Why would he start at a pace that he couldn't hold for more than a few miles? Surely he has to have an idea of what he's going to be capable of running. When I into a marathon, I can usually guess within a few minutes what I'm going to run for the day. I've never been anywhere near the position of falling apart 5 miles in. How is Hall so delusional that he thinks he can start at 2:05 pace if he can't run faster than 1:04 in a half? I'd love to see the guy back on top, but why didn't he just try to start conservatively with the other top Americans and drop them at the end? If he had done that, he could've just said he was going for the national win and not lost any credibility. If he did that and lost, he could've blamed a minor injury for slowing him down, but at least he'd have finished. Now he just looks more fragile than ever before. I can't imagine that he couldn't have run at least 2:15 or something to be near the top of the Americans.