Sara Hall blogs about her marathon debut

It's interesting how she talks about overcoming the temptation to drop out. How could her viewpoint/beliefs be so at odds with husband, Ryan Hall?

She looks delicious

They are out of their minds. That's what you get when you have a constant back-n-forth conversation with your imaginary friend.

Cut the shoot and get a real coach already, both of you Halls.

vfnvfn wrote:

It's interesting how she talks about overcoming the temptation to drop out. How could her viewpoint/beliefs be so at odds with husband, Ryan Hall?

And Sara's doing the world xc championships next week. Someone has to wear the pants in their relationship.

I think the thing about if you drop out once it becomes okay in your mind is something she's noticed from Ryan first hand. Ryan could learn a thing or two from her.

I was actually unsure about her mentioning that mentality at first as well, but it seems like, at some point, she has to be herself and disconnect from Ryan, which she did. I kept reading wondering if she would even mention ANYTHING in regards to a sympathetic understanding of "things can happen," but I respected her more for not doing that. She had a psychological issue late in a tough race and she overcame.

The fact that she had to pray to do so made me lose the respect again, but hey, everybody has their go-to.

She "chocked it up". Stanford education ftw

I personally think asics are really lucky to have her a Ryan representing the asics product line. When you see the ridiculous "flock group" and the pent up bitterness that they present to social media, It is nice to see how asics and also the Brooks group conduct business.

She really stunk it up. Anyone remember a female this good running this slowly even in a debut?

She said it was very hot, but a man ran 2:10 and 5 women broke 2:36. I don't know how fast she is now, I know she was a HS prodigy, but that was a long time ago.

But she stunk it up, gotta call it what it is. She was running with the lead pack and they all ran 2:34-35. She dropped by 1:30 /mile in the last 8 miles off of just 6:00 pace.

Even Fleshman ran 2:37 or something and she is much heavier than Sara Hall. I can never understand how someone who has run for at least 18 years, at a very high level, can get in a marathon and not know what is gonna happen. I ran a marathon in 7th grade after running for just 1.5 yrs and was able to run 3:13 in first try.

Her wiki page says she has run 52:54 for 10 miles, she should be able to run 2:35 in average conditions on an average course (which this is). She also ran 32:14 on the road just last Fall and a 1:10:50 half-mar just 2 months ago.

Magness messed up. Not enough specific preparation. When are Americans going to learn - specific preparation is key to success in the marathon.

Well maybe she does feel bad about her race. Why did her race upset you so much? You can send asics your interesting story about that marathon you ran in grade 7 and they might forward it to Sara.

Found it interesting that as a professional she didn't talk about the pressure of losing her $$$ if she didn't finish. Most professionals worry bout losing their sponsor, feeding the family, and paying the bills.

It is fun to read the criticism from people who have obviously never run a marathon....at any pace. It takes mental toughness to finish regardless of the show money for someone at Sara Hall's level.

Nothing says that she can't run a lot faster in the next few tries. Lanni Marchant has run 2h28, and she is no faster over the half (1h10). Probably not enough to make the team for Rio, but enough to place as a top American in a Flanagan/Linden - less American race. Whether they can get her training right in the next training cycle to take a big chunk off (about 15 minutes) may be a matter of debate, but it is possible.

Ryan is an entirely different story!!

"I can never understand how someone who has run for at least 18 years, at a very high level, can get in a marathon and not know what is gonna happen".

By you 'never understanding' shows that despite it happening again & again, you are still befuddled. Maybe because the marathon is unlike any other race - 20 miles & less. A most unpredictable run involving body systems that do not get taxed in any other race distance.

kmaclam wrote:

"I can never understand how someone who has run for at least 18 years, at a very high level, can get in a marathon and not know what is gonna happen".

By you 'never understanding' shows that despite it happening again & again, you are still befuddled. Maybe because the marathon is unlike any other race - 20 miles & less. A most unpredictable run involving body systems that do not get taxed in any other race distance.

Why are you responding to me?

LA wrote:

Found it interesting that as a professional she didn't talk about the pressure of losing her $$$ if she didn't finish. Most professionals worry bout losing their sponsor, feeding the family, and paying the bills.

Proverbs 31 wives expect the husband to bring home the bacon.

kmaclam wrote:

"I can never understand how someone who has run for at least 18 years, at a very high level, can get in a marathon and not know what is gonna happen".

By you 'never understanding' shows that despite it happening again & again, you are still befuddled. Maybe because the marathon is unlike any other race - 20 miles & less. A most unpredictable run involving body systems that do not get taxed in any other race distance.

I thought it was a good race, not bad. If she was fight through cramps , I admire that. It is the grade 7 marathoner that is "befuddled".

vfnvfn wrote:

It's interesting how she talks about overcoming the temptation to drop out. How could her viewpoint/beliefs be so at odds with husband, Ryan Hall?

Ryan Hall has DNF'ed only 2 marathons, and he's been running them for 9 years.

There's a big difference between fading badly in miles 7-13 (like Ryan did) and fading in miles 21-23 (like Sara was blogging about).

How much to purchase the uniform she raced in and have it mailed to me unwashed?