Just confirmed on live results link on competator.com. Great run for him, really pumped to see what he can do in Chicago
Just confirmed on live results link on competator.com. Great run for him, really pumped to see what he can do in Chicago
i'm gonna say 2:09 for Chicago. He's undoubtably fit right now.
he'll run the same as every other mediocre US marathoner. 2:10-2:13
2:11:17 in Chicago.
If he tries to run with the 2:05-06 guys in Chicago, then he'll finish in 2:12 or so.
If he runs his own race or the overall pace is slow, I'd say he could finish in about low 2:09/high 2:08 range given good conditions.
Ozonee wrote:
i'm gonna say 2:09 for Chicago. He's undoubtably fit right now.
That's great because it'll be won in 2:06
str8 klownin wrote:
Ozonee wrote:i'm gonna say 2:09 for Chicago. He's undoubtably fit right now.
That's great because it'll be won in 2:06
What is your point? What do you want him to do? Morph into someone he's not and run 2:06? He's 2.5 minutes off the best in the half marathon. People seem to think he's tanking when he doesn't excel in the marathon time wise. He's never run a fast half, or even 10k. His 5k is the best time he's ever run for any distance. If he ran 58:30 in the half, then yes i'd expect him to run 2:04 flat in the marathon. If he runs 61, then it makes sense if he runs a 2:09. Hall ran his 59:46? and then his 2:06 and change. His high 2:04 was because of the huge tailwind.
Ritz is making progress and getting back to being competitive. He can be a competitive runner at any distance if he gets it right. But no one should belittle a 2:09. He's tryiny. I'll give him a 2:08:30 for the marathon if he's fit.
Mrr82 wrote:
He's never run a fast half
Ummmmmmm, bro do you follow the sport?
If he's been doing actual marathon training in the build up to this race, and didn't do much of a taper, I'd say 2:07 for sure...but the snippets of training and workouts I've seen for his previous marathon training seem more like HM training; too fast to be specific marathon pace workouts (probably b/c he thinks he can throw down 4:45s).
top ten results please!!
That's almost as fast as Mark Curp did on the same course almost 30 years ago.
I can see 2:07-2:09 happening in the right race
Place Bib Name Point Time Leader Diff Pace Avg. Pace
1 1 S. Biwott... FINISH 01:00:02 --- 04:37 04:35
2 50 P. Lonyan... FINISH 01:00:42 +00:40.00 04:43 04:38
3 2 D. Ritzen... FINISH 01:00:56 +00:54.11 04:41 04:39
4 12 E. Hassan... FINISH 01:01:14 +01:11.93 04:47 04:41
5 11 E. Chichi... FINISH 01:02:30 +02:27.54 04:53 04:46
6 8 A. Falil... FINISH 01:02:51 +02:49.30 04:49 04:48
7 4 C. Nyasan... FINISH 01:03:12 +03:10.14 04:55 04:50
8 7 Scott Bauhs FINISH 01:04:24 +04:22.45 04:56 04:55
9 14 Mike Morgan FINISH 01:04:27 +04:25.22 04:57 04:55
101 17 Craig Leon FINISH 01:04:53 +04:50.63
calling you out wrote:
That's almost as fast as Mark Curp did on the same course almost 30 years ago.
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That's cold; but true.
off of a 12.56 5000m the guy should be capable of ~27minutes for 10k, sub-1hr for the half, and sub-2h06 for the Marathon, with the correct preparation. If not then he simply isn't a Marathoner and should focus on 5k/10k on the track or the roads up to the half. On the other hand even mediocre Americans (not sub-2h10) can get good money for a 2h10, whereas Africans can't.
pdiddyy wrote:
I can see 2:07-2:09 happening in the right race
I'd like to see that then all the a**holes who criticize him for being slow can start criticizing him for using PED's.
Great job Ritz- if all the idiots who are critical were able to run as fast as you the USA would have a TON of 2:09 marathoners, then they could all train together to get even faster.
Awesome run especially considering how his season has been up to this point.
ritz ran 60:00 (actually 59:59 rounded up) to win his world half marathon bronze in 2009. This is a solid time for him with his target race being the marathon three weeks away. Let's hope he can finally really breakthrough in the marathon and run 2:06. But surely 2:09 is in the cards at least.
Am I the Only one noticing this, but in the last 6 months, aren't the longer distances that he has raced his stronger races?
dathan ritzenhein is a 10k-1/2marathon man I JUST WISH HE WOULD REALIZE THIS! GO BREAK 27 DATHAN!