hadukla wrote:
synthetic wrote:
What is the injury? She is just too malnourished to handle the marathonHaglund's deformity.
Why the malnourished comment? I don't see many other elite marathoners looking like triathletes.
They all look Whippet-thin; but I have to agree that Gwen often looks very malnourished in comparison. I think this is because she is much taller than the typical women world class marathoner. She is also taller than the typical MALE world class marathoner. That doesn't mean that tall runners cannot be world class, but there is no doubt that it is not the optimal body type. 126-130 lbs is exceptionally thin at her height of 5' 10". From T&F News in 2005: the top 10 women marathoners average just under 5' 4" and 104.2 lbs.