RITZ COULD RUN NEW YORK?!?

Actually, he didn't say that, and he won't

If you are that obtuse, maybe you should actually go listen to the video and then come back here and quote him VERBATIM and leave it to the reader to come to the EXACT same speculation I proposed after I listened to it myself. That is why I phrased it as a question--doh--because unlike you, I don't claim to know at this time what he will or won't be running in November, which is why it is SPECULATION at this point.

But make no mistake that America DOES want to see them both toe-it-up, 'cause IT WILL BE OFF-THE-HOOK!!!

I'm pretty sure he throws out the idea of running some 5Ks and a September half-marathon, not a full marathon.

He's not going to do a marathon this fall. How many more ways do you need to be told that? Thanks for the insults, by the way. They were so kind.

Actually,

According to the interview, Ritz does say that he wouldn't be running a fall marathon unless Mary paid him a lot of money to do it... I.e, to run NYC. So in theory, he threw out the hint to, for those that don't know, Mary Wittenberg, you know, the CEO of NYRR. I'll run NY if you pay me a few hundred grand (or whatever his number is). It was pretty clear to anyone paying attention.

"It was pretty clear to anyone paying attention."Conto, thank you for chiming in and supporting what I said. I got excited when I heard Ritz say it, because if it were to actually happen, it would take what's going down on Nov. 1 to a whole 'nother level, BIGTIME! Ritz's performance in Berlin turned around the perception that his career was stalling, and that Hall is the defacto top American Born marathoner. I think those of us that follow Hall's and Ritz's careers sort of figured they would probably square off again sometime in the distant future (e.g., 2012 Oly Trials), but the possibility of even multiple confrotations between the two, leading up to 2012 didn't seem like much of a possibility to me until I heard that interview. Ritz says Salazar is getting him, training wise, where within a few weeks, he can either jump up to the marathon or down to shorter distance, with his longer-term goal to go 2:05 in the marathon!!And to 'Pic', I think most readers can understand I actually did not insult, even after you basically tried to discredit my post.

Conto wrote:

Actually,

According to the interview, Ritz does say that he wouldn't be running a fall marathon unless Mary paid him a lot of money to do it... I.e, to run NYC. So in theory, he threw out the hint to, for those that don't know, Mary Wittenberg, you know, the CEO of NYRR. I'll run NY if you pay me a few hundred grand (or whatever his number is). It was pretty clear to anyone paying attention.

Right, calling me obtuse was not an insult.

Dathan has made it very clear in venues other than the letsrun interview that he is not doing a fall marathon. You must trust me on this. I have never lied to you.

Yeah Baby! wrote:

it would take what's going down on Nov. 1 to a whole 'nother level, BIGTIME!

giggity, giggity.

For you to come on here and discredit my post and in effect try to paint me out as a liar, was more than an insult, yet I did not reply in like manner. As Conto said "it was pretty clear", so a valid conclusion is that you tried to discredit my info without actually even listening to his LATEST and most-up-to-date public comments on running a fall marathon, or it went completely over-your-head if you did watch the video, which one could conclude you were therefore a little obtuse.

Oh just cut it out already. What are you, 12? "Discredit" your post? I in no no way painted you as a "liar." I politely disagreed based on information I have. It's about 0.0000001% as mild as what customarily goes on here.

Jeezus Christ.

ghost of quagmire wrote:

Yeah Baby! wrote:

it would take what's going down on Nov. 1 to a whole 'nother level, BIGTIME!

giggity, giggity.

You made this otherwise assbag-laden thread worth reading.