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3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:21pm EDT

Not sure if anyone's been following along on twitter, but Sara Hall hasn't had a good week on the platform. Post Zane Robertson doping case she:

1. Posted a tweet stating that they need to criminalize doping in Kenya. After she received healthy backlash (just Kenya??? Zane is from NZ and made a choice!!) she deleted the tweet.

2. Then she wrote about how we need to criminalize doping everywhere.

Criminalize doping everywhere.

It creates a greater risk for all involved- athletes, doctors, agents.

Just a ban from the sport alone for some is still worth the risk.
— Sara Hall (@SaraHall3) March 22, 2023

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3. Then she posted and deleted another tweet where she wrote that in her 25 years, she hasn't seen any doping and rest assured that most people are "doing it the right way". She also doubled down on her Kenya bashing, saying it happens more in Iten. For this she received a sound thrashing. Points were made like: Doping is rampant, what are you talking about. Why are you just blaming Iten, have you heard of Nike? and then finally:

Your progression is weird Sara. You've been running a lot your whole life. How is it that you are still PR'ing into your late 30s?

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And now in this article, she stated that she is in Ethiopia for a final tune up in training. Ethiopia. Why Ethiopia? Why during March when her kids have school and whatnot? Why when she already lives at altitude in the US? What do we make of her comments and her current location now?

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Sara Hall on Coping With a Long Layoff: ‘Injuries Are a Real Litmus Test of How Strong the Fire Burns’

The serial racer began to wonder if she’d ever make it back. Here’s what she learned.

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I'm not going to come out and say what I want to say, but I'll say this. There are a lot of complaining about the letsrun doping polls and what not. People say it's mean and cruel and whatever. But what are we supposed to do when athletes do stuff like this? Believe them blindly and be quiet? What's actually going on here? what compelled her to place so much blame on Kenya?

I hope Sara is clean. But I'm not going to sit around and pretend I don't have two eyes that see. I remember an interview with Molly Seidel (who is one of the few athletes I would be willing to bet is clean). All starry eyed in the interview, Seidel marveled over the intensity of training Hall could do and said something to the effect "I'm 28 now--I wonder what 10 more solid years of training will get me, and seeing Sara, it makes me excited to see how good I'll be in 10 years!" in the past, it would be common knowledge that 38 is well past your prime. I hope Molly is not being fooled.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:25pm EDT

re: I guess14910

Kenya and Ethiopia need to be banned from the sport wholesale. Zane made a choice...to go to Kenya to dope. cannot imagine why. LOL. Could not care less about social media "backlashes."

3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:26pm EDT

re: I guess14910

Good grief, some of y’all have entirely too much time on your hands. Get a frickin life.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:26pm EDT

re: I guess14910

If it ever comes out with indisputable proof that Sara Hall is or was doping, I will have lost all faith in the sport. Records will no longer count, in my book anyways.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:26pm EDT

re: I guess14910

Her 4 adopted children are from Ethiopia. I believe they have very strong ties to the children’s remaining family members there.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:28pm EDT

re: I guess14910

there would be less doping if it was more profitable to be an "average" pro runner. right now the only way to make a living is to win a lot or turn your instagram account into a page to market your sponsor. that's kinda crappy if you ask me lol. but do i have the answers? no, lol.

but yea, that's not a good look for her. it's great she thinks doping should get jail time or whatver. but if she's genuinely never seen much doping in her 25 years running then this should be an overreaction by her, right?

also, when most sports give athletes a slap on the wrist for PED use, how will track and field get away w/ making it an actual crime?

Also, she will be 40 on April 15th, just two days before the Boston Marathon.

The women's masters record is 2:27:58 from 2002.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:52pm EDT

re: Former Flag neighbor

Not to mention Flagstaff is buried in the most snow it's seen in decades.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 6:57pm EDT

re: I guess14910

She was 100% correct and should not have deleted the posts. Doping should be criminalized everywhere and it is more rampant in Kenya than anywhere except maybe Russia.

