Ritz 49:12 at Crim

According to twitter as well, he hit the half in 24:31 en route.

Solid time for Ritz right now. interested on his fall/winter plans.

He's in the Philly Half on Sept 22

To put that time in perspective Brian Sell ran 48:38 at Crim in 04.

Was also beat by 2013 NAIA 10k and Marathon champ Nate Martin

Back in early May he was running the fifth third riverbank 5k as a tempo and was 16:56...until this past month he was running just easy having little to no workouts with the team. Great talent with a great response to quality workouts with the easy base training should be on his way

Male Leaderboard

1 Julius Kogo (US) Chapel Hill, NC 1 M 29 4:39/mi 46:34.89 +0:00

2 Cleophas Ngetich (US) Chapel Hill, NC 82 M 24 4:41/mi 46:54.64 +0:19.75

3 Hafid Chani (US) West Chester, PA 4 M 28 4:45/mi 47:30.04 +0:55.15

41 Mourad Marofit (US) Roxborough, PA 2 M 32 4:47/mi 47:59.50 +1:24.61

51 Yonas Mebrahtu (US) Flagstaff, AZ 39 M 26 4:49/mi 48:18.17 +1:43.28

6 Nelson Oyugi (US) Santa Fe, NM 17 M 22 4:51/mi 48:34.07 +1:59.18

71 Guor Maker (US) Flagstaff Az, AZ 18 M 30 4:53/mi 48:54.20 +2:19.31

8 Nathan Martin (US) Spring Arbor, MI 19 M 24 4:54/mi 49:01.15 +2:26.26

91 Dathan Ritzenhein (US) Belmont, MI 24 M 31 4:55/mi 49:11.37 +2:36.48

10 Jed Christiansen (US) Greenville, PA 7347 M 27 4:56/mi 49:21.74 +2:46.85

survey says wrote:

Ritz 49:12 at Crim 10-Miler according to his agent's Twitter feed. No word on place.

His agent is obviously embarrassed by the place , he should have mentioned great top ten finish , good effort coming back.

neither here nor there wrote:

Male Leaderboard

1 Julius Kogo (US) Chapel Hill, NC 1 M 29 4:39/mi 46:34.89 +0:00

2 Cleophas Ngetich (US) Chapel Hill, NC 82 M 24 4:41/mi 46:54.64 +0:19.75

3 Hafid Chani (US) West Chester, PA 4 M 28 4:45/mi 47:30.04 +0:55.15

41 Mourad Marofit (US) Roxborough, PA 2 M 32 4:47/mi 47:59.50 +1:24.61

51 Yonas Mebrahtu (US) Flagstaff, AZ 39 M 26 4:49/mi 48:18.17 +1:43.28

6 Nelson Oyugi (US) Santa Fe, NM 17 M 22 4:51/mi 48:34.07 +1:59.18

71 Guor Maker (US) Flagstaff Az, AZ 18 M 30 4:53/mi 48:54.20 +2:19.31

8 Nathan Martin (US) Spring Arbor, MI 19 M 24 4:54/mi 49:01.15 +2:26.26

91 Dathan Ritzenhein (US) Belmont, MI 24 M 31 4:55/mi 49:11.37 +2:36.48

10 Jed Christiansen (US) Greenville, PA 7347 M 27 4:56/mi 49:21.74 +2:46.85

Nathan > Dathan

He may have been running, but not doing workouts and coming out and running 10mi on a tough course and doing sub 5 pace it not entirely terrible. I am sure with a couple more months and with more specific training he will be racing much quicker. This was a first real race effort for 2013 and it wasn't a bad one at that. I think when he races again, if you see regression, then a 'wasted talent' or going in the wrong direction may be noted, but this looks good to me. I am glad he raced, even when not 100%. It is good to see him out there. I hope his fall continues in the right direction.

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

Do you really think he wasn't running between his races in May and July 22?

His talent has been wasted.

He's a fan boy. This is a terrible result for Ritz.

We all knew he was not in the best shape and on top of that he was sick the week before, probably shouldn't have even ran.

At least he is healthy enough to start training harder. He had some success with NOP but many set backs too. Injured trying to change his form, botched and unnecessary achiles surgery that almost cost him his career and a sports hernia from lifting weights...all of which could have been avoided.

http://www.mlive.com/sports/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/08/dathan_ritzenhein_heads_to_fli.html

Personally, even though I thought a 47:30 was asking a bit much, I figured he would run under 48:30, because even a Ritz on very little training or a lot of cross training gets fit extremely quickly. Recall the small buildup to his NCAA xc championship. Perhaps the illness hurt him. Even though he is not getting any younger, I would be shocked if he didn't run a much faster average pace per mile at the Philly half. I think he would be disappointed if he doesn't run in the 1:02 range there if his training is consistent.

The question is, is he building toward another NYC marathon appearance and using Philly as a gauge, or will he target Boston in the Spring?

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

noIamnotmalmo wrote:

Pretty good for a month of training. His talent is incredible.

These stupid comments kill me.

Do you really think he wasn't running between his races in May and July 22?

His talent has been wasted.

He does get hurt a lot but it is amazing how he continues to come back to a high level and how quickly he does it.

Sagarin wrote:

The question is, is he building toward another NYC marathon appearance and using Philly as a gauge, or will he target Boston in the Spring?

Because there are no other marathon options than those two races?

Of course there are, but it is too late for Chicago, NYC typically recruits him, and he wanted to run Boston this year. He will get a bigger appearance fee at such a venue. But perhaps you will prove my thinking to be unreasonable and he will run The California International, or the Detroit Free Press (is it still called that?), or Houston, or even London...

I suppose Houston is a possibility. It would give him enough time for a buildup and allow for a track season and a 2015 Fall marathon if he wants it all. But I doubt it's on his radar.

Don't know who you are, but he's not running the Detroit Free Press Marathon on October 19th.

Sagarin wrote:

Of course there are, but it is too late for Chicago, NYC typically recruits him, and he wanted to run Boston this year. He will get a bigger appearance fee at such a venue. But perhaps you will prove my thinking to be unreasonable and he will run The California International, or the Detroit Free Press (is it still called that?), or Houston, or even London...

No kidding. It was sarcasm.