NY Times Article on Olympic Trials/Fall Marathon Doubles With Some Interesting Quotes from Ryan Hall

Is that link free ? I don't pay for news, pictures, or videos. It's against my policy.

If Ryan Hall were to miraculously medal at the Olympics, it would pay for him big time.

Also, could Asics or other sponsors pay him a bonus for running in the Olympics? I have no idea, but doesn't seem impossible.

jaguar1 wrote:

the cancer guy wrote:

or you could race less and eek out that extra 2-3% and get up a few spots higher on the podium.

This is what everyone assumes, but you don't know unless you try. Racing more frequently is how the non-Africans of the 70s/80s got better. The added benefit is you learn to recover faster too.

These guys running sub-2:05 are running marathons that are physiologically different from Bill's sub-2:10s. They're running with twice the concentration of lactic acid than classic marathoners of the past did, and that limits how frequently they can race at the level they do.

bekene bekele wrote:

Also, could Asics or other sponsors pay him a bonus for running in the Olympics?

Don't forget that Ryan Hall will be wearing a Nike jersey at the Olympics.

Nutella1 wrote:

bekene bekele wrote:

Also, could Asics or other sponsors pay him a bonus for running in the Olympics?

Don't forget that Ryan Hall will be wearing a Nike jersey at the Olympics.

There's still a significant financial incentive for him to make the US team. It can come in the way of carrot (more money if he makes the team) or a stick (less money if he doesn't).

Statement of Work wrote:

Is that link free ? I don't pay for news, pictures, or videos. It's against my policy.

Did you mean against your POLITICAL views?

Don't Hall's appearance fees depend on him being the best American runner? He gets the big cash because he won the Olympic Trials. That means to most people that he's the best we've got. Hall would be insane not to focus on the Olympics since he's built his entire financial career on that one performance.

Wejo- Love the thread. It's a career-length 'income statement' decision: Earn X career dollars & max olympic efforts -OR- Earn X career dollars + 5% more & know you didn't max olympic efforts. (5% is guess-ti-mate- assuming he loses money.) Hall's legacy is to be largely decided by his Olympic races- Will Hall, who's shown thin-skin, be fine with being remembered, evaluated & ranked for doing less than he knew he could have? Would Hall be happier to use the extra 5% earnings for that new beach house in the Bahamas?

Lets see now , he will get shoe company bonus money for making the team at the trials if he does , he will bonus money at the games if he medals from shoe company , games/champs prize money for a medal , bonus money from his other sponsors if he medals , time bonus money as well from shoe company.

People in every profession make career decisions with money in mind- and it's acknowledged by all w/o argument. But high-paid athletes don't get nearly the 'latitude' from fans this way- and don't argue. For Hall, who's rich, to give financial 'setbacks' of the Olympics, is to walk a fine line, pr-wise. Btw, if Webb said it, you guys would bash him for it.

Hall is full of BS and we should just kick him out of the country. He made plenty of money last year why does he need to make anything this year? I would give up my job and money to represent this country especially if I made over 100k. I will be rooting against him from no on.