Lance and Kristin Armstrong in bizarro world
I was anxious to watch this short (2:07) video of Lance Armstrong’s thoughts on the Boston Marathon. But it’s the bizarro nature of it that caught me - the interviewer is his ex-wife, Kristin.
(From RunnersWorld.com)
What killed Ryan Shay?
Runner’s World Racing News via kwout
Amby Burfoot at Runner’s World posted an excellent report today challenging the New York City Medical Examiner’s office on the extraordinary long time it has taken to produce an autopsy on elite marathoner Ryan Shay (Shay died suddenly during the Olympic marathon trials on November 3). Burfoot’s report is the first major story I’ve seen on Shay since February 4, when WCSN.com quoted an NYC Medical Examiner’s Office spokesperson who indicated that the autopsy should be expected by the end of February.
Shay’s death is disturbing on many levels. The silence only makes it more mysterious than it (probably) should be. I like to lurk on the discussion boards at letsrun.com where several threads have cropped up in the past 2 months. Each time, the threads began with honest questions about Shay’s death, followed by unflattering speculation, followed by juvenile name-calling among the participants, followed by one of the site founders hinting that he had inside information of the autopsy which he couldn’t reveal, folowed by the thread being deleted.
Enough already!
Listen to this! (Recommended audio)
One of my favorite podcasts, The Final Sprint, recently interviewed Mike Huckabee - not about politics (although he does talk some about health care) but about running, exercise, and diet. Huckabee saved his health by losing 110 pounds, eating right, and running (he has completed several marathons). This 26 minute interview is worth a listen.
Huckabee’s food rules include:
- If it comes through your car window, it isn’t food.
- If it didn’t exist a hundred years ago, it isn’t food.
- If you need a chemistry degree to understand the ingredients, eat the box instead.
Sermon: Training in Godliness
Sermon: Training in Godliness
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Excellence in motion: Ryan Hall
I got up early Saturday morning to watch the men’s Olympic Marathon trials on the internet. (If you have to ask why, I can’t explain it to you 
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For miles 13, 14, 15 and 16, five men ran extremely close together at the front, and I tried to identify runners that I had barely heard of but had read about in the pages of running magazines. But along about mile 17, as the lead pack began an uphill climb, Ryan Hall decided to shift into a higher gear. He waved to the camera truck to speed up, and then Hall turned it up a notch and quickly the other four men began to shrink into the background.
From that point on, Ryan Hall never seemed to be working hard and he never slowed down. As he sailed through miles at a 4:40 and 4:50 pace, he was the embodiment of a person doing what he was born to do. Hall finished the marathon in 2:09:02 shattering the old trials record and beating all other competitors by a couple of minutes.
There is a lot to like about Ryan Hall. He’s tall, blond, Stanford-educated, and very upfront about his Christian faith. Runner’s World editor Amby Burfoot says Hall will be one of the most hyped athletes on the 2008 Olympic team. But Saturday was all about Hall’s remarkable running, a God-given talent that Hall, with thousands of hours and miles run, has shaped into athletic poetry.
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Early in the race, 28-year-old elite marathoner Ryan Shay collapsed and died. Amby Burfoot has written a remarkable reflection on this tragedy (and on Ryan Hall) here.
