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Ryan Hall’s Post-Olympic Video: Passion for the Run

Posted August 27th, 2008 at 6:01 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics

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Podcast 99: JOSH COX on Faith, Love, Hope … and the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

Posted October 31st, 2007 at 6:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 99 of The Final Sprint Podcast, the most listened to running podcast in North America, features my interview with American marathoner and Olympic hopeful JOSH COX.

In the interview Cox offers intimate details about his absence from racing and the emotionally and mentally trying journey that began in late 2005 when his father was diagnosed with cancer. Cox went to care for his father, ceased most of his training, and was by his side until he passed away in July 2006. Although a painful journey, it also led to a once unthinkable metamorphosis; enabling the father and son to repair what had been a tumultuous relationship and find forgiveness, as Cox says, “On this side of eternity”.

His personal and athletic life now back on track, Cox is ready to “let it rip” at Sunday’s U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials; a race he says he’ll been running for both his Heavenly and earthly fathers.

Download the podcast to hear Cox discuss these experiences, the Trials, as well as, having his “butt handed to him daily” when he arrived in Mammoth, the “adventure” of earning his qualifier at the Air Force Marathon, what he believes is the “true gold” in athletics, his new video about Ryan Hall on GodTube, and Team Running USA: their strong group dynamic despite stark contrasts in personalities and how a common faith binds them together.

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Host: Adam Jacobs | Guest: Josh Cox
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Musicians: Ryan Ahlwardt, Darnell Perkins
File Size: 25.0 MB | Length: 36:26 MIN

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Video: “The Ryan Hall Story”; Training Run on GodTube

Posted October 31st, 2007 at 5:55 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Interviews

U.S. Olympic marathon hopeful 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).