Did anyone else watch the Yared Nuguse final workout before Grand Slam? At first Ritzenhein is making small jokes about Robert Farken holding in a number 2 and throughout the workout he just keeps making more jokes and Farken isn’t laughing… I understand a fun team environment and making jokes here and there but when Track All-Access is there recording it’s a bit odd…
I can’t remember but if you watch the video there’s a few times where he makes jokes about it, it seems funny at first but then he just keeps pressing the joke throughout the workout, I think it’s mainly toward the end where he even goes behind Farken and says “there’s no brown down there so you should be good” while laughing with the cameraman and even telling Farken the faster he’s done with the workout, the faster he can run to use the bathroom
Did anyone else watch the Yared Nuguse final workout before Grand Slam? At first Ritzenhein is making small jokes about Robert Farken holding in a number 2 and throughout the workout he just keeps making more jokes and Farken isn’t laughing… I understand a fun team environment and making jokes here and there but when Track All-Access is there recording it’s a bit odd…
No surprise here. Ritz has always been a jerk. I told him good luck before the NYC marathon and he gave me the middle finger and yelled an expletive. I was warming up with my group. We were there to raise awareness for a fundraiser for individuals suffering from blood cancers such as Lymphoma and Leukemia. Most of us were cancer survivors, myself included and we wearing matching t-shirts. We were running our warm up and crossed paths going in the opposite direction. I just said, “good luck Ritz” and smiled and waved. I wasn’t loud or anything. You should have seen how mad he got. I could understand him being nervous, but good God.
Did anyone else watch the Yared Nuguse final workout before Grand Slam? At first Ritzenhein is making small jokes about Robert Farken holding in a number 2 and throughout the workout he just keeps making more jokes and Farken isn’t laughing… I understand a fun team environment and making jokes here and there but when Track All-Access is there recording it’s a bit odd…
No surprise here. Ritz has always been a jerk. I told him good luck before the NYC marathon and he gave me the middle finger and yelled an expletive. I was warming up with my group. We were there to raise awareness for a fundraiser for individuals suffering from blood cancers such as Lymphoma and Leukemia. Most of us were cancer survivors, myself included and we wearing matching t-shirts. We were running our warm up and crossed paths going in the opposite direction. I just said, “good luck Ritz” and smiled and waved. I wasn’t loud or anything. You should have seen how mad he got. I could understand him being nervous, but good God.
I saw Dathan Ritzenhein at a grocery store in Boulder yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly
Wow, sorry to hear that! Unbelievable. I’ll know not to say hi moving forward
I was so embarrassed. My then girlfriend who I would later marry was in our group. She had survived stage 3b Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Her hair was just beginning to grow back. She was super upset. I was so embarrassed I got totally quiet. The leader of our group had to crack some jokes to cheer me up before we got to the start line. I felt much better and my girlfriend hugged me and I cried for a few minutes. It was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. Imagine if your Michael Jordan or Brett Favre swore at you in front of your closest friends, all of us having barely survived cancer.
I can’t remember but if you watch the video there’s a few times where he makes jokes about it, it seems funny at first but then he just keeps pressing the joke throughout the workout, I think it’s mainly toward the end where he even goes behind Farken and says “there’s no brown down there so you should be good” while laughing with the cameraman and even telling Farken the faster he’s done with the workout, the faster he can run to use the bathroom
I want to watch the video, but I just can’t bear to watch him humiliate and denigrate that poor hard working kid. Not after the way he treated me in front of my friends and my wife.
Y'all need to get on the high school tour. We all hang out with him while his daughter races and he's open to everyone's questions and pics, etc. He's usually with his wife. But BTW, he has a son that is a mega-talent!!! Almost a clone except for arm carriage and the kid can run and is competitive as hell!
I saw Dathan Ritzenhein at a grocery store in Boulder yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly
This is like if Nick Adams started doing niche encounters with running figures. To that I say keep it up and can we get Josh Kerr ones.
didn't see anything humiliating - looks like everyone's joking around. pooping is clearly a big issue with ON, I recall Alicia Monson dropped out of last years The Ten midway thru the race due to diarrhea.
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i watched it, and dathan didn’t seem mean-spirited in his comments.
dathan is the consummate american — can’t talk about poop with a straight face.
My sense of germans, is that they don’t feel the need to joke through awkward moments like we do. farken isn’t american, he’s not one of us, so he just stays in serious mode.
a lot of americans would’ve acknowledged the coach’s awkward humor in some way (a half-hearted smile or at least giving dathan some eye contact) and telling him he doesn’t want to spray a big squirty deuce in his brand-new ON shorts that he had to put on for the cameras.
I am always surprised at the high level of germany awareness on this site (someone here who can spell klugscheißerei?) so correct me if anyone reads farken’s response differently.
No surprise here. Ritz has always been a jerk. I told him good luck before the NYC marathon and he gave me the middle finger and yelled an expletive. I was warming up with my group. We were there to raise awareness for a fundraiser for individuals suffering from blood cancers such as Lymphoma and Leukemia. Most of us were cancer survivors, myself included and we wearing matching t-shirts. We were running our warm up and crossed paths going in the opposite direction. I just said, “good luck Ritz” and smiled and waved. I wasn’t loud or anything. You should have seen how mad he got. I could understand him being nervous, but good God.
He’s an arrogant jerk. Always was. Always full of himself in public since he went pro . That’s why many members of his team are exactly the same way. Especially the women. Then again he picks them according to who is most like his own personality. Them morphs them into arrogant Prima Donna’s with nothing to show for themselves
I saw Dathan Ritzenhein at a grocery store in Boulder yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly
I was in the second tower on 9/11 when it collapsed and after 3 days trapped in the rubble I was finally able to crawl out. I looked up and there was Dathan Ritzenheim. I said "Hey, I'm a big fan of On". He gave me the finger and stole my wallet.
I saw Dathan Ritzenhein at a grocery store in Boulder yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly
I was in the second tower on 9/11 when it collapsed and after 3 days trapped in the rubble I was finally able to crawl out. I looked up and there was Dathan Ritzenheim. I said "Hey, I'm a big fan of On". He gave me the finger and stole my wallet.