Ok, but you COULD argue that George would be a consistently world class athlete if he weren't injured 3 out of every 4 seasons. He has 2 golds from his 2 healthy seasons. What would his medal count be if he had mostly health seasons?? (Though i'll give it to Ritz that Geordie had a breakable body long before he got to Boulder; so its a toss up).
REGARDLESS! That was amazing, one of the most fun athletes to watch.
Apologize for what? I always believed Ritz was capable of sub 13 before he actually did it and I don't pay any attention to the haters who say he couldn't break 4 for the mile. Yes he could have!
Not really. I watch that and think to myself that he could have legitimately entering this season as an Olympic Champion, but of course he was basically on the shelf for that one and just an active bystander.
Look, of course insanely hard training combined with elite talent will produce good results. But this is no different to last year in Paris where it was Nuguse who managed to run the gauntlet and arrive in shape while everyone else was stuffed. This year it was Beamish who managed to come off his injury cycle and be healthy at the right place and right time.
Heard this the other day and it made me laugh but it's true. The OAC is really an injury/burn-out squad that every now and then get's intermittently healthy enough to race, as opposed to a professional running team that every now and then has to deal with injuries/being burnt out. And not like we haven't seen this before with Beamish - came off injury at the end of 23 and was fit for World Indoors and destroyed the field there to be a world champ. He's done exactly the same here.
Having a huge squad of very highly paid athletes with the best healthcare and infrastructure setup of any pro group in the world (which is what they have) and having one guy perform up to his capabilities is a nice smokescreen but is not a measure of group and coach success. It's just not.
Address: OAC 1 Geordie Beamish Way Boulder, CO 11111
Sorry that you’re so arrogant and full of yourself Ritz. You have had more failures than wins. Get that sauce dosages right for the ones that are staying home.