How did Dathan Ritzenhein handle this HS - Training?

Yeah there's no way this is correct. 32x400 is 8 miles on the track. If he did a 400 between each one that would be 16 miles total on the track. Even if he did a 100 meter jog between each one that would be 10 solid miles on the track, running hard.

According to my calculations this equals 97 miles in a week. I believe he did 100 mpw, but not in this intensity.

17, 16, 20, 14, 8, 10, 12 miles for Monday-Sunday.

Haha, YO (super cereal) wrote:

Yeah there's no way this is correct.

Wrong.

Coached by Bobby Prins who was later forced out when it was revealed his runners were taking a cocktail of aspirin and caffeine before races.

The other days are reasonable for a top runner. Not believing that Wednesday workout though.

In the end, he didn't handle it. His career since entering the university of Colorado was rife with injury.

48+9 wrote:

Coached by Bobby Prins who was later forced out when it was revealed his runners were taking a cocktail of aspirin and caffeine before races.

wasn't there some cold medicine involved?

Um No Way wrote:

The other days are reasonable for a top runner. Not believing that Wednesday workout though.

I'm sure Dathan is devastated that you think he makes up workouts on his blog.

32 x 400 @ 66 may sound fast to you, but for Dathan at the time, that was slower than 2 mile pace, and he jogged 400 between each one. Not very difficult, just long.

advil, excedrin, sudafed

maybe I'm slow wrote:

48+9 wrote:

Coached by Bobby Prins who was later forced out when it was revealed his runners were taking a cocktail of aspirin and caffeine before races.

wasn't there some cold medicine involved?

He was small and light on his feet and young

Yeah sure, not very difficult, probably a breeze...a$$hole! 32 repeat 1/4's is nothing...duh!

SMiLE wrote:

Um No Way wrote:

The other days are reasonable for a top runner. Not believing that Wednesday workout though.

I'm sure Dathan is devastated that you think he makes up workouts on his blog.

32 x 400 @ 66 may sound fast to you, but for Dathan at the time, that was slower than 2 mile pace, and he jogged 400 between each one. Not very difficult, just long.

Oh I'm really worried about what Dathan thinks about what I think. Psyche!!!!

If you believe a high schooler did 16 miles on a track in one workout year in and year out, you know nothing about running.

maybe I'm fast wrote:

SMiLE wrote:

I'm sure Dathan is devastated that you think he makes up workouts on his blog.

32 x 400 @ 66 may sound fast to you, but for Dathan at the time, that was slower than 2 mile pace, and he jogged 400 between each one. Not very difficult, just long.

Yeah sure, not very difficult, probably a breeze...a$$hole! 32 repeat 1/4's is nothing...duh!

Nope, not a breeze, but not fast either (for Dathan). Just a very long workout.

Wrong, NOT just a very long workout. I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I went to Rockford. YOU don't know what you're talking about if you think that was easy for Dathan. Get your head checked out, and soon! 66 times 32 for 400m is not simply a long workout. YOU know nothing about running, that much is clear.

SMiLE wrote:

maybe I'm fast wrote:

Yeah sure, not very difficult, probably a breeze...a$$hole! 32 repeat 1/4's is nothing...duh!

Nope, not a breeze, but not fast either (for Dathan). Just a very long workout.

maybe I'm fast wrote:

Yeah sure, not very difficult, probably a breeze...a$$hole! 32 repeat 1/4's is nothing...duh!

SMiLE wrote:

I'm sure Dathan is devastated that you think he makes up workouts on his blog.

32 x 400 @ 66 may sound fast to you, but for Dathan at the time, that was slower than 2 mile pace, and he jogged 400 between each one. Not very difficult, just long.

Ritz ran 13:44.70 in high school. That's 65.98 per lap with no rest. This workout is crazy hard, but not impossibly hard

P.S. Why don't you contact Dathan thru his blog and ask him for yourself. Easy? I don't think so knucklehead.

maybe I'm fast wrote:

Wrong, NOT just a very long workout. I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I went to Rockford. YOU don't know what you're talking about if you think that was easy for Dathan. Get your head checked out, and soon! 66 times 32 for 400m is not simply a long workout. YOU know nothing about running, that much is clear.

SMiLE wrote:

Nope, not a breeze, but not fast either (for Dathan). Just a very long workout.

Haha, YO (super cereal) wrote:

If you believe a high schooler did 16 miles on a track in one workout

Ever hear of Gerry Lindgren, or Jim Ryun?

Haha, YO (super cereal) wrote:

year in and year out

"First, here are some samples of the best weeks that I have had in each system"

These are not typical weeks. Nor was he doing this year in year out.

I didn't say it was impossibly hard. The idiot poster said it was "Not very difficult". That's BS! If you wanna believe that, you're just as dumb as he is.

flent wrote:

maybe I'm fast wrote:

Yeah sure, not very difficult, probably a breeze...a$$hole! 32 repeat 1/4's is nothing...duh!

Ritz ran 13:44.70 in high school. That's 65.98 per lap with no rest. This workout is crazy hard, but not impossibly hard

maybe I'm fast wrote:

I didn't say it was impossibly hard. The idiot poster said it was "Not very difficult". That's BS! If you wanna believe that, you're just as dumb as he is.

No, your are the dumb one here. Whether or not he did this workout is a different issue. But if he did, it wouldn't have been that hard. Just long.

People commonly do 12 x 400 at mile pace (that's not a hard workout). So what is so unbelievable about 36 at 5k pace?

NO kdk, aka flent sock puppet, wrong again. Just to help you out, it's you're, not your are. That may be a first here, so congrats flent. And to think that you're calling me dumb. Wow!Dathan DID do that workout. I've been to the track when he did workouts, like for 3 years knucklehead. 12 by 400 versus 32 at his "record" 5k pace are 2 different things. I won't try to explain it, as it's rather obvious that you're not going to get it. What's your 5k pr, 18:00?

kdk wrote:

maybe I'm fast wrote:

I didn't say it was impossibly hard. The idiot poster said it was "Not very difficult". That's BS! If you wanna believe that, you're just as dumb as he is.

No, your are the dumb one here. Whether or not he did this workout is a different issue. But if he did, it wouldn't have been that hard. Just long.

People commonly do 12 x 400 at mile pace (that's not a hard workout). So what is so unbelievable about 36 at 5k pace?