What Does Ryan Hall Need to Do in Houston For You to Consider it a Positive Performance?

First in a PR.

He either needs to win or run sub 1:02 for a positive performance in my opinion.

I would consider it positive regardless of time, if he does not say he was running free and that the Lord had whatever time he runs mapped out for him.

First place and sub 1:02. I will not be fully confident in him until he pr's though.

Win and sub 62 is what I was thinking. If the weather is really bad then maybe a 62:XX win would be good.

First place and/or sub 62 sounds like a common consensus here, and it works for me.

just to be contrarian, I'd be happy if he ran 63-64 as long as he ran negative splits. He probably has heavy legs from big mileage, so 4:43s (62 min pace) might feel a little fast.

FYI 40% chance of thunderstorms and rain at race start. 60 degrees.

I would like to see him win first and foremost!

then after that it goes like this:

"ok" performance: sub 1:03

"good" performance: sub 1:02

"great" performance: sub 1:01:30

i'm not expecting anything mind-blowing. he is in a buildup, but does sound fit, confident, and healthy. mo trafeh will be a tough challenge and i hope he beats him handily.

Weather will be ideal tomorrow morning. Mid 40s and dry. The course has a couple of u-turns. Apparently the London 2012 course has a bunch of u-turns, so Houston has designed its trials course to simulate London. Or that is the excuse they are using for designing a stupid course.

I think people will be juiced up because it will be a simulation of the trials and times will be pretty quick. It will take sub 62 to win, and I would not be surprised to see sub 61.

Thus, for Hall to have a good day, we will need to either win decisively going sub 62 or win by a few steps going sub 61. It is time to get the 2:06/59 guy back.

Caleb Trotter wrote:

mo trafeh will be a tough challenge and i hope he beats him handily.

For which he are you rooting?

Competitive at 62 would be better than fine.

He will have a positive performance.

Win or break 1:02.

I received an email showing that Haile G won by 4 minutes when he broke the WR at Rock N Roll Arizona:

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33157.html

However, he did have pacesetter until between 7 and 8k.

Haile G is good company to have

Ryan Hall will break his American Record and run low 59's ... As long as weather permits.

wejo wrote:

Ryan's 59:43 run in Houston a few years ago was so stunning (Has anyone else ever broken 1 hour for the half and won by over 2.5 minutes?

Geb, when he ran 58:55 at Arizona. Second place was Tessena Abshiro with a relatively pedestrian 1:02:57

Positive performance

win in sub 61:15

better than expected

win in sub 59:50

I think his approach to running was more stunning than his times and I hope he gives inspiration to those who aspire to achieve stunning times.

Win.