I guess controversy sells ...
"Track and field is so much more physically demanding ..."
Michael Phelps is not the greatest Olympic athlete in history
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Agreed. There are a lot of shoulders and knees that would disagree with Lindsay.
Actually "that would disagree with the swimming promo literature", I usually roll my eyes every time the promo lit skips over the shoulder issues in swimming.
Which is not to say that the injury rate isn't higher in running, that would be an issue for empirical data rather than debate. During the marathon coverage on CBC the commentators were saying that marathoners generally have at most five or six truly outstanding marathons in their careers before the wear and tear puts them out of contention at the highest levels. Marathons are clearly the extreme case of course.
Agreed. There are a lot of shoulders and knees that would disagree with Lindsay.
Actually "that would disagree with the swimming promo literature", I usually roll my eyes every time the promo lit skips over the shoulder issues in swimming.
Which is not to say that the injury rate isn't higher in running, that would be an issue for empirical data rather than debate. During the marathon coverage on CBC the commentators were saying that marathoners generally have at most five or six truly outstanding marathons in their careers before the wear and tear puts them out of contention at the highest levels. Marathons are clearly the extreme case of course.
