Episode 647: Trackbeast

So speaking of holding marathon pace to the end, did you see what happened in Berlin? No.

A woman ran world record pace for 25 miles and then injured her Achilles and limped into 2.11. Oh my God.

And was on the way to the hospital for surgery before the podium even happened.

Yeah.

but she had the world record and then it was taken from her by the woman who then tested positive later.

And so this was her bid to get it back.

And she was on pace for like over 24 miles, uh, And again, limped the last mile to two, what, 11.05 or something weird.

Like still crazy fast, but 25 miles on world record pace.

That's insane.

How much of it goes to the conversation of plated shoes and lower leg issues? Do you think it's a classic case of riding the needle for so long? And it just, what do you think? I mean, do you think that's an easy finger to point at? I think

everyone points at it now when there's an Achilles injury.

The shoes do a lot of the lower leg work for you.

I tore my planter that ended my career because I was like, I love these shoes.

Looking back, I ran in them way too much.

Adam and I talk about this too with coaching and what we're doing.

I'm like, you guys got to load the lower legs, load the Achilles and soleus and the planter because...

Yeah.

I mean, there's a reason the shoes are good.

They do a lot of the work for you, but also, you know, physics says that there's a recoil, right? So if your body can't handle that load, that's crazy that she snapped.

I'll have to go find that video that she snapped.

It's a partial tear.

I heard of the Achilles.

She looks like she's, I mean, she wouldn't have finished.

She looked pretty bad.

I mean,