Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.

Here's your host, Jason Romano.

Welcome, everyone, to a throwback Thursday edition of the Sports Spectrum podcast.

I am Jason Romano.

Great to have you joining us here on the program today.

We're going to look back as we always do every Thursday to 2017, June 30th, 2017,

and our podcast interview, which was episode number 19, with Ryan Hall, 2008, 2012,

Olympic marathon runner. He holds the U.S. record in the half marathon with a record time of 59

minutes, 43 seconds, becoming the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event.

He also represented the United States in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

And on this sort of portion of the podcast that we play, I asked Ryan about qualifying for that 2008-2008 Olympic Games, which was quite the achievement

for him.

And taking them back to New York City in that moment when he won the U.S.

Olympic trials to qualify for the Olympic Games.

Ryan now coincidentally has a new book out, which I'll tell you more about on the back end

of this Throwback Thursday podcast. But the new book out, which I'll tell you more about on the back end of this

Throwback Thursday podcast.

But the new book is called Run the Mile You're in, Finding God in Every Step.

And that released April 16th, 2019.

So here's a smidget, a little portion of our 2017 interview with Ryan Hall, 2008 and 2012,

Olympic marathon runner here on Sports Spectrum's Throwback Thursday podcast. Take a listen.

Let's just take it to 2007. It's New York City and you're at the United States Olympic Trials. Now it's getting

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