Hall, 33, who was one of the last remaining hopes for an American front-runner in this summer’s Olympic marathon, is succumbing to chronically low testosterone levels and fatigue so extreme, he says, that he can barely log 12 easy miles a week …
Dopo il recente ritiro di Lauren Fleshman mi sembra giusto tornare a quello di Ryan Hall a inizio anno, partendo dalle 14’000 battute di Lindsay Crouse sul NYTimes … “Up to this point, I always believed my best races were still ahead of me,” said Hall, who has faced a series of physical setbacks since the 2012 London Olympics. “I’ve explored every issue to get back to the level I’ve been at, and my body is not responding. I realized that it was time to stop striving, to finally be satisfied and decide, ‘Mission accomplished.’ ”
Un bel riassunto partendo dalla recente adozione di quattro sorelle etiopi e tornando alle sfide scolastiche con Dathan Ritzenhein e Alan Webb … “Their rise coincided with the groundswell of interest in cross-country and track that resulted from the explosion of the Internet and the first class of high schoolers that could really watch each other online, and not have to wait till results were in print. Kids across the country were talking about these guys; they wanted to be them.” said Mary Wittenberg. … e la grande amicizia con Meb Keflezighi, insieme per anni a Mammoth Lakes.
E qualche parola anche sull’allenamento improntato sulla fede … “If it wasn’t for faith-based coaching, I would have retired long ago,” he said. “And now I’ve reached a point in my career where God told me to take another path. I just want to be a good husband, a good dad, a good coach. “This is the first time I’ve gotten a little bit sad through the whole process,” he said. “But it’s not a sad moment like I’m making a mistake. It felt like I was reliving a great race, one that you want to relive. But you can’t.”
Fra le canotte mai lavate anche quella dei Trials 2008, corsi a NYC il sabato mattina prima della maratona 2007: 4 giri di Central Park partendo all’alba dal Rockfeller Center, vissuta dal vivo in una fredda e ventosa mattina di novembre – che rimane anche la sua gara preferita – dedicandogli una decina di post nel blog dal 2011. Breve rassegna stampa 2016 da RW.com dopo la scheda IAAF…
15/01 comunicato di Peter Gambaccini
15/01 commenti al ritiro
15/01 intervista a Jack Daniels di Erin Strout
18/01 intervista a Ryan Hall di Erin Strout
E più recentemente come abbia guadagnato 20kg di muscoli e adottato 4 figlie con la moglie Sara.
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