When youth running prodigy Mary Cain was scouted by top universities in the eighth grade, she thought she was chasing her athletic dreams – but the reality of the elite sports pipeline would cost her far more than she ever imagined. This week she pulls back the curtain on the toxic culture of high-stakes youth athletics, detailing how top-tier programs often exploit young prodigies.
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- Mary Cain, author, This Is Not About Running
The act of exhausting herself was rewarding both during and after her runs. As she aged, Cain became so good at track and field that by the time she was in eighth grade, Brown University offered her a spot at their elite sports complex.
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