Ryan Hall says he's hoping to run a 59:00 half marathon in the future.

asdefjh wrote:

OnIt wrote:

Not a chance. He couldn't have run 59:00 ever and never will. His 59:43 was with great weather and with a tail-wind, just like his Boston performance.

Both Hall's marathon and half marathon PRs were wind-aided flukes

Houston started and finished at the same spot, so hardly wind aided.

True about being loop course. Also, the runner said he ran the Houston half AR on a very hilly course. Are you nuts? You ever been to Texas? The first 2 miles maybe has 2 modest inclines but that is it! Everything else flat.

That Houston 1/2 marathon was the worst thing that happened to Ryan. He never developed as a runner after that. Remember, he won BOTH USA national x-c champs on the SAME weekend in 2006.

codger wrote:

That Houston 1/2 marathon was the worst thing that happened to Ryan. He never developed as a runner after that. Remember, he won BOTH USA national x-c champs on the SAME weekend in 2006.

Like Burgess told Rocky Balboa in Rocky 2 - he lost the eye of the tiger. Ryan had the eye of the tiger when he set the 20K and half-marathon American records. Then he lost his eye of the tiger. He got lazy ... complacent.

Women weaken legs. I blame Sara.

he sounds a bit desperate

but aren't we all? Esp when it is likely our past is better than our present?

I actually really like that video - he sounds just like every other runner trying to catch an old and big PR.

Which is one of the great things about this sport - we're all the same upstairs - going through the same good times, bad times, doubts and new resolutions.

jamin wrote:

Beginning of this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWACMHwqzuo

Ambitious guy. Do you think he could do it?

Was he injured shortly after saying this?

McFlounder wrote:

I hope to make $775K next year.

What?!? Only $775k?

This is LetsRun, slacker!

Ryan Hall is seriously diluting himself if he ever thinks he'll get close to that again. Just thinking 59 flat ain't gonna get you there pal. I hate to say it, but he's done. He'll never get back to the form he was in when he ran his PRs. The I think it would take 2-3 years of solid track focused speed work, refocusing his energy back to the 5k and mile to get back to where he was.

Ryan did so well in the marathon early on BECAUSE his focus was on the short stuff and his stride and muscular was geared towards pop, quick turnover, and efficiency. This, however, was built up from YEARS of mile specific work. That's his only shot at getting back on top. Regardless though, he'll never even come close to breaking 60 min again, let alone 59 flat.

POSITIVE thinking is good, but LOGICAL thinking is what makes the positive goals reality.

jamin wrote:

Ambitious guy. Do you think he could do it?

This might as well be good-natured trolling. Zero chance. btw...

Hardloper wrote:

59:00 will require lots of speed.

Is that true? What kind of workouts?

McFlounder wrote:

I hope to make $775K next year.

making $775k (or at LEAST 250k) is EASY if you have a degree from a PRESTIGIOUS IVY LEAGUE university.

It seems like him just talking about his lifetime goal, not anything relevant to his current training.

Hide my name wrote:

Ya I think this is a joke. Ryan always talks big and then does nothing.

No matter how you slice the sub 2:05 due to wind and hills, or the 2:06 at london, these are a long ways from nothing. Let's skip this kind of outlandish hyperbole.

Typical Ryan Hall!

...that's a good looking trail

I wouldn't be so sure about that. He's a great long distance talent, and he's still young for a marathoner. If he can get his act together, stay healthy and have some consistency, I think he can run 2:06-2:08 again. And that could be enough for winning a big marathon, if all goes well and he is extremely lucky. Running low 59 Half will not happen, but running great marathons is still possible.

Sloop John B wrote:

Ryan Hall is seriously diluting himself if he ever thinks he'll get close to that again...

Well, now that you mention it I think that I have noticed his whiteness starting to take on something of a translucent quality. But perhaps that is all part of the plan as he spreads himself thinner and thinner to cover the entire globe.

Maybe this: "Ryan Hall says he's doping to run a 59:00 half marathon in the future."

Exactly

Higher Calling wrote:

McFlounder wrote:

I hope to make $775K next year.

What?!? Only $775k?

This is LetsRun, slacker!

Make any more of that and Obama will strip you off all your possessions, melt them down and turn them into ObamaPhones. Or so I've read here.

why not go for sub 58 or even sub 57???? i think he has the talent and the potential