After that, things started to fall apart. He finished second in the 2012 Olympic marathon trials, but then dropped out of the London Olympic marathon before the halfway mark, and he withdrew from that year’s New York City Marathon too, blaming fatigue.3 The following year, he planned to run the Boston and New York City Marathons, but didn’t start either one, owing to injuries. He didn’t finish another marathon again until 2014, when he crossed the line at the Boston Marathon in twentieth place, about nine minutes slower than in 2011. The following year, Hall attempted a comeback at the Los
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