialssssssssssss.

lol