TLW wrote:
Leaving Hudson was a mistake. 9th in the Olympics and 4 years later struggling to make it to the Olympics with Alberto.
To be fair, Ritz did set his Marathon PR while under Alberto
TLW wrote:
Leaving Hudson was a mistake. 9th in the Olympics and 4 years later struggling to make it to the Olympics with Alberto.
To be fair, Ritz did set his Marathon PR while under Alberto
Hengelo was a coaching mistake.
Very naive to go to the Ethiopian trials at 10am to get the Olympic A Standard. Stupid move.
Meanwhile, another American leapfrogs over Ritz with a 27:43 tonight at a controlled race in cool weather in the evening.
Ritz should have went to the meet Chirlee ran at.
Simon Bairu should also be kicking himself.
Dooooooooh........Stupid Nike!
tsquaredcali wrote:
He's got until 7/1 to hit A standard...
I don't think this is correct. On the USATF site it says: "10,000m and Combined Events - January 1, 2011 - July 1, 2012 or the end of the athlete's individual event at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field, whichever comes first."
The 10,000 final is on June 22, so very little time to get it before. There will be a bunch of guys in the OTQ race (~17) who need to go after the 27:45, so the race is likely to be fast enough for Ritz to get it, assuming that several of the B qualified go after it.
So did ritz break down and cry like a little girl like he did after the marathon trials?
Started to, but pulled it together once he saw the mic in front of him
(video)
TLW wrote:
Leaving Hudson was a mistake. 9th in the Olympics and 4 years later struggling to make it to the Olympics with Alberto.
The Waterboy wrote:
To be fair, Ritz did set his Marathon PR while under Alberto
To be more fair, he only improved on his marathon time by 5 seconds. In 3 years.
And the cobbles and turns in London are worth 5s easily.
London 2009 2:10:00 under Hudson was a better run than 2:09:55 under Al.