| heeman |
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Just confirmed on live results link on competator.com. Great run for him, really pumped to see what he can do in Chicago |
| Ozonee |
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i'm gonna say 2:09 for Chicago. He's undoubtably fit right now. |
| Troll for Letsrun amusement |
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he'll run the same as every other mediocre US marathoner. 2:10-2:13 |
| jseinfeld |
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2:11:17 in Chicago. |
| H.E. Pennypacker |
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If he tries to run with the 2:05-06 guys in Chicago, then he'll finish in 2:12 or so. If he runs his own race or the overall pace is slow, I'd say he could finish in about low 2:09/high 2:08 range given good conditions. |
| str8 klownin |
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That's great because it'll be won in 2:06 |
| Mrr82 |
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That's great because it'll be won in 2:06[/quote] What is your point? What do you want him to do? Morph into someone he's not and run 2:06? He's 2.5 minutes off the best in the half marathon. People seem to think he's tanking when he doesn't excel in the marathon time wise. He's never run a fast half, or even 10k. His 5k is the best time he's ever run for any distance. If he ran 58:30 in the half, then yes i'd expect him to run 2:04 flat in the marathon. If he runs 61, then it makes sense if he runs a 2:09. Hall ran his 59:46? and then his 2:06 and change. His high 2:04 was because of the huge tailwind. Ritz is making progress and getting back to being competitive. He can be a competitive runner at any distance if he gets it right. But no one should belittle a 2:09. He's tryiny. I'll give him a 2:08:30 for the marathon if he's fit. |
| Dennis Reynolds |
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Ummmmmmm, bro do you follow the sport? |
| bubbadeeboo |
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If he's been doing actual marathon training in the build up to this race, and didn't do much of a taper, I'd say 2:07 for sure...but the snippets of training and workouts I've seen for his previous marathon training seem more like HM training; too fast to be specific marathon pace workouts (probably b/c he thinks he can throw down 4:45s). |
| trackrecords |
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top ten results please!! |
| calling you out |
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That's almost as fast as Mark Curp did on the same course almost 30 years ago. |
| pdiddyy |
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I can see 2:07-2:09 happening in the right race |
| Soprano Employee 1.1 |
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http://running.competitor.com/live-results#b=na&v=lboard&c=top-men-halfmarathon&l=FINISH-H Place Bib Name Point Time Leader Diff Pace Avg. Pace 1 1 S. Biwott... FINISH 01:00:02 --- 04:37 04:35 2 50 P. Lonyan... FINISH 01:00:42 +00:40.00 04:43 04:38 3 2 D. Ritzen... FINISH 01:00:56 +00:54.11 04:41 04:39 4 12 E. Hassan... FINISH 01:01:14 +01:11.93 04:47 04:41 5 11 E. Chichi... FINISH 01:02:30 +02:27.54 04:53 04:46 6 8 A. Falil... FINISH 01:02:51 +02:49.30 04:49 04:48 7 4 C. Nyasan... FINISH 01:03:12 +03:10.14 04:55 04:50 8 7 Scott Bauhs FINISH 01:04:24 +04:22.45 04:56 04:55 9 14 Mike Morgan FINISH 01:04:27 +04:25.22 04:57 04:55 101 17 Craig Leon FINISH 01:04:53 +04:50.63 |
| Xplainer |
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----- ^ That's cold; but true. |
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off of a 12.56 5000m the guy should be capable of ~27minutes for 10k, sub-1hr for the half, and sub-2h06 for the Marathon, with the correct preparation. If not then he simply isn't a Marathoner and should focus on 5k/10k on the track or the roads up to the half. On the other hand even mediocre Americans (not sub-2h10) can get good money for a 2h10, whereas Africans can't. |
| runn |
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I'd like to see that then all the a**holes who criticize him for being slow can start criticizing him for using PED's. Great job Ritz- if all the idiots who are critical were able to run as fast as you the USA would have a TON of 2:09 marathoners, then they could all train together to get even faster. |
| sc runner |
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Awesome run especially considering how his season has been up to this point. |
| jjjjjj |
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ritz ran 60:00 (actually 59:59 rounded up) to win his world half marathon bronze in 2009. This is a solid time for him with his target race being the marathon three weeks away. Let's hope he can finally really breakthrough in the marathon and run 2:06. But surely 2:09 is in the cards at least. |
| InWyo |
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Am I the Only one noticing this, but in the last 6 months, aren't the longer distances that he has raced his stronger races? |
| dasfadsf |
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dathan ritzenhein is a 10k-1/2marathon man I JUST WISH HE WOULD REALIZE THIS! GO BREAK 27 DATHAN! |