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Precisely, Ursus. We dont yet know if this talent is available more than a couple of times a year in DL races.Does not appear that he can sustain a full years racing, a shame but that's the body for you.
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But take a step back.....it's not just Max.
Charlie Dobson and Amy Hunt come with similar injury stories. Is it a case of too much too soon with the training. Or another reason? Might be worth some analysis. Are they not all based at Loughboro? Mebbe the Sports scientists there can shed some light?Comment
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Amy Hunt's injury was such a shame, because she was looking really, really good in the early winter season.
As for Ed Faulds, he is back in action. In fact, if you were watching the UK U20 Championships last weekend, Faulds was in the 400m heats (which he won quite comfortably). He'd made his season debut a few days earlier at the Birmingham University meeting (the same meet where Jodie Williams also made her return to action after injury). Faulds didn't run in the 400m final, but he has been named as a member of GB's 4x400m relay squad (which I'm going to write about in the U20/U18 thread) so I think his outing in Bedford was to show that he was fit enough for the relay. -
Ah that's great. I saw he was in the relay squad. His run last year was dreamy!
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Now out of Commonwealths too.Comment
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It seems that twitter active anti vaxers are jumping on Max's DVT diagnosis as evidence that the vaccine causes blood clots.Comment
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It was good to see Max posting pics from his training camp in South Africa on instagram this week. He's looking healthy and happy.Comment
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Does anyone have info on Max? His plans for his opening race of the season?Comment
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The entry lists for the British trials were updated this morning and both Max Burgin and Jake Wightman have gone from "invited" to "accepted". So it looks like they plan to be at the trials in 24 days time.Comment
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Only competed 11 times in 4 complete seasons before this year.
COVID notwithstanding that’s not great and you do wonder whether we’ll ever see the best of this talent.Comment
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carterhatch. Sadly not in Budapest, just sitting on my sofa thoroughly enjoying the World Champs, even the mixed knotweed.
Was somewhat irritated by something that was said on here, so taking a break from the forum.Comment
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Some final words on Max as he bows out of the championships. Did he get it tactically wrong last night? Maybe but he has had success with that tactic at both British trials and U18 championships in the past, this time he just didn't have the fitness/ conditioning to pull it off. He ran 1.44 from the front last year at British trials (and 1.45 this year) so he can at least do much better than the 1.47 last night suggests. His post race interviews suggest he didn't feel great on the 2nd lap. I hope he makes it to a champs with full fitness to at least put his front running ability to the test in a championship setting when he is in good shape, if it doesn't work out in that scenario then maybe its time for a rethink.
There is also a lot of talk about how fragile he is and if he can string a whole championship/ season together, although I appreciate that talk wont go away until he has a full season/ performs consistently, he has had a lot of bad luck. The blood clots for example were not a typical sporting injury. This year it was the Achilles, which they will now get to the bottom of ASAP and shouldn't cause him trouble next year. He also said that he plans to run indoors for the first as he needs more experience racing, which also seems like a good plan.
Finally he is only 21 and he has time on his side. Josh Kerr for example didn't make it out of the heats at his first world championships, and it then took him another two attempts before he got the gold. Jake Wightman didn't make it out of the heats at his first commonwealth games and went to 2 world champs and 1 Olympics before he medalled. So I am optimistic that one day we will see him win a global medal. He definitely has the talent and dedication.Comment
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Nice extended interview with Max. Lots of details on his injury woes, his running tactics, training, the DVT, Budapest and his plans for next year. They are still trying to figure out what the Achilles problem is.
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A good listen. He comes across as an articulate, open and frank lad with some interesting insights. Spoiler alert, if 'fit and in good shape' he would consider running indoors next season, the achilles issue [as MR_ME notes] is ongoing and he has never run a 400m though he'd like to think a 46.xx was in him but hasn't used blocks previously... Cheers for the link.
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Do any of our young 800m runners have the potential to go on and be sub-1.43 runners challenging for global titles. A guy like Ben Pattison will always have a chance of medalling at 1.44 pace, but can he, Burgin, Dustin or any of the others in that emerging group step up further?Comment
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