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Ryan Hall, Americas Fastest Marathoner, Is Retiring - braincheese - 01-15-2016
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/sports/ryan-hall-fastest-us-distance-runner-is-retiring.html?_r=0
Seems that Ryan Hall (class of 2004), who holds the American record for marathon time at 2 hours 4 minutes 58 seconds, is retiring at the age of 33 due to fatigue. I remember reading about him in the Stanford magazine and he always seemed like a stand-up guy -- the NYT writer agrees!
Re: Ryan Hall, Americas Fastest Marathoner, Is Retiring - BobK - 01-15-2016
Sad, so good. His wife will be in the Marathon Olympic Trials in a month