Ritz Not Running World XC: "The Miracle on Dirt" is Over?

sounds enthralling

urdtgyu is butthurt.

if ritz is not running world xc, what is he running the new york half marathon maybe?

Link wrote:

red glare wrote:

National Championship bonus structure is likely in Ritz's contract, $X for appearing/competing, $Y for placing, $Z for winning.

And there's no similar set of incentives for World XC?

Possibly yet likely not far in excess of competing, placing, and possibly winning a National Championship on the roads on or near the weekend of WXC.

get ugly wrote:

I know this was probably meant as a joke, but the sad reality is that he will likely earn more running the shamrock shuffle than he would running World XC.

pettygrove AC wrote:

There's only a similar set of incentives in his contract if he or his agent were interested enough/smart enough/foresightful enough to negotiate to include incentives for individual medals/top three US team finishes at Word Cross.

Or he told his agent, "no point in negotiating major incentives for World Cross, I probably won't ever race there again." Goes to the "interested enough" part of your comment.

Dingler wrote:

I thought I remembered Ritz saying even before USA XC that he was not going to race World XC. Or am I making that up?

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I'm not sure where I read it either Dinlger but I do recall something in which Ritz indicated that he had no intention on running Worlds. He planned to continue training and run track and focus on a fall marathon. He may have suggested something later but his first comment regarding Worlds was not to participate, why he changed his mind and indicated he might, and then changed it to not- is beyond me but it's his right!

bmcpool strikes back wrote:

ukathleticscoach wrote:

'World Cross presents greater risk than reward to the modern U.S. male distance runner'

What's the risk?

what's the reward?

Not been seen as an athlete who is not good enough against the best.

Now again what is the risk

Any chance Tegenkamp and Derrick could both place top 10 at World XC? What was Bairu? 13th?

I ran World Cross four times and never ran on dirt once. It should be the Miracle on Grass.