- 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.
good job on the video editing
“Where can I get the amazing back ground music of this video? Great job Ryan. You are amazing.”
artist: Dj Wizard
hilarious guy.
Hall looks extremely fit, I think his form looks pretty damn flawless. Great video. He is not arrogant or pushy about his faith, and if it makes him a better runner then more power to him.
Hall's stride is just amazing. He doesnt seem to put enough arm movement though. just little bit more on the arms to get less of the shoulders swinging. and it ends up with more forward force not side to side running partially.
says the random guy on forum. LOL half of these "attack" comments are just ignorance and jealousy. I don't see any random guys here ripping of 4:20 miles one after another and posting it for us to see and critique.... Who cares about Halls stride, form, anything, he's the one out there running Boston not some guy hiding behind a fake screen name on a video message board.
for example this guy:
"Roberto (Salazar?)
runs like a freaking caveman. looks like his fitness has diminished in my opinion and I coach 2:05 guys"
nice comment you nobody. I'm sure you've got hundreds of guys doing this exact same workout, and I'm sure you hold the american record in the half marathon too, nice one buddy. No really, good job.
“How can you lose if "God" is on your side?
If Science isn't.”
And to those criticizing Ryan Hall, we're taught about all of Darwin's theories and it's shoved down our throats in a situation where we can't change anything. Why get upset when someone says something about God in a video that you have total control over if you want to see it or not.
If Science isn't.
have respect. don't speak(write) if you have something negative to say.
ole ole ole ole ole ole ole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love it, great quote, even if you aren't very religious
He needs a solid PR agent.
He should just let his numbers speak for themselves-
USA Sweep Boston Men's and Woman's!
Nothing is wrong with selfish ambition and an innate drive to succeed and achieve. But that is what people loved about a runner like Pre. He run to win for himself, in pursuit of glory and graspin his potential. And he made no apologies for it.
“Getting annoying - 2 things. I wasn't offended....I'm annoyed. And where did I "attack" Hall. I respect Hall's running ability and I don't mind discussion of one's motivation within a certain context, but geez, every video Hall and Cox put out, no matter that the forum is about RUNNING, not religion or politics, has to follow the christian conversion dictate to witness at every opportunity. If they want to do that...awesome for them...but don't expect some of us to not respond. Let's get back to running.”