Sara Hall 3rd in Australian Half Marathon

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Something seriously wrong with those results.

Technical difficulties. Winning female time 1:09:20. Sara 90 seconds behind the winner. Never heard of her.

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Her career has surpassed her husband's. Nobody would have thought this 10 years ago. Amazing.

Leanne is a very well known Australian distance runner. Second was Jess Stenson 2024 Olympic marathoner.

Nope

Imagine if Sara Hall had realized that she was a pure marathoner when she was 19? She could be the US GOAT!

Sara Hall is way past her prime.

Can we discuss actual stars?

Stenson's the one they parachuted into the Marathon team ahead of a much better qualified Lisa Weightman. Not great losing to a Pompeani here

Sara Hall is way past her prime? How about you pal? Can you run a half marathon in 1:10?

Stenson ran a PR in terrible conditions and Pompeani is 8th fastest Australian all time over the distance… Dumb comment

Leanne has also placed 22nd at World XC and has run 31:37 for 10k on the road. We are looking forward to seeing what she can do in the marathon in 2025.

For context, from the Aussie Bureau of Meteorology reports it looks like there was a nice tail wind for a big part of the race. Also some head winds obviously. Overall, a so so day for racing.

The conditions weren't that terrible. I raced it, and there was a little bit of rain, a slight headwind for the duration of the second half, with one fairly bad section of block headwind between 18-20kms.

However, the temperature was perfect, with very little direct sunlight, and the course is renowned in Australia as being the fastest in the country.

Overall, I'd say the weather detracted 20-30 seconds max from the overall time.

Keira ran an American record there last year (or was it two years ago?) in sub 67, but I can’t remember how she placed.

Why are we celebrating a 70 minute half when Frisbie ran 67 a couple weeks ago in similar conditions?

Both had/have outstanding careers but nope.