That's a pretty blatant exaggeration. It is currently September 2009. Ritzenhein debuted in the marathon in November of 2006. That's just under three years.
The "focusing on the marathon to the exclusion of everything else" bit is overplayed. How do you run 7:39, 8:11, and 13:16 in 2007 whilst "concentrating on being a marathoner"?
Not sure where you guys keep coming up with this 3-4 abstinence from track racing.
2006 - Domestic races + 5km at US Nationals + European races
2007 - Domestic races + 10km at US Nationals and World Champs + European races
Fantastic point.
Here is a list of BALCO clients from August 3rd, 2003:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030813010852/www.balcolab.com/database.htmlBALCO was raided September 3rd, 2003.
Here is the same list from October 4th, 2003:
http://web.archive.org/web/20031011205324/www.balcolab.com/database.html