Ryan Hall to run the US 1 Mile Road Championships

I was told from a friend of mine that trains in flagstaff that Ryan was doing some track sessions earlier in the yr. One in particular was a "michigan" workout where he split something like 4:20 for the mile and 2:00 for the 800. I'd say that tells he still has some decent speed in him.

He's a 2:04 marathoner, of course he can break 4 for a mile.

Using the McMillan calculator, Ryan's 2:04:58 from Boston converts to 3:42.0 for the mile so I'm going to guess he'll finish somewhere around there.

If Hall takes everyone on a 40k warm-up run before the race, he'll win hands down.

I think he'll actually run comparitively fast. All the strength work he's done training for marathons over the past few years will actually have a significant effect on his strength even at the level of racing a mile. I don't know what the course looks like(net downhill/uphill?), but if he were on a track, I wouldn't be surprised if he broke 4:00.

Before people bitch at Hall for not doing enough short, fast stuff. Now they are bitching at him for doing just that. I've said it before and I will say it again, Hall can't win on this forum.

You are all pussies if you think this will hurt Hall. Come on.

haha Yo you are by far the most annoying motherf***er on this forum, i wish i knew who you were so i could challenge you to a drinking contest and then fist fight. doing shorter faster stuff was a criticism, yes, doing shorter faster stuff a month after a marathon was never a criticism, running af***in marathon is a big deal and does take recovery

I'm excited to see Ryan Hall in this race. I've enjoyed watching the past few years' races streaming on the net, especially in 2009 when Let's Run's own midnight downhill mile hero David Torrence won in 2009. Here's a link to the video from that race, showing what a fun course it is:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/234973/video/176780

I give Hall a fairly good chance at breaking 4:00 this year, and look forward to an exciting race.

Oh why not I'll just ask:

Who do people think would win in a road mile right now: Webb or Hall?

runner dunker wrote:

Using the McMillan calculator, Ryan's 2:04:58 from Boston converts to 3:42.0 for the mile so I'm going to guess he'll finish somewhere around there.

Sounds about right to me.

The Waterboy wrote:

Oh why not I'll just ask:

Who do people think would win in a road mile right now: Webb or Hall?

Solinksy.

Apparently he's running it because he wants to run sub4 for the mile this year, and was spurred on by talking with Rod Dixon. This would be a step towards that goal.

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=news&news_id=18404&year=2011&event_id=2513

Look, my guess (and this is just speculation) was that Ryan got burned out and tired of the pressure he was under. So he said, screw it, I'm just going to have fun with this. Train how I feel. Enjoy being a professional distance runner. Don't worry about stuff so much. So hey, good point Dixon, I would like to be a sub4 miler, so I think I'll go try to do that.

I'm not a Ryan Hall fan, nor a hater, but I kind of like his new approach. I mean, why shouldn't he structure his running and training so that he can enjoy it?

jagerbomberjacket wrote:

haha Yo you are by far the most annoying motherf***er on this forum, i wish i knew who you were so i could challenge you to a drinking contest and then fist fight. doing shorter faster stuff was a criticism, yes, doing shorter faster stuff a month after a marathon was never a criticism, running af***in marathon is a big deal and does take recovery

I can guarentee I could drink you under the table, amatuers shouldn't challenge the pros son. As for the fist fight, meh. Not my style.

Read this

. Notice that the week after winning the Boston marathon he ran 132 miles in a week. He was racing a 15k a month later. F*** all you pussies who treat the marathon like some god damn life altering event that takes everything out of you. It doesn't if you are a good runner and well prepared which Ryan Hall is. This race will be fine for him.

Of course, technically, Hall isn't eligible for the elite section based on their posted criteria:

USA 1 Mile Road Championship

Standards

Athletes wishing to enter the USA 1 Mile Road Championship Wave for the Medtronic TC 1 Mile must have a current USA Track & Field number and meet one or more of the following criteria:

Men - 4:01.7 mile (track only) or equivalent 1500m in the last year

Women - 4:49.7 mile (track only) or equivalent 1500m in the last year

http://www.mtcmarathon.org/OneMile/RaceInfo.cfm

Now, having said that, I think they should let Hall in. And if any other current American Record holder wants in, sure, what the heck, it's a road mile.

Yoda Pop Guru Hobo Wino wrote:

I'm excited to see Ryan Hall in this race. I've enjoyed watching the past few years' races streaming on the net, especially in 2009 when Let's Run's own midnight downhill mile hero David Torrence won in 2009. Here's a link to the video from that race, showing what a fun course it is:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/234973/video/176780

I give Hall a fairly good chance at breaking 4:00 this year, and look forward to an exciting race.

Watching the 2009 women's race was when I fell in love with Shannon Rowbury:

Dang, but she sure moves beautifully!

I've ran this race before. It is very slightly up hill the whole way. Last year it was windy and swirling a lot at the intersections. I'm pumped I get to go watch it though.

he's had trouble breaking 4 in the mile while at stanford where he was concentrating on it and then he said a couple of years ago breaking 4 was a goal for the summer and he never entered a single race. he left racing the 3000m/5000m because "those guys run a four minute mile, jog a mile, then run another four minute mile."

I think this is awesome!! I know most of the people here get their jollies hating on Ryan (I'm among them when he and Sara wax Biblical), but this is so cool. An earlier poster asked what other elite marathoners will be running road miles this year -- the answer is almost definitely zero. This is something we don't get to see often, and it will be fun to see an endurance specialist try to turn up the jets. If this is what he meant by getting back to enjoying running, I fully endorse it!

haha YO wrote:

I can guarentee I could drink you under the table, amatuers shouldn't challenge the pros son. As for the fist fight, meh. Not my style.

Read this

http://www.bunnhill.com/BobHodge/Rodgers/TrainingLogs/br75traininglog.htm

. Notice that the week after winning the Boston marathon he ran 132 miles in a week. He was racing a 15k a month later. F*** all you pussies who treat the marathon like some god damn life altering event that takes everything out of you. It doesn't if you are a good runner and well prepared which Ryan Hall is. This race will be fine for him.

Ryan can do whatever the f*** he likes, i dont care, f*** i hope he does well, but its wrong to try to play the victim card for him buy saying he cant win, if he was running this mile in another month, i would agree, but given that the motherf***er doesnt have a coach and is jumping into something dramatically, dramatically different (unlike a 15k), people have a right to question the guy.

As for drinking, im your daddy on that one, i literally wake up and drink jag bombs for breakfast, then post drunk on letsrun all day long. you could never win.