NONSENSE. Nowhere has Hudson ever said Ritz will run 2:03. If you have any link to support your claim, present it. What Hudson has said is that Ritz can run 2:06-:07. Ritz himself has said he will not be able to go out in 62, and thus he will not be near the lead group. With luck, there will be a pacemaker going through the half at 63, which is where Ritz wants to be.
nytrules wrote:
Hudson has repeatedly commented that Ritz will run a 2:03 marathon.
So...if he's pumping Ritz full of these absurdities, then yes, he will blow up.
I can say this much: The pace will be BLAZING fast, since Tedesse, Wanjiru, and Lel all are looking at a WR. So if Ritz wants to run with the lead group...........he'll get crushed around mile 20-21, maybe before.
The biggest problem with this board is people continue to under-estimate what it takes to run a 2:06 because Ryan Hall ran 2:06. Ryan Hall was on fire AND he's a much MUCH MUCH better marathoner than Ritz is and ever will be.
People will argue that Ritz is better, blah, blah, look at his track times, blah, blah...He's not a better marathoner than Hall, and in time this will be more and more obvious.