Ryan Vail

Article summary

Ryan Patrick Vail (born March 19, 1986) is an American long-distance runner. Vail had a college running career at Oklahoma State University, where his success led him to road race competitively. He is best known for blogging his high mileage training. He has been featured in publications such as Runner's World for his training methods. Vail also works for Brooks Sports as a sponsored athlete. He is married to his former Oklahoma State cross-country teammate, Eva Tomankova. Not to be confused with Ryan David Vail of Wilmington NC born 4/27/1987.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1986-03-19 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1987 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361295221