“There's more to this story, I'm sure. A healthy 9-year-old body
should be resilient enough to withstand a great deal of physical activity. If a
child is regularly denied nourishment and hydration, it would result in a
weakened condition for the child. Before anyone jumps on me about jumping to
conclusions, this is just me trynna figure out how a child of that age could
die from a 3 hour run.”
The above comment by minerva117 on the Huffington Posts coverage
of this event caught my attention. I can
agree with only the first line because I also believe that there is always ‘more
to the story’ than is reported regardless of the subject.
Personally I believe that this individual’s comment was not quite
so well thought out prior to posting it because the overall ignorance of what
is actually required of the body to run for a three hour period [regardless of age]
is brilliantly presented. However, I
decided to actually attempt some form of basic explanation that would fit
within the maximum 250 word count allowed for comments made on the Huffington
Post. The posted comment is as follows:
“One point that comes to my mind after reading this article is
that she was being ‘punished’ for eating chocolate because of a bladder
condition that was irritated by the caffeine.
Unfortunately the other problem that I’m sure they [the step-mother and
grandmother] were not aware of is that caffeine is also a culprit for adverse
effects in physical activity, especially running.
In the early days of my military service we were all told to avoid
certain types of foods at least a day [12 hours] prior to any serious physical
fitness training. The Fitness Test administered
once a year only required a 2 mile run with a time limit that varied based on
sex and age. The same with the push-ups
and sit-ups, the time frame of 2 minutes was standard across the board; however
the required repetitions varied based on the soldiers sex and age.
My point referencing this article is that this young girl had
consumed chocolate which contains caffeine and was allegedly punished by having
to run for 3 hours. Caffeine is at the
top of the list of things to avoid consuming prior to any serious physical exercise. The Fitness Test required by the Army if
completed within the required time frame took less than 30 minutes. Running for 3 hours straight goes beyond
serious physical training.
Therefore my personal opinion on this situation is that this young
girl was ‘punished to death’ even though it was because of a lack of knowledge
on the part of the participants.”
However, as usual I have so much more to say on this topic than is
allowed based on the [understandable] restrains in place by Huffington Post.
I’m not going to do it for anyone, interested parties can look it
up for themselves on the web; however there are numerous accounts of young athletes
that have suffered irreparable physical damage an even death due to their
participation in scheduled scholastic athletic events. These are individuals who were active
participants in programs that required them to perform a certain amount of
physical activity on a regularly scheduled basis. They are not individuals who just went out
one day and decided to run for three hours straight.
Regardless of any additional health factors, children’s bodies are
not developed enough to withstand the physical rigors of strenuous
training. Even older, more experienced athletes
would not attempt to run for a three hour period without some form of ‘buildup’
time.
In my opinion what these women allegedly forced this young girl to
do went well above and beyond the realm of punishment. This was flat out torturous abuse on a level
that must be addressed as such.
I will continue to follow this article, if for nothing else to
shake my head for the comments posted by the likes of minerva117.
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