idisij wrote:
FurgetAboutit wrote:Come on guys do you remember how Ritz closed on K Bekele when he ran his 12:58 personal best and he's finished 6th at World Championships at 10000m with little training back in 2009. The guy is a beast on the track if he can stay healthy for two years with consistent training. Unless he runs faster then 2:06:59 he should focus on the track and forget cross country and the marathon as he doesn't have too many more years in him.
Oh please. He was not closing on Bekele.
In fairness the OP, Ritz did close a lot of ground on Bekele in that race. He never actually caught him, but he was a long ways back halfway through and got reasonably close with 200 to go.
The OP did get the time wrong as it was 12:56.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVDDhIU1O1k