[quote]wejo wrote:
Ryan Hall is the real deal. He can look forward to many more big pay days (although NY will be getting all the USA's best on the cheap at the Olympic Trials). [quote]You do know that the OT is a separate race from the NYC Marathon, right?
loomdog wrote:
Absolutely. He is 24. And the great Tergat and Geb and the 2004 Oly champ were winning big races when he was in elementary school. Do you think he will be running 2:08 in 2020?
I don't really understand the reason behind this post? Confrontation for the sake of confrontation? To kill for the sake of killing?
I was thinking in terms of the '08, '12 and '16 olympics not sure about him running 2:08 at the age of 37 after so many years of marathon running.
lots of water to go under the bridge ofcourse, it will be interesting to see how his career pans out.
Hall will be almost as well off with $20,000 in his pocket as he would be with $100,000 at this point. Yes, that sounds absurd, as if I've turned on my heel and begun speaking out of my own anus. But you see, Hall isn't about bling-bling and a $75,000 ride and a penthouse apartment in Soho. Hall runs for the love offinding his limits, and, as he reminds us humbly and often, to commit himself to the Lord. He also has a mansack the size of a bag of navel oranges, with the contents to match.
If he ever caves fully to the pressure of running mainly for cash, well, we might as well just throw in the towel now, because the terrorists will have already won.
Hall is the real deal. You don't run 59:43 and just disappear. This is the start. His future is 2:05.
You've got to pull yourself together before they make you trade in that orange hat for a white straitjacket.
mr. right wrote:
hypnotoad wrote:I never got why so many posters on here think she's hot. Other than the fact that she's fit, like every other elite athlete, how is she good looking? I didn't want to judge just based on race photos, but some months ago I finally met her in person and she's plain at best. So I don't get it, what's the deal? Was she really cute in high school or what?
Thank you, that had to be said. I don't get it either. She's not ugly, but definitely nothing special. I can go for a 1-hour run right now and see 50 chicks I'd rather bang.
I think it all goes back to that almost full-on butt shot picture of her at a Stanford cross country meet. That was posted on every LetsRun hotness thread.
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