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Adventures in the Thin Trade (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Oh .... it's over? Well I had a long training run yesterday. I watched the Olympic Men's Marathon Saturday night looking to channel some of that Ryan Hall karma that had me flying through Central Park last November. Here are the results: Of 98 marathon racers, Ryan Hall (USA) finished 10th. Of 1 marathon trainer yesterday, I finished 10th. Hall had to be thinking that Nicholson Joker line, "
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Dating Dames (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
USATF - News - USA Track and Field - reports that BEIJING - “Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.) and Ryan Hall (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) were ninth and 10th, respectively, to put two Team USA athletes in the top 10 of the Olympic men’s marathon for the first time since 1976 in competition Sunday morning. The race [...]
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The Point (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
As with Chariots of Fire's Eric Liddell, running is a spiritual journey for America's Olympic marathon hopeful, 25-year-old Ryan Hall. This week's issue of The New Yorker featured California native Hall, his physical stamina and his spiritual drive. When Hall...
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In The Fray (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Great New Yorker piece about U.S. Olympic marathon hopeful Ryan Hall, and distance running. The article, "Running to Beijing" is not online yet, but it is in the August 11 issue of the magazine.