Anybody ever seem to think what RITZ coudl have doen if he through in a couple long runs after his bronze medal at the world half and two months after his 5k american record. How fast woudl he have ran the marathon.
He simply needs to find the love of the sport again, dump all this high tech shit and just race, race, race. Just like the old school guys used to do and Khaild used to do. Run cross country, run a solid track season and try for a marathon in the fall. Don't have you whole focus be the marathon let it be a reward for hard training. Back in you coaches day, the top marathoners raced something almost every other weekend. This sounds lile a lot more fun than gait analysis and running on a treadmill underwater.