I am a Ritz fan and hope he does well, but as a professional runner, he needs to maximize his training. And if the weather in the mid-west sucks, no surprise, I would hope he would go to Arizona or some other warm place where he can do the training he needs.You don't hear golfers saying it is too cold to train or there is snow on the range. Ritz needs to make sure he gets the training he needs to reach his potential.Best of luck to him in Tampa and NYC.
Geb. wrote:
The article was talking about how he had to delay plans for a long tempo due to the weather. As a runner in the midwest, I can definitely sympathize with that sentiment and it is sad to know that even elites have to deal with such circumstances that ultimately hamper their training.
However, I think he should be happy with anything in the 63s. If he breaks 63, that would be a really good effort for Ritz based off his 12K 36:51 cross country race. Hopefully the weather can improve and the wind lays off for the NY half where he can hopefully get a pretty quick time somewhere in the 61s in prep for Boston.