Would Ryan Hall Have Won Boston Today?

lklklooooioooop wrote:

Hes a whimp and was scared to race today. The bi*tch of it is even though i think he pus*ed out he would have won today or came in a very close second.

Heres what happened, after the last attempts at it, talking it up, and saying i will keep racing boston till i win, the 2:03 cracked him last year, and this year he put off boston because he was scared to come in today and get his butt kicked, well the funny thing is if he would have shown up today i really think he had a shot, and the best one he will ever get...

So many things wrong with that...

Ryan Hall has run 2 races since October and has another one in August. Adding in another marathon here and competing for the win would have been downright stupid, especially since he needs to focus on getting his speed back to where it was 4-5 years ago, not racing more marathons.

Ritz would have beat him.

+1

Rainy day wrote:

Ritz would have beat him.

Ryan Hall couldn't win the RIchmond marathon 1 mile of a faster pace and he would bonk as standard.

Since Korir beat him soundly at Chicago, the safe bet would be that he'd still lose to him.

Ryan Hall lost to Wesley Korir pretty handily in Chicago, by almost 2 minutes. I doubt he would've won even if he was in shape because

1) The heat gets to his head

2) He would've lost to Wesley

3) he is a pusssssy

No not because he's not awesome but today was a rough day for everyone, hartman had the day of his life good job to him he's a real beast

So brave of everyone here to bash an individual who, by all accounts, isn't a prick and will be representing our country in the Olympics.

Hilarious that you guys are calling a sub-2:10 marathoner a pus**, a guy who would wipe the floor with you in any distance event.

All You Mamas is Lamas wrote:

3) he is a pusssssy

This doesn´t look like him:

No.....God made it too hot.

AlmostBQ wrote:

No. He would have choked.

Ryan Hall - the modern day Ron Clarke of long distance. Always hyped as the likely winner but falls through in the clutch.

Don't equate the 2.

Ron Clarke's focus was making money and setting records. When he came to the championships - of which there were fewer than today, he was usaully spent, or afraid to carry someone to a new world record. Until he redeemed himself in his latter years.

I knew Ron Clarke. Ryan Hall is not in the same class as Ron Clarke. I hope he gets there, but so far he is not in the same building as the guy who held world records at the mile through to the 10 k.

I had a dream last night that Ryan Hall was standing on the podium in second place. =(

Ron Clarke was a greedy arrogant prick for those of who knew vs meeting him.

Hall is not the same type of guy , maybe thats why his win record is bleak at best. Clarke was a good racer , Hall is learning. Both exceptional athletes in their own time.

I admire Hall's running abilities, however he is not a killer instinct racer. He will not win a major marathon ever. He has and will run many excellent time trials and place high because he is fast, but when the racing gets intense, he is just not engaged.

Citizen Runner wrote:

I don't think Hall runs well in heat. A better question is what Meb might have done under these conditions.

Indeed. Running smart in wars of attrition is how Meb gets his best places - the heat of Athens 2004 being the most applicable analog to this year's Boston.

Meb quite likely would have won if he was in the one.

Hall's half marathon AR was run in very uncomfortable weather.

Factt wrote:

DNF.. He doesn't like running in the heat.

orbitboy wrote:

Hall's half marathon AR was run in very uncomfortable weather.

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That was in the rain, Not sun/humidity. Rain is completely different.

I think the more interesting question is whether Hartmann might have beaten Hall. Imagine how much more attention he'd be getting today. He must be champing at the bit right now for a shot at the established top tier in the US. New York? Berlin? Tokyo? When will he get his chance?

what if. wrote:

Would Wanjiru have won if he was still a live? Would both Mutai's have run better in the heat?

Mutais.