Ryan Hall (runner)

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Ryan Hall
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Ryan Hall at the 2008 London Marathon
Personal information
Date of birth October 14, 1982 (1982-10-14) (age 27)
Place of birth Big Bear Lake, California
Height 1.78 metres (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 59 kilograms (130 lb)
Sport
Country  United States
Event(s) Cross Country, Marathon
Club Team Running USA
Team Stanford Cardinal
(2001-2005)
Coached by Terrence Mahon
Achievements and titles
Olympics 2008, Marathon, 10th
Personal best(s) 1500 m: 3:42.70

5000 m: 13:16.03
10000 m: 28:07.93
Half Marathon: 59:43  NR

Marathon: 2:06:17

Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982 in Big Bear Lake, California) is an American long distance runner. He won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and recently placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing. He also holds the U.S. record in the half marathon with a time of 59:43, becoming the first U.S. runner to break the one hour barrier in the event.

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[edit] High school

Hall came on to the running scene as a high school junior. He graduated from high school in the same year as Dathan Ritzenhein and Alan Webb, behind whom he finished in the 2000 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships; the Class of 2001.

Hall was the California state cross country champion during his junior and senior seasons at Big Bear High School. He finished third at the Foot Locker Nationals in Orlando during his senior season, also set the Mt. SAC course record in 2000.[1] In track, he was the National Scholastic mile champion in his junior season at 4:06.15,[2] and was the California state champion in the 1600 meters during his senior season with a state record time of 4:02.62,[3] and won the state title during his junior season in the two-mile at 8:55.12. [4] Hall competed at the Peregrine Systems U.S. Open at Stanford in the 1500 meters, running 3:42.70, and at the 2001 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

[edit] College

His college years at Stanford University were initially marred by injury and inconsistent performances, but Hall emerged in 2003 to lead the Cardinal to the NCAA Cross-Country championship by finishing a close second place (to Colorado's Dathan Ritzenhein) in the individual results. His final year saw him win the individual 5,000m crown on the track over teammate Ian Dobson by less than a second with both runners clocking 13:22. His coach was Vin Lananna, currently Director of Track and Field at the University of Oregon. Hall graduated from Stanford with a BA in Sociology in 2006.

[edit] Professional

On the way to placing 3rd in the 2009 Boston Marathon. At halfway point in Wellesley Square.

In 2006 he won his first national title in the 12K cross-country championships, winning by 27 seconds.

On September 16, 2006, Hall won the Great Cow Harbor 10K in Northport, New York, setting a new course record of 28:22.[1] Hall's road-running success continued when he broke the U.S. 20k record on October 8, 2006, running 57:54, 48 seconds faster than the previous record run by Abdi Abdirahman in 2005.[2]

On January 14, 2007, Hall won the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon in a time of 59:43,[3] both the 15th best performance of all time at the distance and the 9th best performance on a legal course. The performance also broke the previous North American record of 1:00:55, set by Mark Curp on September 15, 1985, in Philadelphia.

On April 22, 2007, Hall placed 7th in the Flora London Marathon. His time of 2:08:24 was the fastest marathon debut by any American, and the fastest marathon ever run by an U.S.-born citizen.[4]

On November 3, 2007, Hall won the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon in a Trials-record 2:09:02[5] in New York City, New York. With this win, he, Dathan Ritzenhein, and Brian Sell qualified to run the marathon at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.[6]

On April 13, 2008, Hall placed 5th in the Flora London Marathon. Hall, 25, competing in only his third marathon, finished in 2:06:17[7]. The only American to run faster is Morocco-born Khalid Khannouchi, who in 2002 ran 2:05:38 in London and 2:05:56 in Chicago.[8]

On August 24, 2008, Hall was the second American to cross the finish line the 2008 Men's Olympic Marathon, placing 10th with a time of 2:12:33. He ran at a much more conservative pace than the lead pack did, and gradually moved from 21st place at the 15k mark up to 10th at the 40 km mark. His teammates Dathan Ritzenhein and Brian Sell finished 9th and 22nd respectively.

