Stats For Hall's London Run

U.S. Olympic marathon champion Ryan Hall, a devout Christian, takes us through a 15-mile altitude-training run in 1:16:47 (a 5:07 per mile pace!) at Mammoth Lakes, CA (elevation: 7,000 feet). This video was posted on GodTube. Mind you, this was BEFORE he won in New York on November 3rd...



Here are some great stats on Ryan Hall’s strong 5th-place showing in London this past weekend:

• 2:06:17 makes Hall the 16th fastest marathoner, all-time.
  
• 2:06:17 puts Hall just 12 seconds behind #10, all-time.
  
• 2:06:17 is almost 2-and-a-half minutes faster than any American not named Khalid Khannouchi. Put another way, Hall would put half a mile on some of the greatest American marathon performances ever. Put yet another way, Hall would be at least halfway through a ham-and-pineapple pizza (his favorite - he’s from California) when the shades of Kempainen, Salazar and Beardsley crossed the line.
  
• 2:06:17 is the 3rd fastest American performance ever.
  
• 2:06:17 is just 20 seconds slower than Geb ran in his 3rd marathon.
  
• 2:06:17 is a better PB than those owned by perennial Major contenders Cheruiyot, Ramaala, Ivuti, Gharib, and Baldini.
  
• 2:06:17 is 24 seconds FASTER than Martin Lel — arguably the top marathoner in the world, at the moment — had ever run before Sunday.

How's that for some perspective on the performance?