Wow, what a day in running.
We had a Trials record set today for the men by Mr. Ryan Hall at 2:09:02. Congrats to him. So here is our team for the 2008 Olympic Marathon: 1. Ryan Hall, 2:09:02; Dathan Ritzenhein, 2:11:06(PR) and Hanson's Brian Sell, 2:11:40.
The American running community also suffered tragedy today at the same event. 28 year old Ryan Shay died today at the Men's Marathon Olympic Trials. He collapsed right near the 5 mile marker and was rushed to the hospital. Ryan was the 2003 USA Marathon Champion and was the the 2003 and 2004 USA half-marathon champion. He was a great American Runner and EAS "Work Horse". We will miss him. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and his wife, Alicia.
Before we start speculating or nay saying on running and other related health issues let's wait. There has been no official word on Shay's cause of death.
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Ryan Shay had been diagnosed with an enlarged heart but cleared by doctors, his father said.
"The thing that made him such a great runner may have killed him," Joe Shay told The Associated Press.
An enlarged heart like Ryan's translated into extra endurance — crucial for a distance runner.
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