Hall initially hoped to hit the gym afterwards however, it was already closed by the time he finished around 6:30 p.m. My kids had never watched me just race before, and having them run the last stretch with me was really special.” “It me a while to believe it was done, but it felt good to be a cross that finish line. “It felt like it was never going to end,” Hall said. We can give you training tips, nutrition advice, and more. We can’t help you finish an ultra on minimal training like Ryan Hall. Instead, he and Haley continued on for a couple more hours until they finally found the finish line after 12 hours, 47 minutes, 46 seconds. I wish I’d tried that earlier.”Īt that last aid station, with seven miles to go, he nearly hopped into his family’s van and called it a day after about 10 hours on the trails. “I was forcing down gels, did potato chips because of the salty foods advice I got, and with seven miles to go, someone said I should try Mandarin orange, which agreed with my stomach. “My stomach was low-level upset the whole time, so it was difficult to take in the calories I wanted to take in,” Hall said. As the aid stations felt further and further apart, Hall was feeling the many hours out on his legs and his stomach.

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