Picture of Track that ruined Ritz

Couldn't help but laugh

...looks pretty nice to me

Can't see why it would be a problem.

Same. I've done long interval sessions on a track before with active recovery giving the equivalent of 7-8miles on far worse surfaced and shorter tracks.

How do we know that track is what caused him to get injured?

I thought I remembered Webb and perhaps Ritz but maybe it was Rupp doing sprints indoors at Nike.

Can you explain exactly what Ritz did on that track and why you think it caused his injury?

Those turns look pretty tight. If you hadn't been running tight turns like that for awhile and then you ran a hard work out, well, it looks like a recipe for injury to me.

what happened? wrote:

How do we know that track is what caused him to get injured?

I thought I remembered Webb and perhaps Ritz but maybe it was Rupp doing sprints indoors at Nike.

Can you explain exactly what Ritz did on that track and why you think it caused his injury?

7 miles of intervals.

I would say that the track did not ruin him but the fact that he has "sh!t for brains" did. I have a hard time believing that he does much work on an indoor track and then he went and did the workout he did, dumb.

I can remember from college that we would build up our workouts indoors, rather than jumping in and doing a complete workout the first time we went inside. I would think Wetmore did the same thing at Colorado, maybe Ritz didn't get the memo.

Ritz needs to start doing his speedwork on the road

This track in Kenya is much better for training.

Just ask Frank Shorter. An indoor track workout injured his ankle and hurt his buildup for the 76 olympics.

It's definitely the tight turns creating a lot of muscle imbalance, leading to compensation from other muscles. The straightaways even look a lot longer than the turns.

koose wrote:

It's definitely the tight turns creating a lot of muscle imbalance, leading to compensation from other muscles. The straightaways even look a lot longer than the turns.

What is "definitely the tight turns"? He did ONE workout on this track, how does that "create muscle imbalance"?

I've run on that track many times, I have never rolled my ankle on it. It was a freak accident and anyone would have done a workout that day inside if the snow was unbearable. 7 1/2 miles of workout is hardly anything for a marathoner (at the time he was getting into marathon training).

not rupp certified.

Oh, I see... he got plowed by the sprinting women.

The track surface has been redone in the past year, can't blame the track for Ritz running a stupid workout.

kst wrote:

...looks pretty nice to me

dfasdfsdfsd wrote:

I've run on that track many times, I have never rolled my ankle on it. It was a freak accident and anyone would have done a workout that day inside if the snow was unbearable. 7 1/2 miles of workout is hardly anything for a marathoner (at the time he was getting into marathon training).

Alberto is the best coach in the world. This is how it all went down back in Beaverton:

"Dathan, you're going home for Christmas. Enjoy time with the family. Take it easy and don't do anything stupid. Do some easy fartlek if the roads are clear. If not, find a hill and run it. Be careful running down it. If you can't do that then don't worry about. You won't be set back at all."

There is no way in the world that he said this:

"Dathan, you're going home for Christmas. Enjoy time with the family. You're my most injury prone athlete. How long has it been since you've been on an indoor track, 5, 6, 7 years? I tell you what, now would be a great opportunity to get back on an indoor track for some speedwork. Why don't you do 7 or 8 miles of intervals on it. Tighter turns the better. You're a marathoner, 7 miles of speedwork on an indoor track is nothing. Remember, every day you miss an important interval session will set you back at least a week, maybe even two. You can't afford to miss anything that my scriptures tell you to do."

Ritz's indoor track looks better than the one that Western runs on. He is hurt cause his coach is a dusche bad. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OE0SdTBwwFPc2tHxj4sVlg