SMJO wrote:
Ritz explained what happened in his blog. He got gapped by dozing off and wasted his finish just getting back in contact.
This!
SMJO wrote:
Ritz explained what happened in his blog. He got gapped by dozing off and wasted his finish just getting back in contact.
This!
[quote]Night Runner wrote:
Then he isn't ready for prime time. I like him but that shouldn't happen in the race of his life.[/quote
I bet that's never occurred to him.
They weren't doing the workouts at the same speeds. Ritz made that comment how he PR'd in the 200m by running 26 in one workout, while Rupp has done a full workout and then run a 50 400m. Ritz couldn't keep up for the super fast stuff
Surprise! wrote:
Ritz didn't tank. He was 13th place, about 15 seconds off the winner's time.
That's not tanking. That's just "I'm not fast enough over the last 800m to medal in the Olympics."
100% agree. It wasn't *quite* Ritz' day. But NO question he raced very, very hard & gave it everything. He can look himself in the mirror.
I think it's also likely that Ritz was over-training a bit trying to keep up with Rupp and Farah. Lots of people show up at the Olympics stale and over-trained.
But not Makhloufi, of course.
rupp-certified saladbar wrote:
Wrong. Look at his 5000 - HM range. PRs 12:56/1:00:00 - you know that, right?
The guy should NOT be leaving 2012 with seasonal bests of 13:14/27:36. Track season a total wash. WHY? Can he really have just stagnated in the marathon while losing so much track speed?
Grumpy Old Men wrote:
You have issues.
Um...what?
I have issues, do I? Because I think a 12:56/1:00:00 guy should be quicker than 27:36 for 10,000? If that opinion is an issue, I'll embrace it.
Sure, Al.
Nice ad hominem attack. I love getting these because then I know the idiots have no facts to fight back with.
Leaving 2012 with a SBs of 13:14/27:36 is a disaster for Ritz. If you can't see that, I have a monorail and some marathon coaching I'd like to sell you...
Some things are funny wrote:
I imagine it does not strike you as funny that you simply dismiss the obvious and go back to your never-never land where, remarkably, the fact that reality diverges so completely from your mental constructs causes you to question reality rather than your mental constructs.
Don't post when high. You're embarrassing yourself.
Surprise! wrote:
Ritz didn't tank. He was 13th place
LMFAO. Got any other good ones?
ttc wrote:
he raced very, very hard & gave it everything. He can look himself in the mirror.
Oh, he raced hard? Didn't know that. I guess since he raced hard and still had nothing he didn't tank, right? Um, maybe if by "tank" you mean "take it easy."
But if by "tank" you mean "fail" then yeah, he really did.
Because since the 12:56 and bronze in the Half race, he's been oft injured and generally in much worse shape than Farah and Rupp. Rupp much better than Ritz at the trials too; olympics should be no surprise.
orbitboy nails it
"I think it's also likely that Ritz was over-training a bit trying to keep up with Rupp and Farah. Lots of people show up at the Olympics stale and over-trained."
He should have skipped the fettucine alfredo immediately before the race.
1) He was running marathons exclusively
2) Barley ran the standard
3) Peaked too early
4) Didn't have full year of training
5) Can run open 400m in 55sec
6) To get into top10 needed to be at the front with small gap on everybody because he can close in 60+sec off 26-40 pace
more reasons ?
Ritz was easily a 4th-7th place finisher in the marathon....if only Hall or Abdi had done the right thing and given up their spot.
Ummm ever heard of second 5000m 13:25 split?
The race was only slow the first mile. Ritz lost contact at a decent pace = death.
It's simple. Rupp and Farah are more talented than Ritz. That's why they're better. That's all there is to it.
HustlersAmbition wrote:
1) He was running marathons exclusively
2) Barley ran the standard
3) Peaked too early
4) Didn't have full year of training
5) Can run open 400m in 55sec
6) To get into top10 needed to be at the front with small gap on everybody because he can close in 60+sec off 26-40 pace
more reasons ?
Good response. Thanks!
prettysimple wrote:
It's simple. Rupp and Farah are more talented than Ritz. That's why they're better. That's all there is to it.
Stupid response. Doesn't explain why he hasn't sniffed his track PRs for years.
answer: Ritz cannot break 56 for 400m
27 flat pace is much easier for a sub50s 400m guy than a 56s 400m guy.
2012xxx wrote:
maybe he's just not quite as talented as Farah and Rupp?
Oh man, so so good. 9/10, easy.
Ritz was ok in the OG 10k, he was hanging in there with the best in the world until pace quickened. The last 800m was about as fast as Ritz's 800m PR. There is not a whole lot Ritz could have done about that. I suspect he could have done better off of a faster pace.
And, btw, when someone says they are doing the same workouts as someone else, it does not explain how much effort they are putting out relative to the other guys. We all love Ritz and was hping for a mircle, but based his race results leading up to the OG, I would say he finished about were he was expected to.