No.He said he’s running on the trails so he doesn’t compare his runs/pace/workouts to his former self….as to not get discouraged. You know, like he does his Sunday long run on paved roads at 5:30 pace or whatever but is doing his long runs on trails averaging 6:30-7:00 pace now. hard to compare those. You run slower pace on trails and so he isn’t fixating on the pace he’s running, he’s just running, maybe focusing on minutes versus miles, who knows.He’s a head case, so the less things he has to obsess/dwell/fixate on, the better he will be.But, it sounds like it’s physiological issues he’s having, so he’s probably really phucked anyway. i haven't ever necessarily cheered for ryan hall, but i feel very badly for him and hope he can get back in it, because he must be in a pretty dark place to find out he can't do the thing he has chosen for himselfrunning is a brutal career
Sometingwong wrote:
Maybe the running on the trails is keeping his body fresher and hopefully, injury-free. Heavy, heavy mileage on the roads beats that crap out of your body. If it's non technical trail, you can still crank out some fast miles.