Link to it:
http://www.runnersworld.com/chicago-marathon/sara-hall-gives-the-marathon-another-try
This is the bit I find very odd (referring to Ryan):
"He has some hormonal imbalances which could quickly be fixed illegally by microdosing, but that's obviously not the path he's taking. I think he can get back to where he was, but he won't be able to do it how he has done it in the past."
What is she talking about???!
Yeah weird.
It sounds like the hormonal imbalance she is referring to could be low testosterone, which could fixed by micro dosing. If this is the case, I applaud him for not going that route.
American Running Association - 2011
" I knew my halfs were good, but I knew I was not feeling as good. I knew I didn’t have that same pop, that same energy in my body that I had had a few years ago. I realized that I cannot keep pounding my body like that. My body was totally whacked. I got some extensive blood work done and I saw a lot of specialists and after seeing my blood work, they were like I don’t know how were running. My testosterone numbers were really low, my thyroid was totally blown.
Q: Were you feeling beaten down every day?
A: I was, but it’s a gray line. You get tired from training. So for example, leading up to Chicago, I was taking two-hour naps, every day, and I was sleeping 10 hours a night and I’d wake up from those two-hour naps still feeling tired but that was the extreme end of it. But I was like “well, I always take an hour nap during the day so it’s like well two hours because I was training hard, whatever,†and you don’t really realize you are getting rundown until it gets really bad. And that’s what happened last fall, it got really bad. So I had to step back and be like OK, the number one priority above running fast is to get my body back right. And we’ve done that. I’ve gotten on thyroid medicine to get my thyroid back and that made a huge difference right away but my doctor thinks even that’s going to take time. You’re going to feel better right away but you’ve got to be patient. You didn’t get here overnight and you’re not going to get out of here overnight. But I did notice the remarkable difference, more energy.
Honestly, the last couple of years, just walking around and I’d feel like a Dead Man Walking at some times, not only tired but my quality of life is not as good as I’d want it to be. I don’t feel right, I feel tired all the time. Super low energy."
She's saying she has him by the balls if not actually in a jar on a shelf. Fairly typical for a married dude.
fred wrote:
American Running Association - 2011
" I knew my halfs were good, but I knew I was not feeling as good. I knew I didn’t have that same pop, that same energy in my body that I had had a few years ago. I realized that I cannot keep pounding my body like that. My body was totally whacked. I got some extensive blood work done and I saw a lot of specialists and after seeing my blood work, they were like I don’t know how were running. My testosterone numbers were really low, my thyroid was totally blown.
Q: Were you feeling beaten down every day?
A: I was, but it’s a gray line. You get tired from training. So for example, leading up to Chicago, I was taking two-hour naps, every day, and I was sleeping 10 hours a night and I’d wake up from those two-hour naps still feeling tired but that was the extreme end of it. But I was like “well, I always take an hour nap during the day so it’s like well two hours because I was training hard, whatever,†and you don’t really realize you are getting rundown until it gets really bad. And that’s what happened last fall, it got really bad. So I had to step back and be like OK, the number one priority above running fast is to get my body back right. And we’ve done that. I’ve gotten on thyroid medicine to get my thyroid back and that made a huge difference right away but my doctor thinks even that’s going to take time. You’re going to feel better right away but you’ve got to be patient. You didn’t get here overnight and you’re not going to get out of here overnight. But I did notice the remarkable difference, more energy.
Honestly, the last couple of years, just walking around and I’d feel like a Dead Man Walking at some times, not only tired but my quality of life is not as good as I’d want it to be. I don’t feel right, I feel tired all the time. Super low energy."
this declaration is from years ago and I admit I didn't know of. it's surprising, actually. if it still is the same problem after years and years, how the hell has he not fixed it? sure overcoming these things is not easy, but we are talking about 4 years already.
has he managed to keep doing the same mistakes over and over?
I don't know, with Ryan only God knows.
Surprised the Almighty could screw up his training that bad. doesn't He know the exact right amount of work that Ryan could handle?
Has Ryan asked Him to fix the problem?
somebloke wrote:
Link to it:
http://www.runnersworld.com/chicago-marathon/sara-hall-gives-the-marathon-another-tryThis is the bit I find very odd (referring to Ryan):
"He has some hormonal imbalances which could quickly be fixed illegally by microdosing, but that's obviously not the path he's taking. I think he can get back to where he was, but he won't be able to do it how he has done it in the past."
What is she talking about???!
Sara is saying Ryan has to begin training with a group.....none of this solo monk nonsense.
I didn't know about his hormonal problems either, and now I feel bad for trashing him.
Maybe his testosterone won't come up without the androgel, but he can't earn appearance fees if he's going to test positive.
Those two So Cal weirdohs have ruined running as a sport.
Wow you are so funny. How did you become such a funny person? Do you think Ryan Hall would try to insult or disrespect you because of your belief system the way you are trying to do that to him?
are you a comedian? wrote:
Wow you are so funny. How did you become such a funny person? Do you think Ryan Hall would try to insult or disrespect you because of your belief system the way you are trying to do that to him?
People just think he threw away his career because of his religious convictions.
He didn't need any meds to get his body back in shape, he just needed to learn how to listen to his body and stop over training.
The best runners are obsessives. That is both their strength and their weakness.
are you a comedian? wrote:
Wow you are so funny. How did you become such a funny person? Do you think Ryan Hall would try to insult or disrespect you because of your belief system the way you are trying to do that to him?
He probably wouldn't. That doesn't make him less of a dumb person if he has truly been overtrained for 4 years in a row.
God also knows that Ryan could still run circles around you.
Is respect Ryan Hall. Why. Because he is the only competitive marathoner who is not doping.
Larry83 wrote:
God also knows that Ryan could still run circles around you.
If I stay in one spot, yes.
Could it be that perhaps before leaving Mammoth he was doing "grey area" stuff, felt guilty, left and stopped doing it...and now we see the results of training without "grey area"?
Just asking a question, not accusing Ryan. I admire his guts back in the 2007-2011 era.
Both dopers in the past who use God as a coverup to their sins. The inte view is comical.
somebloke wrote:
Link to it:
http://www.runnersworld.com/chicago-marathon/sara-hall-gives-the-marathon-another-tryThis is the bit I find very odd (referring to Ryan):
"He has some hormonal imbalances which could quickly be fixed illegally by microdosing, but that's obviously not the path he's taking. I think he can get back to where he was, but he won't be able to do it how he has done it in the past."
What is she talking about???!
She doesn't know WTF she is saying. "Low T" is a consequence of taking Test over long periods of time. The body stops making it.
The human norm is about 1:1 T:E ratio. IOC permits 4x that before declaring a positive. So, exogenous Testosterone is perfectly acceptable, up to about 4:1. But, then the body stops making it....
It's not cheating if you never test positive.
Now he's living with the consequences of the IOC/IAAF permissive doping policies. Why won't God get him back in the game? Are you there God? It's Ryan. You let me dope before, so fix this sh!t.
fred wrote:
"I’ve gotten on thyroid medicine to get my thyroid back and that made a huge difference right away but my doctor thinks even that’s going to take time."
That is not how it works.
You can replace thyroid hormone, but that is not stimulating thyroid production. Using synthetic thyroid will actually suppress your real production in the long run. Just like supplementing T suppresses natural production by the gonads.
In other words, Rupp is never coming off of synthetic thyroid hormone.