RYAN HALL
"He's our Kenyan," says veteran coach Bob Larsen, whose runners include Mammoth-based Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi, of Hall. "He grew up at altitude and started running early. Ideal." (USA Today)
"I feel like you have to look at Heartbreak Hill the same way surfers look at the ocean. You have to respect it, train for it, and be ready for it, but when the time comes to paddle out and take off you just have to go for it." (Runner's Tribe)
KARA GOUCHER
Alberto Salazar on Kara Goucher:
Kara Goucher video interview:
http://www.universalsports.com/mediaPlayer/media.dbml?CLIP_ID=390038&CLIP_FILE_ID=397565&_MODE_=ONDEMAND&db_oem_id=23000