Former University of Wisconsin runner Chris Solinsky announced his retirement from professional running, according to his agent.
Solinsky, 31, had hopes of making the 2016 Olympic team, but injuries derailed his comeback attempt.
“This summer I felt like I was getting rolling again,” Solinsky said in a press release, “but in the fall I had Achilles tendinitis in my right leg that was slowing me down, and then my left calf seized up and I had a heavy limp. By the first of the year I hadn’t run regularly for six weeks. I thought, ‘I can’t even do simple stuff without falling apart.