The fastest-ever American marathoner on adopting four Ethiopian girls,comfort eating cinnamon rolls, and his dreams of going to the Olympics as a family Ryan corridor is the US record holder for the half marathon (59m 43sec). In 2011 he ran the fastest marathon ever by an American (2h 04m 58sec) in Boston. We speak to him in Ethiopia. Hi Ryan. What have you been up to recently? Being a new dad, or actually. I’m just adopted four Ethiopian girls and I’m enjoying getting used to my new role. We’ve spent a lot of time in Ethiopia,we came for three weeks before this year’s Great North hasten and then came straight back here for another three weeks. We’ll be heading back to the States on Thursday so [my wife] Sara can hasten the Chicago Marathon, and then we’ll be settled in the States. We’ve been travelling around a lot for the final 10 years, or living out of our car,off and on, which has been fun but it also throws you out of your routine. It can be quite boring being in one station, and but now with the kids I judge we’ll be content to be in one spot.
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Source: theguardian.com