RITZ 12:56 NEW AMERICAN RECORD!!!!!

ENATEHN LEDEKELAT, YENECH ASHKER, KOMATA.

have ever read this trend before.

these NECHACHEBA always write about EPO( sorry if you do no EPO thne go to the dictionary) whenever east afirca beat them.

YETEBEDAHE

Flagpole wrote:

After years of taking crap here for saying he would eventually have the AR in the 5,000 (the one in the 10,000 is on borrowed time), the time is finally here. Told you so. Told you so. Told you so.

The naysayers (MANY of you) said he didn't have the speed to do it, that he wasn't as tough as Kennedy, and on and on. I knew better. Sorry to gloat just a tad, but I deserve to.

You understand that this is all Salazar and training with Rupp (who, before injury, really was in sub-13/sub-27 shape, which why Ritz was "amazed" by the speed of the interval workouts)? Ritz WAS soft, and he'd have continued to be stagnate for the rest of his career, if he'd listened to you and other cheerleaders. It was the hard truth of people telling that he sucked that got him out of his comfort zone.

hjgsgffsf wrote:

You understand that this is all Salazar ...

no doubt. and alberto's in depth knowledge of what is required to get to the top today:

ehh wrote:

Are there any sub 13min 5k guys who have not broken 4 in the mile? Is Ritz the only one?

Ritz has NOT RUN THE MILE since a junior in high school. If he ran one now, he'd be under 4:00, ya think?

i agree with spencer wrote:

guess that proves that al sal is the f***ing man....well at least for coaching.

the next 2 years will be something else, webb back in the mix, german smashing, ritz!?! this will send shock waves through the american distance scene. it is on boys and girls

If you think any coach in the world can coach someone to a 12:56 in 9 weeks then you are an idiot. Al Sal took advantage of the great shape that Dathan was obliviously in when he kicked A in the USA championships. The work that DATHAN has put in over the last SEVERAL YEARS is what got him to a 12:56 not Al Sal.

As Al Sal implied in the article, Hudson deserves the credit, he put some chocolate sprinkles on the cake and it all came together. Now with Ritz, Rupp, and Webb training together...yikes!

impossible wrote:

How does one go from running a decent marathon in the spring to running the fastest time ever run by a white guy at 5000 meters at the end of the summer? It seems impossible. Even the Africans don't do that.

Haha, yeah because they're not white.

not so fast wrote:

ehh wrote:

Are there any sub 13min 5k guys who have not broken 4 in the mile? Is Ritz the only one?

Ritz has NOT RUN THE MILE since a junior in high school. If he ran one now, he'd be under 4:00, ya think?

Not so fast, you're retarded, Kenenisa Bekele has never broken 4:01 for a mile and he is the world record holder. There are lots of sub 13 min 5k guys who just never tried to run a sub 4 min mile. Before you reply that his 1500 converts you are right it does, but if you go by converted times then Dathans has run 3:42 for the 1500 which is arguably under 4. And if you use that Mcmillan converter that everyone on the site posts about all the time a 12:56 converts to a 3:44 mile. Either way it is not a real sub 4 performance if don't run 5280 feet in less than 4 min.

if you don't think ritz can run considerably under 4 for the mile, in the sub 3:55 range, you are an f'ing idiot.

I watched Ritz, Teg, Hall, and Webb in hs at a couple of national xc and track meets. They were so impressive (Teg came out of nowhere and the others were well known). After Ritz and Teg ran so well at World Junior XC, even more excitement! The enthusiasm for potential changes in American distance running was on the way. Now Webb holds the AR in the mile, Teg in the 2 mile, Ritz in the 5k, and Hall in the 1/2 marathon. Obviously, any or all of them could break the 10k in the next year or two. What is even more exciting is that the next group may even be better. Rupp, Fernandez, Derek, etc. Please everyone who loves to accuse of drugs, be quick to criticize because we aren't with the Africans, quit the negativity!!! This is genuinely the most excitement since the 70's for American distance running.

mesfin wrote:

it is better to talk on white standard. for east african this rubish.

Me master

You servant

KB is a doper. Ritz is not and we all know it.

retard trap wrote:

Either way it is not a real sub 4 performance if don't run 5280 feet in less than 4 min.

KB's 3000m time of 7:25.79 is 3:59 pace for 7.5 laps. He's already run a sub 4 mile. He just didn't bother to stop after 5,280 ft.

On page 2 of this message thread, VIPAM wondered if any American in the last 35 years had achieved a top 10 world ranking in the 5,000/10,000 in the same year. The answer is yes: in 1982, Alberto Salazar ranked 8th in the world in the 5,000 and 2nd in the 10,000. Furthermore, he ranked #1 in the world in the marathon for 1982. At that point, only two other runners in 36 years of T&F News rankings - Emil Zatopek in 1952 and Lasse Viren in 1976 - had achieved world rankings in the 5k/10k/marathon in the same year.

You guys have a short memory. Bruce Bickford ranked #! in the 10,000 and #10 in he 5,000 in 1985! Thus he was the last American that I can think of that did that. I believe that Ritz will follow him as a 2 event world ranker this year. Plus he is a lock for a 3 event US ranking in the 5,10,marathon.

Ranker wrote:

On page 2 of this message thread, VIPAM wondered if any American in the last 35 years had achieved a top 10 world ranking in the 5,000/10,000 in the same year. The answer is yes: in 1982, Alberto Salazar ranked 8th in the world in the 5,000 and 2nd in the 10,000. Furthermore, he ranked #1 in the world in the marathon for 1982. At that point, only two other runners in 36 years of T&F News rankings - Emil Zatopek in 1952 and Lasse Viren in 1976 - had achieved world rankings in the 5k/10k/marathon in the same year.

2 months till he breaks 27

While I'd love to see that, where would he do it? There aren't any meets after September and I don't know of any with a 10,000 scheduled.

butters wrote:

hjgsgffsf wrote:

You understand that this is all Salazar ...

no doubt. and alberto's in depth knowledge of what is required to get to the top today:

http://www.law.duke.edu/sportscenter/salazar.pdf

If you are implying that Alberto's intelligent understanding of the conditions that make athletes want an edge and consider peds, is an advocation of peds...

Well, then you just are not very smart, are you?

1) That post of mine is a simple "I told you so". Well deserved after the crap I took for that prediction (when Ritz's PR was about 13:22 too I might add).

2) You won't have to wait until 2016 before the DOW is back to 14,000 (LATE 2007 by the way..October). It will happen sooner than that. BUT, it won't require an "I told you so" because I've said all along I don't care if it ever gets back there. I will have enough. Long term investing is where it's at brother.