No Official LA Marathon Thread?

Hall up front early. I love it.

Sarah also in the lead pack, but racing slightly more conservatively.

Thanks for the updates! Trying to get the KTLA stream working decently...

just go with usatf.tv. Coverage is pretty good so far.

way better commentary than the KTLA morning show. HD quality too.

Nice to see Blake up there with the lead pack, we'll see how long that lasts.

On my phone without ability to stream... hoping for some updates as we go. Also enjoy the regular bashing of the coverage and hoping for the occasional "WHERE IS HALL?" post.

Thanks folks!

I know it is early in the race, but I feel like what we are seeing is vintage hall. Up at the front, competing with nothing but east africans. I would love for him to throw down a huge performance today to really stamp his return to competitive racing.

Hall is up front, running in second. He's shaved the beard, but has the long hair waving behind him. Oversize singlet style he seems to prefer.

;)

Both Halls up in the front. Ryan 4:42 1st mile with an incline!

the ladies are running really wide spread out across the road. Bad for the camera angle...but interesting to see the strategy.

Hall went out HARD, right to the front of the entire field and ran 4:42 for the first major uphill mile

funny, looks like elite water stops are branded. seems like usually elites have their bottles all decorated up/color coded so they are easy to find. this elite aid stop had all gatorade identical looking bottles. strange.

Hall on 2:05 pace at 5k? 4:42/4:50/4:41 splits

hall goes to the lead at 22 minutes. leading a pack of 9...all africans

this is why Asics keeps sponsoring the guy I guess... they have a little ticker people can text to wish their moms/sons/bestfriends/boyfriends/whatever good luck on the race.

But seems like 20% of them are "go ryan hall"

Rather amusing in its own strange way.

Men 4:52 2nd mile, 4:41 3rd mile, too fast for conditions

Ryan Hall and the lead pack through 5k in 14:13! What are they thinking!

hall blows up by the half unless he backs it off, maybe 25k if he's lucky.

excellent coverage