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Olympic Runner Comes to Tabor By Tyrel Haynes It is not every day that Tabor College has Olympic athletes on campus. Ryan Hall recently came to Tabor College and spoke at Chapel about his life from early childhood, as a college student and as a retired runner. In Hall’s early life, he wanted to become a professional baseball player. “One day, going to a basketball game, I was looking at a lake and got a calling from God to run,” said Hall. The next morning he decided to run eight miles
health and academics, and he decided to leave Stanford for a semester. He later realized that not being there made it worse. He finished his senior year back at Stanford as a NCAA national champion in the 1600 and became a professional athlete. Hall qualified for the marathon at the Beijing Olympics, and he set a goal of trying to get on the podium. Shortly into the race, Hall started to figure out that the race was not going the way he wanted. He
and after this running would
received a calling from God to encourage others.
become a love in his life.
“Listening to God is like
After his dad had a talk
listening to a second language,”
with him about him being
said Hall.
good at multiple things or
Because of injury, Hall had
being excellent at one thing,
to retire from running and is
Hall made the decision to
now focusing on bodybuilding
continue running. After
and coaching his wife.
running for years, Hall
Hall’s main message was
decided to go to Stanford
this: “There is nothing better
University.
than knowing Jesus. Knowing
At Stanford, Hall started
Him, you have already won.”
to struggle with depression, Ryan Hall, Olympic runner
