Ohno! wrote:
Ritzov is great but he's not the future of american distance running, this guy already trained like a pro in high-school, not much space for improvement left-i guess he will max out around 13:10/27:20 what is fantastic but no ARs or international medals for him.
Kennedy ran 13:20 off 60mpw(and less in HS) then pushed his training to the max and ran 12:58, Ritz ran 13:20 off 100mpw at altitude, its unrealistic that he has the same improvements post-college as Kennedy,Broe,Meb or Abdi....
Ritz has not run a tapered 5K or 10K in 3 over years. I would guess he could run 13:10 and 27:20 next summer, at the age of 23.