Bolder Boulder elite results

Repeat after me, hmmmmmm. (and do this whenever you have a sudden urge to be critical of R. Hall, do this when you see his result not meeting your high standards, do this when you begin to doubt all that is sacred, all that is real in your life) Repeat after me.

2:06,

2:06,

2:06,

...

One day...hopefully, it will occur to you like a flash of light or maybe it will come to you in the middle of the night...you'll sit up in bed or you will think to yourself on the way to go pee...

"damn, he ran 2:06..."

maybe jesus ain't happy with ryan these days, otherwise he would have given the victory to ryan. jesus don't care about no marathon a month ago - if ryan had more faith, he could have won today - plain and simple.

At this point it's all too obvious that this is a troll. Nobody could be THAT much of a fanboy douchebag.

adskljd wrote:

Repeat after me, hmmmmmm. (and do this whenever you have a sudden urge to be critical of R. Hall, do this when you see his result not meeting your high standards, do this when you begin to doubt all that is sacred, all that is real in your life) Repeat after me.

2:06,

2:06,

2:06,

...

One day...hopefully, it will occur to you like a flash of light or maybe it will come to you in the middle of the night...you'll sit up in bed or you will think to yourself on the way to go pee...

"damn, he ran 2:06..."

I know they might not be tested often, but alot of road races with a decent prize purse do test. Unfortunately the BB didn't this time and this is what happens. Other races out there are known for this overlook just to get a top notch dirty field so the spectators can see some fast times...otherwise, wtf?

adskljd, JCM, et al.

You know you've hit a nerve when all you can do is attack the person raising the issue, rather than the debate the merits of the issue itself. No one has come out and said Hall ran a good race today and so I rest my case.

About not being able to criticize Hall: get real people. I thought they busted up your cult in West Texas a few weeks ago. If you are so vested in Hall that you cannot brook any criticism of his performance, I suggest you get a life.

Some of you are putting a little to much stock into ONE race, Pujols was 0 for 4 today but probably is still the best hitter in the game. For those of you who don't understand, or follow baseball, today really doesn't mean that much. You can't be on top of your game every time out.

I really don't understand why you feel the need to mock Hall's faith.

That's because you have no perspective, buddy. You couldn't understand what 2:06 actually is, because you would like to run that for a half marathon. Believe me, every elite in that field today would trade any of their best races to have run 2:06.

If you don't get it, you just don't get it.

See you at the Turkey Trot!

TrackCoach wrote:

Stop making excuses!

You can throw in as many variables as you want; 30:07 for a 2:06 marathoner looking to win an Olympic medal is sub par. Is there any doubt that Geb, Lel, Limo, Samuel Wanjiru, Abderrahim Goumri, William Kipsang of Emmanuel Mutai would have either won that race or would have been competing for the victory?

1 Abderrahim Goumri 31 NIKE Morocco 29:51

Granted it was 2 weeks earlier at the healthy kidney 10k, but it was at sea level.

That "1" was for his age group, I think he was around 10th place or so overall, give or take a few places.

Even though Ryan was just coming off a "break," is anyone concerned that he ran a faster pace for 26.2 miles (in the rain) than 6.1 miles yesterday? His 2:06 time was under 15 minute 5k pace. I understand he may not be as sharp, but to me, this is a HUGE drop off. Would love to hear others options. Thanks.

sc runner wrote:

I was shocked to hear that Ryan Hall called his performance "a good start". I know that he isn't a 10k runner, but for a runner of his caliber a 30:07 should be horrible.

Well, the time doesn't reflect the amazing performances he's had in the past several months, but I'm all for his keeping a positive outlook. That's more constructive as he prepares for the Olympics than if he were to panic and say something to the effect of "this shows I'm going down! Goodbye Olympics!"

He can't let himself get too down on one race; he has to look at the big picture if he's going to have a chance to medal.

Its basically like this:

Hall runs 28:00 at altititude and its "Oh hes peaking too early the noob, doesn't he remember Beijing is in August?"

So he runs slow and everyone says "Ryan Hall can't possibly be ready in time for beijing."

Judging by his 3 marathon races right now he seems more than capable of knowing when to peak at the right time.

Hall and Hall spout all of their "Jesus loves me" business when they win, as if training and physiological principles have nothing to do with it.

They constantly club people with Jesus like a seal hunter clubs a baby seal.

curtis mayfield wrote:

I know they might not be tested often, but alot of road races with a decent prize purse do test. Unfortunately the BB didn't this time and this is what happens. Other races out there are known for this overlook just to get a top notch dirty field so the spectators can see some fast times...otherwise, wtf?

You're fooling yourself if you think in-competition accomplishes much. It just forces them to cycle off the stuff for a short while. In-competition testing will only ever catch the recklessly stupid athletes. The real damage is done in the weeks and months outside of racing that they spend using who knows what during training. By the time they get to a race, just like with training the proverbial hay is in the barn.

SalukiAlum wrote:

Some of you are putting a little to much stock into ONE race, Pujols was 0 for 4 today but probably is still the best hitter in the game. For those of you who don't understand, or follow baseball, today really doesn't mean that much. You can't be on top of your game every time out.

So was that a good game or a bad game for Pujols? Nobody is putting "to [sic] much stock into ONE race," they've just been calling a spade a spade. They didn't say that Beijing will be a disaster or anything because of this one race, they just said it was a bad race for someone at Hall's level. I think we'd all agree that he just had an off day, nothing more and definitely nothing less.

I would hardly say Ryan and Sara club people with Jesus. Honestly.

You\\\'re an idiot. Past his prime? He\\\'s training for the marathon.. .10K\\\'s are not any indicator of how he will run in the olympic MARATHON! He is 25 yrs old. Maybe you should run a little more and criticize others a little less.

Maybe you're an idiot.