Sara Hall Will Be Replaced By Emma Bates on Team USATF for IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

By Adam Kopet

USATF announced Tuesday that Sara Hall has withdrawn from the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She will be replaced by Emma Bates.

.@emmajbates has been added to #TeamUSATF after @SaraHall3 withdraws from IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

📰: https://t.co/ooQhaODDnz

— USATF (@usatf) March 13, 2018

The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships will be held March 24 in Valencia, Spain.

Hall had previously posted on social media about an injury she sustained while practicing for the Boston Marathon course's downhill sections.

 

Instead of being out in nature, this has been my training view the last few days as I let a joint flare up calm down. This has definitely been my most aggressive marathon buildup thus far, and In my efforts to be ready for the challenging #Bostonmarathon course, I got a little overzealous in the downhill training. I’m working to stay fit on the bike, (which always makes running feel easier afterwards because it BURNS 🔥) and nip this in the bud early! 🙏🏼 . Moments like this remind me that the scenery may change but my heart doesn’t have to. It’s easy to do your best and worship God when you’re cruising along doing what you love in nature, but everything is an opportunity for worship. “Put your heart and soul into every activity you do, as though you are doing it for the Lord himself and not merely for others” (Colossians 3:23 PT) Even cleaning toilets, practicing spelling words with my kids, or rehabbing niggles that pop up. Worship that costs you something is that much more meaningful! . . #strongereveryday #teamfitbit #togetherforward

A post shared by Sara Hall (@sarahall3) on Mar 11, 2018 at 8:01am PDT