Ryan Wilson----fastest ever to just walk away?

Herb Elliott retired the day he won Olympic Gold in the 1500, ummmm Im sure there areother examples too that i just can't think of.

Tony Waldrop.

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RM wrote:

Herb Elliott retired the day he won Olympic Gold in the 1500, ummmm Im sure there areother examples too that i just can't think of.

Ah, I don't think so. I remember reading something about his running a half (completely out of shape, got killed) whilst at Cambridge--which would have had to have been after Rome...

Ryan also ran a great race at the trolley run. walking away is not accurate, it was more or less limping away. I think he was pretty banged up and just bagged it.

He switched to the hurdles

Brian Hyde walked away right after the '96 games.

A. Dawson is correct. Ryan just had one of those injuries that he couldn't shake. Probably decided that it was better to hang em up rather that do more damage.

Maybe not the fastest to ever walk away - but a gentleman from Atlanta was working in a hospital in New Haven, CT. about 12 years ago - he was a 28:00 10k'r, had to quit because he would throw-up so much before races. He got into aerobics competitions, and won the national championship. Pretty cool.

runner1234 wrote:

Maybe not the fastest to ever walk away - but a gentleman from Atlanta was working in a hospital in New Haven, CT. about 12 years ago - he was a 28:00 10k'r, had to quit because he would throw-up so much before races. He got into aerobics competitions, and won the national championship. Pretty cool.

Ummm ... did he tell you he ran 28:00-flat? 'Cuz I'm not buying it. Around '96 very few people were running 28:00 for 10k and if they were they would have made a decent living off the sport.

And NO, aerobics competitions are not cool.

Throwing up before races is for homos, it's no wonder he got into "aerobics".

runner1234 wrote:

had to quit because he would throw-up so much before races.

He got into aerobics competitions, and won the national championship. Pretty cool.

I bet the transition into tight shorts was a smooth one for him.

His Brother Bob was a solid hurdler for Chico State!

not a guy but Ann Packer set a WR when winning Olympic Gold in 1964 and promptly retired, married fellow athlete Robbie Brightwell and in due course gave birth to two sons who played professional football for Manchester City.

mean guy wrote:

runner1234 wrote:

Maybe not the fastest to ever walk away - but a gentleman from Atlanta was working in a hospital in New Haven, CT. about 12 years ago - he was a 28:00 10k'r, had to quit because he would throw-up so much before races. He got into aerobics competitions, and won the national championship. Pretty cool.

Ummm ... did he tell you he ran 28:00-flat? 'Cuz I'm not buying it. Around '96 very few people were running 28:00 for 10k and if they were they would have made a decent living off the sport.

And NO, aerobics competitions are not cool.

Throwing up before races is for homos, it's no wonder he got into "aerobics".

I'm guessing they were, in a joking way, referring to the "other" BK -- Kemppainen. Now there's a guy who was a true stud and really did just walk away.

I doubt Kempainen ever broke 28:20.

In 1996 only three Americans broke 28:10. Todd Williams, Brad Barquist and Dan Middleman.

But that's who the guy was probably talking about. He didn't really walk away. He ran in two Olympics and moved into the medical career he had on hold.

I think Ryan Wilson is the best example of a high level runner who let it go without giving it 2 or 3 years at least. Sage is another example but he wasn't at the level Wislon was, a solid shot to make an Olympic team.

Peter Snell.

well his band the beach boys got pretty popular and that sounded like more fun..

o wait that was Bryan Wilson

Or Brian Wilson.

Ryan Wilson was another symptom of Razorback Syndrome.

falcon. can't say that i blame him. nagging injuries are bad.

he didn't get killed it was the fastest 800m (or 880, not sure)ever ran in Europe, 2nd fastest all time...off of little to no training