Looks like a typical paper-clip design of a track from the 70s. Only thing worse may be the nearly SQUARE tracks at local YMCA elevated above the courts with "banked" corners.
Looks like a typical paper-clip design of a track from the 70s. Only thing worse may be the nearly SQUARE tracks at local YMCA elevated above the courts with "banked" corners.
He tried to go to Grand Vally State's 300m indoor track (not far from Rockford) but they were closed for the holidays and wouldnt let him on, so he made the longer trip to CMU's 200m track.
The injury is clearly GVSU's fault.
Picture of dufus responsible for injuring Ritz:
If the roads were good enough to drive from Rockford to Mt. Pleasant, then it was good enough to run outside.
it must be GVSU's fault.
Central has a standard 200 meter track. It isn't that bad. At least he didn't try to run at MSU's....he would have gotten knocked over by the the overweight women that walk there or the highschool kids that take up the entire track.
malmo wrote:
dfasdfsdfsd wrote:I've run on that track many times, I have never rolled my ankle on it. It was a freak accident and anyone would have done a workout that day inside if the snow was unbearable. 7 1/2 miles of workout is hardly anything for a marathoner (at the time he was getting into marathon training).
Alberto is the best coach in the world. This is how it all went down back in Beaverton:
"Dathan, you're going home for Christmas. Enjoy time with the family. Take it easy and don't do anything stupid. Do some easy fartlek if the roads are clear. If not, find a hill and run it. Be careful running down it. If you can't do that then don't worry about. You won't be set back at all."
There is no way in the world that he said this:
"Dathan, you're going home for Christmas. Enjoy time with the family. You're my most injury prone athlete. How long has it been since you've been on an indoor track, 5, 6, 7 years? I tell you what, now would be a great opportunity to get back on an indoor track for some speedwork. Why don't you do 7 or 8 miles of intervals on it. Tighter turns the better. You're a marathoner, 7 miles of speedwork on an indoor track is nothing. Remember, every day you miss an important interval session will set you back at least a week, maybe even two. You can't afford to miss anything that my scriptures tell you to do."
You're an idiot, he didn't say either of those things.
NB Dickie wrote:
Just ask Frank Shorter. An indoor track workout injured his ankle and hurt his buildup for the 76 olympics.
Yes, he had a terrible Olympics in '76. He lost to a known drug user and ran away with a Silver. Must have been the indoor track...
Well you certainly are the sharpest knife in the drawer.
malmo wrote:
Well you certainly are the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Well you certainly have never been to the Central Michigan track to say it was too dangerous for him to run on.
I don't think his injury much to do with a flat track. It was just a fluke that he rolled his ankle like that, nothing more.
Why do I need to go to CMU to know that Ritzenhein running 7 miles of intervals on a 200m track is a bad idea?
You people crack me up. None of you are world class athletes. None of you coach world class athletes. A few of you MIGHT be slightly better-than-average college or high school runners, and even fewer of you MIGHT have had some success back in the day (making you has-beens now).
And yet you all come on here and rip all the best running programs, coaches and athletes just because it makes you feel better about yourself. Be honest, what is constructive about your methods of criticism?
But to your credit, it must take an extraordinary amount of energy to be that unduly hateful and critical.
Malmo, I also highly doubt that Alberto ever said any of those things? When and where?
Sources?
Ya think?
malmo wrote:
Ya think?
Yeah no big deal, right? Slander anyone?
asfsf wrote:
malmo wrote:Ya think?
Yeah no big deal, right? Slander anyone?
Chill out, you sound like my wife the first time she heard Jim Rome on the radio.
But seriously, Ritz couldn't find/buy a decent treadmill? Ingrid Kristensen was known for training on one during the Norwegian winters. She had one that went up to a 4:12 mile pace.
Is everyone stupid today!!! Malmo was obviously being sarcastic/facetious - get a clue!!
Proof? wrote:
Malmo, I also highly doubt that Alberto ever said any of those things? When and where?
Sources?
I hope for the love of god that you are joking.
long john baldry wrote:
Is everyone stupid today!!! Malmo was obviously being sarcastic/facetious - get a clue!!
Facetious yes. Definitely not sarcasm.
You people crack me up. None of you are world class athletes. None of you coach world class athletes. A few of you MIGHT be slightly better-than-average college or high school runners, and even fewer of you MIGHT have had some success back in the day (making you has-beens now).
And yet you all come on here and rip all the best running programs, coaches and athletes just because it makes you feel better about yourself. Be honest, what is constructive about your methods of criticism?
But to your credit, it must take an extraordinary amount of energy to be that unduly hateful and critical.
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