Lets face it. Hall is still the fastest American Marathon runner of all times. No one has run anywhere close to 2:04 besides him.
Also, other than this Khanouchi guy, I am sure that Hall never took any PEDs, god would never allow him to betray the people who love the sport.
So in the end, believe in what you want, but Hall is still the greatest hope we have for a clean sport.
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Gotta Getta Gunderson wrote:A race starting at ~5,960' and descending fairly steadily by ~110' to ~115' per mile should give back in the topography far more than it takes away thanks to the altitude, even to someone who's not altitude-trained.
Where's your data on this? I've always heard that altitude won't affect you as long as you are running downhill. Only on flats and uphill.
He ran a 1:15. WHY DOES ANY OF THIS MATTER? There is no altitude conversion + elevation drop conversion that makes this time relevant or worthy of discussion.
Ryan Hall went and participated in a local half. Good for him. I'm glad he's giving back to the community. I highly doubt he received a huge appearance fee.
However, that aside, THIS COURSE IS FAST! It drops like 700' over the course of 9 miles or so. Any one here claiming that its slow because its at altitude is CLEARLY from utah and is trying to defend there PRs set on some course with a huge elevation drop.
here's a video of him finishing.
That's sad to watch.
heyyo wrote:
here's a video of him finishing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi76zWcWfY&t=0h25m10s
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?