People need to stop deleting perfectly legitimate post just because there's a backlash. Grow some balls.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 7:41pm EDT

re: I guess14910

We need to increase the penalty for doping. 4 years is too short. I'd support a criminal penalty for fraud for any dopers who knocked another out of prize money or even a place on a national team.

say it ain't so Sara, say it ain't so wrote:
Also, she will be 40 on April 15th, just two days before the Boston Marathon.
The women's masters record is 2:27:58 from 2002.

I thought the same thing. Unfortunately, Boston is not record eligible.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 7:54pm EDT

re: Kvothe

3 years ago 03/27/2023 7:54pm EDT

re: Kvothe

Kvothe wrote:
We need to increase the penalty for doping. 4 years is too short. I'd support a criminal penalty for fraud for any dopers who knocked another out of prize money or even a place on a national team.

OH! Now THAT is an interesting thought!

That would be technically “theft”, as they’d be stealing money essentially.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 8:00pm EDT

re: Former Flag neighbor

Former Flag neighbor wrote:
Her 4 adopted children are from Ethiopia. I believe they have very strong ties to the children’s remaining family members there.

That's a really strange place to adopt children from if you're a runner?

3 years ago 03/27/2023 8:18pm EDT

re: I guess14910

She is not wrong. Kenya should be banned. Also anyone doing training camps in Kenya or Ethiopia should be banned.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 8:30pm EDT

re: I guess14910

I guess14910 wrote:
Not sure if anyone's been following along on twitter, but Sara Hall hasn't had a good week on the platform. Post Zane Robertson doping case she:
1. Posted a tweet stating that they need to criminalize doping in Kenya. After she received healthy backlash (just Kenya??? Zane is from NZ and made a choice!!) she deleted the tweet.
2. Then she wrote about how we need to criminalize doping everywhere.
Tweet:twitter.com/SaraHall3/status/163859733...
3. Then she posted and deleted another tweet where she wrote that in her 25 years, she hasn't seen any doping and rest assured that most people are "doing it the right way". She also doubled down on her Kenya bashing, saying it happens more in Iten. For this she received a sound thrashing. Points were made like: Doping is rampant, what are you talking about. Why are you just blaming Iten, have you heard of Nike? and then finally:
Your progression is weird Sara. You've been running a lot your whole life. How is it that you are still PR'ing into your late 30s?
Link:worldathletics.org/athletes/united-sta...
And now in this article, she stated that she is in Ethiopia for a final tune up in training. Ethiopia. Why Ethiopia? Why during March when her kids have school and whatnot? Why when she already lives at altitude in the US? What do we make of her comments and her current location now?
Link:www.runnersworld.com/preview/health-in...
I'm not going to come out and say what I want to say, but I'll say this. There are a lot of complaining about the letsrun doping polls and what not. People say it's mean and cruel and whatever. But what are we supposed to do when athletes do stuff like this? Believe them blindly and be quiet? What's actually going on here? what compelled her to place so much blame on Kenya?
I hope Sara is clean. But I'm not going to sit around and pretend I don't have two eyes that see. I remember an interview with Molly Seidel (who is one of the few athletes I would be willing to bet is clean). All starry eyed in the interview, Seidel marveled over the intensity of training Hall could do and said something to the effect "I'm 28 now--I wonder what 10 more solid years of training will get me, and seeing Sara, it makes me excited to see how good I'll be in 10 years!" in the past, it would be common knowledge that 38 is well past your prime. I hope Molly is not being fooled.

Too long and trying too hard. Chillax.

3 years ago 03/27/2023 8:37pm EDT

re: astro

astro wrote:
Kenya and Ethiopia need to be banned from the sport wholesale. Zane made a choice...to go to Kenya to dope. cannot imagine why. LOL. Could not care less about social media "backlashes."

Your racism is showing son.

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