Hall was chosen as the 2008 Road Runner of the Year in the Open Male division by the Road Runners Club of America.[9]

On April 20, 2009, Hall participated in the 2009 Boston Marathon, finishing third overall in 2:09:40 behind Deriba Merga of Ethiopia and Daniel Rono of Kenya. Merga and Rono finished with times of 2:08:42 and 2:09:32, respectively.[10]

Hall has been sponsored by Asics since 2005.[11] His trainer is Terrence Mahon, a former runner at Villanova University.[12]

Hall was featured on the cover of the September 2008 Runner's World magazine and talks about his "run for glory" in the marathon in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[13]

[edit] Achievement chronology

[edit] Personal Best Times

Event Time Place Date
1500 m 3:42.70 Stanford, California, U.S. June 9, 2001
5,000 m 13:16.03 Carson, California, U.S. May 24, 2005
10,000 m 28:07.93 Palo Alto, California, U.S. March 31, 2007
15,000 m 43:26 Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2009
Half-Marathon 59:43 Houston, Texas, U.S. January 14, 2007
Marathon 2:06:17 London, England April 13, 2008

[edit] Personal life

Ryan and Sara Hall

Hall married his college girlfriend Sara Bei, also a professional runner, in September 2005.

Hall's younger brother Chad won the 2006 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships, the de facto national championship for high school cross country runners. Chad was following in his sister-in-law's footsteps, as Sara Hall (née Bei) won the girl's championships in 2000. Chad attended the University of Oregon. In 2008, Chad transferred to University of California, Riverside.

In 2008, Ryan and his wife Sara joined Team World Vision, a program of humanitarian organization World Vision that encourages marathon runners to raise awareness and funding for children and communities in Africa. Coinciding with the 2008 Olympics, Ryan and Sara launched the fundraising campaign "More Precious than Gold" to help bring clean water wells to communities in Africa.

Ryan's home town of Big Bear Lake created the "Move a Million Miles for Ryan Hall" campaign to support Ryan's quest for 2008 Olympic Marathon gold by collectively logging 1,000,000 exercise miles.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Great Cow Harbor 10K Run: Overall 2006 Results: New Course Record". start2finish.com. 17 September 2006. http://start2finish.com/2006/r091606.htm. 
  2. ^ "Hall sets American 20 km record at IAAF World Road Running Championships". USA Track & Field. 8 October 2006. http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2006_10_08_10_54_24. 
  3. ^ "Ryan Hall sets new North American record for the Half-Marathon (59:43)". TheFinalSprint.com. 14 January 2007. http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/01/ryan-hall-sets-new-north-american-record-for-the-half-marathon/. 
  4. ^ "Impressive debut for America’s Ryan Hall in London". TheFinalSprint.com. 23 April 2007. http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/04/impressive-debut-for-americas-ryan-hall-in-london/. 
  5. ^ "Ryan Hall Makes History in Olympic Trials Marathon ‘07". TheFinalSprint.com. 3 November 2007. http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/11/ryan-hall-makes-history-in-olympic-trials-marathon-07/. 
  6. ^ "Hall puts on stunning display, Wins Olympic Trials in men’s marathon". TheFinalSprint.com. 3 November 2007. http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/11/hall-puts-on-stunning-display-wins-olympic-trials-in-mens-marathon/. 
  7. ^ "Ryan Hall Takes Fifth at Flora London Marathon". TheFinalSprint.com. 14 April 2008. http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2008/04/ryan-hall-takes-fifth-at-2008-flora-london-marathon/. 
  8. ^ "American Hall strides to fifth in London Marathon". Usa Today. 13 April 2008. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-04-13-london-hall_N.htm. 
  9. ^ http://www.rrca.org/news/index.php?article=2393
  10. ^ http://www.bostonmarathon.org/
  11. ^ http://www.asicsamerica.com/about_us/press/spring_2009/20090120_athletes_re-sign.aspx
  12. ^ http://www.asicsamerica.com/sports/running/athletes.aspx
  13. ^ Perry, Michael (July 23, 2008). "THE POWER AND THE GLORY". Runner's World. http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-239-473--12789-7-1X2X3X4X5X6-7,00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 

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[edit] Video - Race/Interviews

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