Ritz on why Americans aren't going sub 2:10 and on Des Linden's comments about him joining Hansons team

Class can not be taught wrote:

LetsRun.com wrote:

Ritz talks about Des Linden’s comments on him

Ritz joined the Hansons-Brooks team over a year ago, and this spring former team member Des Linden told LetsRun.com she wasn’t supportive of Ritz joining the team because of the anti-doping investigation on Ritz’s former team the Nike Oregon Project.

We asked Ritz what he thought of Des’ comments and whether they bothered him. “Not much bothers me. I’m the kind of person stuff rolls off my back. I don’t hold any grudges. I really wish Des the best. I think she’s great. Everyone has an opinion and that’s fine. I think most people who know me know I’m a good person….I’ll be cheering for her tomorrow,” he said.

This is why Ritz is a quality person and Des is a self centered little biotch. Des will go down in history as a nasty woman who won Boston on a freak year with the slowest winning time in 40 years.

She now admits it wrote:

long time MD reader, doesn't like the thyroid boost wrote:

This.

It would be a perfect thing that only LetsRun could pull off, like the agent survey on sponsorship income.

Ask very single elite runner to answer on the record:

- "Have you ever taken thyroid medication?"

- "Are you currently taking thyroid medication?"

And, for those who are taking thyroxin and related meds:

- "What was your pre-treatment TSH level? "

- "What is the target TSH level for your treatment?"

Put the answers in a table. For those who won't participate, let their silence speak for itself.

I realize it’s been 4 years but she now admits using thyroid meds in her new book. She was critical of Ritz for this exact reason and then admits to using herself.
I understand that it is not illegal but she was the one that was outraged by Ritz. She also claims that she didn’t want to be associated with anyone that was a part of Salazar’s team. Now she has a podcast with Kara. Weird stances across the board.

northofhere wrote:

She now admits it wrote:

I realize it’s been 4 years but she now admits using thyroid meds in her new book. She was critical of Ritz for this exact reason and then admits to using herself.
I understand that it is not illegal but she was the one that was outraged by Ritz. She also claims that she didn’t want to be associated with anyone that was a part of Salazar’s team. Now she has a podcast with Kara. Weird stances across the board.

At least she admits it. Maybe she draws the line at L-Carnitine injection. Kara once gently commented that maybe injection is the line not to cross, which I took to mean that she took thyroid meds and everything else not technically illegal. Kara's been extremely vocal about exposing Salazar, so if you can't see the difference there with Des not wanting to associate with Salazar's team I can't help you.

Ritz has testified against Salazar too, so she could have a softer stance toward him. The Hansons really embraced him as an upstanding guy, even knowing everything about him, so maybe there's tension there. Like he's so easily accepted as a son figure and they let her go.

She now admits it wrote:

long time MD reader, doesn't like the thyroid boost wrote:

This.

It would be a perfect thing that only LetsRun could pull off, like the agent survey on sponsorship income.

Ask very single elite runner to answer on the record:

- "Have you ever taken thyroid medication?"

- "Are you currently taking thyroid medication?"

And, for those who are taking thyroxin and related meds:

- "What was your pre-treatment TSH level? "

- "What is the target TSH level for your treatment?"

Put the answers in a table. For those who won't participate, let their silence speak for itself.

I realize it’s been 4 years but she now admits using thyroid meds in her new book. She was critical of Ritz for this exact reason and then admits to using herself.
I understand that it is not illegal but she was the one that was outraged by Ritz. She also claims that she didn’t want to be associated with anyone that was a part of Salazar’s team. Now she has a podcast with Kara. Weird stances across the board.

Do not meet your heroes wrote:

She now admits it wrote:

I realize it’s been 4 years but she now admits using thyroid meds in her new book. She was critical of Ritz for this exact reason and then admits to using herself.
I understand that it is not illegal but she was the one that was outraged by Ritz. She also claims that she didn’t want to be associated with anyone that was a part of Salazar’s team. Now she has a podcast with Kara. Weird stances across the board.

This board has asked Wejo or Rojo or Gault to ask Des about her own use of gray area supplements while she stood on her soap box ridiculing ALL other athletes who were doing the same thing she was.
Kara and Ritz both testified in court against Salazar and many of us still don’t forgive them because they didn’t admit to taking PEDs. That would be okay if this is why Des was anti Ritz. But why a podcast with Kara?