There is a pretty standard route for most student-athletes who are making the transition between high school and college. You graduate high school, train in the summer, and enter college ready to attend classes and compete with new teammates.
However, there's a slightly different path for those of the Mormon faith.
While many young adults of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints choose to follow the path of missionary work following graduation, that decision is especially more complex for athletes, and especially so for distance runners.
Habitual training builds the cardiovascular systems of young runners who form into Division I athletes. And two-year mission trips can often derail that work, making the road back to Divi...
