"contrary to my fundamental beliefs as a husband, father and deeply devout Catholic." Well, that settles it - no devout Catholic has never committed a sexual offense.
I love that you respect Kara and empathize with what she's gone through. While some women can be snotty in the elite, upper-crust, white world of distance running, Kara seems normal and down to earth. She's the last woman (along with Des) I'd ever accuse of being fake.
Mar 20, 2023·edited Mar 20, 2023Liked by Kevin Beck
I'll never understand how coaches of elite runners can't seem to understand how fuel partitioning works, especially in women - mediated by hormones, not over-eating/under-exercising once you get below fertility levels of bodyfat. Female bodies prioritize reproductive fitness over muscle repair (not to mention muscle mass), tendon repair, hair growth, etc. Only a moron thinks women's bodies are dumb fat storage machines rather than a "what do I do with this incoming nutrition among its many possible uses" choice architecture mediated by hormones. Just give people exogenous hormones and see how that algorithm changes without any change to the energy balance. But why would I expect a "devout Catholic" coach to understand natural selection pressure or parental investment theory.
"contrary to my fundamental beliefs as a husband, father and deeply devout Catholic." Well, that settles it - no devout Catholic has never committed a sexual offense.
I love that you respect Kara and empathize with what she's gone through. While some women can be snotty in the elite, upper-crust, white world of distance running, Kara seems normal and down to earth. She's the last woman (along with Des) I'd ever accuse of being fake.
I'll never understand how coaches of elite runners can't seem to understand how fuel partitioning works, especially in women - mediated by hormones, not over-eating/under-exercising once you get below fertility levels of bodyfat. Female bodies prioritize reproductive fitness over muscle repair (not to mention muscle mass), tendon repair, hair growth, etc. Only a moron thinks women's bodies are dumb fat storage machines rather than a "what do I do with this incoming nutrition among its many possible uses" choice architecture mediated by hormones. Just give people exogenous hormones and see how that algorithm changes without any change to the energy balance. But why would I expect a "devout Catholic" coach to understand natural selection pressure or parental investment theory.