![]() ![]() There’s no sensation like that,” says Hall. “When I’m at Sara’s races and she’s super fit and she’s warming up for marathons … I just remember: Oh, how good it feels to be ripping it on the roads, feeling like a million bucks floating through it. Coaching his wife Sara, who has run the second-fastest marathon time ever by an American woman, serves as a reminder of that. ![]() However, he’s hasn’t entirely forgotten his love for racing marathons. One goal is to try and complete a 500-pound deadlift and mile run in under five minutes (he got 5:28 for his first attempt), and another is something that involves “covering a good amount of distance with a heavy weight.” Hall plans to take on unique challenges combining strength and endurance. I have to work out every day or else I’m grumpy and in a bad mood.” ![]() “Weightlifting became a new medium for me to express who I am, which is a guy who loves physical challenge. “I’m five foot 10, I was 127 pounds and my body was just totally depleted and in really bad shape, and I needed to get back to my body. ![]() “My body was just done – I couldn’t even finish an easy, 30-minute run at that point,” he tells CNN Sport as he reflects on his retirement from professional running in January 2016. “It just feels like you’re wearing a weight vest the whole time,” says Hall, which is hardly a surprise when you consider his physical transformation since retiring from the sport five years ago.Īs a professional runner racking up 120 to 140 miles a week, Hall would weigh in at a lithe 130 pounds today, he’s 190 pounds and far more likely to be found lifting weights than grinding out 20-mile long runs.Īnd while he may not be able to get close to his half marathon record of 59:43, nor his best marathon time of 2:04:58, the 39-year-old Hall says that he feels all the better for it. Ryan Hall may hold the fastest marathon and half marathon times for a US athlete, but these days he admits that running doesn’t feel like it used to. ![]()
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