The Portland Press Herald recently ran this interesting article on Ben True. True represented the US at the U23 Ski Championships last year.
The decision Ben True knew he eventually would have to make, the decision he had pondered since he was a senior at Greely High in Cumberland five years ago, finally became clear during the most frustrating chapter of his athletic life.
Last winter, as a result of overtraining, True found himself fatigued and unfocused, thinking he should do more but requiring rest above all else. His happiest moments came when, after lacing up his running shoes, he would plod along the pavement for a quarter of an hour, covering maybe a mile.
This from a three-sport All-American and the only Dartmouth College runner ever to break 4 minutes in the mile.
“For a long time that was the only athletic thing I could do,” True said. “It was the highlight of my day.”