.S. Half-Marathon champion; 2006 USA Cross Country champion; 2005 NCAA 5,000m champion; 2003 NCAA Cross Country runner-up; three-time NCAA Cross Country All-American; USA 20 km and half-marathon record… + See More +
.S. Half-Marathon champion; 2006 USA Cross Country champion; 2005 NCAA 5,000m champion; 2003 NCAA Cross Country runner-up; three-time NCAA Cross Country All-American; USA 20 km and half-marathon record… + See More
- See Less - .S. Half-Marathon champion; 2006 USA Cross Country champion; 2005 NCAA 5,000m champion; 2003 NCAA Cross Country runner-up; three-time NCAA Cross Country All-American; USA 20 km and half-marathon record holder
At the 2007 Olympic Trials – Men’s Marathon, Hall tamed what had been thought of as a slow and very difficult course, breaking the Olympic Trials record with his winning time of 2:09:02. He posted the second-fastest marathon time ever by an American of 2:06.17 from his fifth place finish at the 2008 London Marathon. Hall showed signs of becoming a future Olympic marathoner when he made his marathon debut in style, finishing seventh in April at the 2007 Flora London Marathon in 2:08:24. Hall's time was the fastest ever debut marathon for an American man by 1:16.Hall has gone from high school prodigy to national record holder in the span of just a few years. Hall set a U.S. record and earned a national title on January 14, 2007, when he won the men’s U.S. Half Marathon National Championship in 59 minutes 43 seconds becoming the first American to break the one-hour barrier at that distance. His performance bettered the previous American record by Mark Curp that had stood for 21 years by 1:12, and makes him the 13th fastest performer in the world at the half marathon distance. Hall won his first major cross country title when he captured the men’s long course national crown at the 2006 USA Cross Country Championships at historic Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx, N.Y. Hall won going away with a 27-second margin over the rest of the field. "It was probably the most fun race of my life," said Hall. "It's my first 12k. I thought that I would make a move and see who would go, and maybe if I get a gap, then keep going.” Hall was the fastest American in the long course race at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships in Japan, placing 43rd. Also in 2006 Hall set an American record in the 20 km of 57:54 on October 8 at the IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Hall enjoyed a strong season in 2005 that included winning the NCAA Outdoor 5,000m title, placing third at the USA Outdoor Championships, where he set a new personal best of 13:16.03, and competing at his first World Outdoor Championships. As a prep standout, Hall competed at the Peregrine Systems U.S. Open at Stanford in the 1500 meters where he ran 3:42.70, the third fastest high school performance ever for the metric mile ... California state champion in the 1600 meters during his senior season with a state record time of 4:02 ... had the #2 high school time in the U.S. in the 1600 meters at 4:00.52 ... The National Scholastic mile champion in his junior season at 4:06 ... Also won the state title during his junior season in the two-mile at 8:55.03 ...the California state cross country champion during his junior and senior seasons at Big Bear High School ... Finished third at the Footlocker Nationals in Orlando during his senior season. Wife Sara Bei-Hall is also a competitive runner, who placed 26th in the 4 km race at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships. The Halls are active with charitable groups such as Team World Vision. They worked on a campaign in 2008 entitled, “More Precious than Gold,” that raised nearly a million dollars to help bring clean water wells and irrigation systems to poor communities in Zambia.
It is fortunate for all the haters that they are not scrutinized to the level they apply here. The man is just trying to be humble and run well. We are all our own beasts.
He is saying that no one was really at their best, which is a compliment to the other runners, because he says they will be ready to race at worlds. I take this to mean that he believes these guys can get even better and run even faster in the future, which is great!! He also talks about how well the USA is going to do in distance running in the future, so I dont think anyone would have a problem with his comments, except for you guys who arent thinking about the comments completely.
i can understand that some people think that bashing ryan would be from jealousy, but it is merely the way that the interview was interpreted. Ryan expressed himself in a way that came off as cocky and insincere. He is a great runner and a marathoner. I am glad that he took the time to give an interview for the site. He is focused on his marathon and i believe he will do well. The woman on his side has nothing to do with previous comments, so i think you are jealous of that, although who wouldn't be.
I am perfectly content with the person i am, i have no issues with ryan, i think he said some things that were taken out of context, but when someone expresses their opinion does not mean they have issues... get over yourself
The only possible negative things that could be said about Mr Hall would merely be coming from a place of jealousy. The kid has it all. He's livin' the dream of everyone who visits this site. On top of that, he's got stable money and an _incredible_ woman at his side. All I would say is that people need to deal with their own issues before they hop on here and start trying to deal with others'.
Yikes. People need to back off. Ryan never bashed anyone here. He could care less about 12k. He is a pace runner. He could run 4:50's for hours. Just wait until he goes to London and Beijing and makes a KILLING.
These athletes think on a different level and when he says no one ran great out there and he was 5th it is a bigger compliment to them then if they ran great. He is americas best marathoner and just won the Olympic trials and when he says that the guys that beat him werent on their A game that means that he thinks they are pretty good and they can run better. Actually pretty humble.
Hall... Show Some Respect February 18, 2008 at 12:00pm
hey hall, maybe you felt like you weren't flying out there because you fell off the second half of the race and the leaders strung out!? he needs to give some credit to the guys that beat them and not be so stuck on how he didn't dominate because he isn't that sharp right now..
Keeping It In Perspective February 18, 2008 at 10:39am
I think he meant that relative to the competition they will face in World XC, the US men didn't run "great." I do wonder if the fact that this race was really just a training run for him and he never planned on going to Worlds even if he won affected his performance. I like him but like seeing Ritz kick his butt even more.
i think thats its a compliment if you choose to see it that way. What he might have been saying is that those guys are so talented that even after a solid race he thinks they are even better than what they ran that day. either way works...
Ryan Hall @ USA XC
i love u chad and ryan see yall soon ;)
I am perfectly content with the person i am, i have no issues with ryan, i think he said some things that were taken out of context, but when someone expresses their opinion does not mean they have issues... get over yourself