dashjdas wrote:
I think he is probably an Asics Ambassador for life like Deena, Still gets paid to show up to expos for Competitor Group and speaking engagements when they cant hire Gary Busey or a surfer.
Normally I'd love to hear someone with Ryan Hall's credentials talk. Imagine if he could analyze his career and tell us about the good stuff and the mistakes he did. But unfortunately he's a nut job. And it doesn't look like he'll become an adult ever.
Rob Young did 7 in 6 days . Yup ran one in Africa swam the Strait of Gibraltar and ran one in Europe on the 6th day--
ukathleticscoach wrote:
Zebra.sloppy.(not registered) wrote:I sure hope Brit liar Robert Young is not involved in any of this.
Is he?
Yes he's taking turns driving the van again.
International triathlon champs do stuff like this all the time.
Ryan Hall is an ego maniac
Have you met him? I have. Literally the most humble guy.
dorododoodr wrote:
Ryan Hall is an ego maniac
and you don't like him wrote:
smile wrote:He apparently couldn't run even 10 minutes without stopping an now, less than a year later, he wants to run 7 marathons in 7 days? It sounds like his problem may have been in his head.
Sounds like you haven't been reading about him at all.
It doesn't sound like that all.
Nor do I dislike him, as your name implies. But that's track and field for you. Say anything even remotely critical and you're a hater.
I can second this. Met him at a marathon and he wanted to know how my running was going. Not an ego maniac at all.
Zebra.sloppy.(not registered) wrote:
I sure hope Brit liar Robert Young is not involved in any of this.
Is he?
thedub wrote:From what I understood he was doing this as a fundraiser so maybe some of the money is going to travel expenses as well??
Wouldn't it be funny is Hall had bought the very same RV to complete this challenge. Stick the tracker on the front and run very close behind.
As overtrained and overstressed as distance running made him, I can't see why he thinks this is a good idea.
I read an article by a guy and his wife who did the 7 marathons in 7 continents in 7 days. It was an organized tour that cost something like $30,000 apiece... not sure of the exact price, but this was in the ballpark.
It sounded like a miserable experience. He was either flying, running, or trying to catch a few hours of sleep. The Antarctica marathon was running around in a short looped course for several hours. They didn't get to see any of the countries they visited except on the bus to and from the airport. The weather turned bad and they were socked in for several days in some remote location in South America before they flew to Antarctica so it actually took them more like 14 days.
I watched a documentary on people who do this. I think it is a marathon a day on a single continent for 7 days. And then some other time you do each other continent.
Ryan will definitely have some competition- Michael Wardian is also doing the 7 marathon 7 continent challenge. Wardian is not as fast as Hall, but he is used to doing crazy stuff like this. It will be interesting to see how Hall does against Wardian.