• Ackley
      • Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 3:37AM
      • Ackley
      • Nice bounceback run for Sara Hall in 20th less than two weeks after LA Marathon. I did not watch the stream, but it looks like she ran a solid race from start to finish.

        I questioned whether this was a good idea when I saw she was listed as a team member right after LA (https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=6386532&thread=6383462#6386532)
    • Tony Soprano
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 4:59AM - in reply to Ackley
      • Tony Soprano
      • It's good to see she got right with the lord.
    • nice
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 8:13AM - in reply to Tony Soprano
      • nice
      • way to bounce back and benefit from the marathon mileage

        one can wish Ryan would toe the line at Boston...
    • Trollus Maximus
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 10:33AM - in reply to Ackley
      • Trollus Maximus
      • Tough lady. Well done and I wish her success. Solid performance considering the fact that she just ran a bad debut marathon about 15 days ago. I wonder if she was even fully recovered?
    • HardLoper
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 11:57AM - in reply to Ackley
      • HardLoper
      • Altitude must have been a big factor today and she has spent a lot of time in Ethiopia (many runners do hi/low training wouldn't prepare you to race at altitude, you would think). Very impressive to go from 5th at USAs to this.
    • Stanford Fan
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 2:09PM - in reply to HardLoper
      • Stanford Fan
      • HardLoper wrote:
        Altitude must have been a big factor today and she has spent a lot of time in Ethiopia (many runners do hi/low training wouldn't prepare you to race at altitude, you would think). Very impressive to go from 5th at USAs to this.
        Sara Hall has been running pretty well the last 12-18 months. Def the best of her career. The LA marathon was:
        A. Too soon
        B . Better served just to DNF if her legs simply stop working ( it happens)
    • Person of Interesting
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 2:21PM - in reply to Stanford Fan
      • Person of Interesting
      • Does anyone know what the conditions were like on the course? Was it wet or muddy? The times seem a little slower than I'd expect for the Americans. I mean, is there a Northeast course you could relate it to?
    • Link
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/28/2015 9:21PM - in reply to Stanford Fan
      • Link
      • You know, there's something in this story that the rest of us should pay attention to, I think.

        My first marathon ever, I hit 10 miles in 59 minutes, 20 in 2:05 and finished in 3:05.... But, then, 3 weeks later I destroyed my 10k PR by almost 45 seconds.

        Lydiard used to advise his runners to end their base period with a marathon. Then, almost immediately, they'd hit the hills. Then, the track, then splits on their way to world records.

        Something worth thinking about.
    • adsfasfdsfd
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/29/2015 6:28PM - in reply to Link
      • adsfasfdsfd
      • Link wrote:
        Lydiard used to advise his runners to end their base period with a marathon.
        Lydiard never said that.
    • jungleroy59
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/30/2015 9:21AM - in reply to adsfasfdsfd
      • jungleroy59
      • Lydiard had his runners in the early 1960s, even 800m runners like Snell, run a hilly, muddy 22 mile loop. It was aerobic training, not a road marathon race.
    • his minions
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/30/2015 9:33AM - in reply to Tony Soprano
      • his minions
      • It was the will of god and to the glory of god that many atheists and muslims beat her.
    • jjjjjj
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/30/2015 9:40AM - in reply to Link
      • jjjjjj
      • Given Hall's ability, a 2:48 was more like a tempo. The heat probably affected her but it didn't kill her legs because the pace was slow. She has spent many years at altitude in Big Bear and elsewhere, plus the training in Ethiopia, so she would not be greatly affected by altitude, and the marathon training probably finally gave her the mileage base she has needed to make the jump to a higher level.
    • Linsanity
      • RE: Sara Hall -- Top American at World XC 3/30/2015 10:09AM - in reply to adsfasfdsfd
      • Linsanity
      • adsfasfdsfd wrote:
        Link wrote:
        Lydiard used to advise his runners to end their base period with a marathon.
        Lydiard never said that.
        "End your base period with a marathon. Then, almost immediately, hit the hills. Then, the track, then splits on your way to world records."

        - Finneus J. Lydiard III