Results:
Ritz ran 2:10:00.
Men
Place Name Country Time
1 WANJIRU, SAMUEL KEN 2:05:10
2 KEBEDE, TSEGAYE ETH 2:05:20
3 GHARIB, JAOUAD MAR 2:05:27
4 MUTAI, EMMANUEL KEN 2:06:53
5 RAMAALA, HENDRICK RSA 2:07:44
6 GOUMRI, ABDERRAHIM MAR 2:08:25
7 KIFLE, YONAS ERI 2:08:28
8 SATO, ATSUSHI JPN 2:09:16
9 KEFLEZIGHI, MEB USA 2:09:21
10 LIMO, FELIX KEN 2:09:47
11 RITZENHEIN, DATHAN USA 2:10:00
12 ABSHIRO, TESSEMA ETH 2:11:18
13 JONES, ANDI GBR 2:15:20
14 DENT, MARTY AUS 2:15:24
15 WOJCIK, RAFAL POL 2:16:41
racetraining wrote:
You can compare times all you like. But they will always be secondary to head to head competition.
Hall vs. Ritz 1-1
When you see that a friend or competitor ran a faster 10k on the road somewhere do you really feel like he just beat you?
Not even close.
Hasn't Hall beat Tergat once or twice? Despite this I would never consider Hall better than Paul Tergat.
Good days and bad days.
Added perspective wrote:
I'm going to steal a line from another thread: "You will see Fabio rocking a crew cut before you see Ritz run 2:06!"
pnw runner wrote:
Results:
Men
Place Name Country Time
1 WANJIRU, SAMUEL KEN 2:05:10
2 KEBEDE, TSEGAYE ETH 2:05:20
3 GHARIB, JAOUAD MAR 2:05:27
4 MUTAI, EMMANUEL KEN 2:06:53
5 RAMAALA, HENDRICK RSA 2:07:44
6 GOUMRI, ABDERRAHIM MAR 2:08:25
7 KIFLE, YONAS ERI 2:08:28
8 SATO, ATSUSHI JPN 2:09:16
9 KEFLEZIGHI, MEB USA 2:09:21
10 LIMO, FELIX KEN 2:09:47
11 RITZENHEIN, DATHAN USA 2:10:00
12 ABSHIRO, TESSEMA ETH 2:11:18
13 JONES, ANDI GBR 2:15:20
14 DENT, MARTY AUS 2:15:24
15 WOJCIK, RAFAL POL 2:16:41
I'm not normally a big "I told you so" type of guy, but in honor of all the naive fan-boys and immature trash-talkers on these boards, I will make an exception!
Snowball wrote:
If Benji Durden can run 2:09:xx, Ritz is capable of a 2:07.
Apparently not! Ritz has yet to prove that he is anywhere near the runner that Benji Durden was.
I still think with even pacing he could have run 2:08 high. 14:37 was a little too fast but his only other choice would have been to run all by himself the entire way. He is getting stronger since he didn't totally fall apart like he did when he ran 2:14.