Word: salazarism
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...find himself and his old form he tried everything and anything. He trained less. He consulted a psychiatrist. Now a born-again Christian, he sought help in prayer. His wife Molly tried to get him to do "a little mellowing." But nothing seemed to help. Recalls Salazar: "I was just real uptight for a real long time, not just about running, but my daily life...
...tried to put his worries aside and concentrate on a 10,000-meter race in Phoenix on March 3 of this year. Describing the event as a "no-excuses race," he saw it as his personal Rubicon. He could not get across; Salazar trundled over the finish line in eighth place. During a postrace TV interview, he almost broke down. His confidence seemed destroyed. He was having trouble sleeping. "I used to be able to put my head on a pillow and, bam, I'd sleep like a rock for eight hours," he said wanly. "But for the past...
...burned-out case, thought many saddened observers. But Dr. Doug Clements, co-director of the University of British Columbia's Sports Medicine Clinic, thought otherwise. He called Salazar's coach, Bill Dellinger: Might Salazar be suffering from a physiological condition Clements termed nonanemic ferritin deficiency? A former college running teammate of Dellinger's, Clements has theorized that ferritin, an iron complex stored mainly in the bone marrow, is used or discharged by endurance runners faster than it is replaced. The consequences, says Clements, are that "a runner would fail to improve with training." Tests on Salazar showed...
...marathoner was game for anything, and his doctors put him on iron supplements. Although Clements' theory is not endorsed by many s experts, Salazar has embraced it as a panacea. He finds evidence of improvement. Although he finished third in a 10,000-meter race in Eugene, Ore., on April 7, he was encouraged by his time-27:56-and his strength at the finish. Whether a lack of iron is the answer, Salazar wants to believe that the problem lies in his body, not his head. Says he: "I had so many people telling me it was mental...
Whatever the outcome, Salazar believes he has learned something during his personal hegira. He has found a kind of equanimity. Says he: "I don't feel like I have to prove myself the way I did before...