The problem with this kind of thinking (that is...he has plenty of time to go) is that the marathon is just different - almost everyone gets their marathon PR in their first 4 marathons - beyond that and your body and/or brain get all messed up. I think he could be an xc/10k guy for 8 years more...in the marathon, the odds are against him.***************************************
Flagpole wrote:
Lee Corso Phrase wrote:I smell one of Flagpoles infamous predictions getting ready to come out!
Well, I can't really make one for Hall with the same magnitude as I did for Ritz because at this point Hall has already arrived whereas when I said Ritz would break the AR in the 5,000, he was not yet close to doing that.
However, it is silly to count Hall out at this point (unless we find out he was doing something illegal to get his performances, which I don't think he did). He should be able to run at a very high level until at least 35 barring injury or illness. Hard to predict that someone will get FASTER than 2:06, but given the right race with the right weather and the proper training, there's no reason to think he can't get a little faster than that PR of his and maybe run a 2:05 before he's through. He's definitely NOT through at 27.