Field goes home devastated. Ritz wins and is second fastest Amercian finisher ever at the Crim Ten Miler.
Field goes home devastated. Ritz wins and is second fastest Amercian finisher ever at the Crim Ten Miler.
Who is the fastest American ever?
47:23 was his time
That's like 62 min half marathon pace...not bad. Looks like he ran without any competition. Second place was 49:52 I believe.
The course was 322 meters short.
Ritz should have just been a road whore for most of his career.
No one showed up.
I traveled to this race last year. Easily the worst race I've ever been to (course and organization). Lead issues in Flint wasn't widely publicized yet either at that time.
Ritz will win this for the next ten years if he wants to.
squandered career wrote:
Ritz should have just been a road whore for most of his career.
His best days are yet to come.
douglas burke wrote:
squandered career wrote:Ritz should have just been a road whore for most of his career.
His best days are yet to come.
Yes, in a SFH sort of way except just racing.
Crim race is terrible wrote:
No one showed up.
I traveled to this race last year. Easily the worst race I've ever been to (course and organization). Lead issues in Flint wasn't widely publicized yet either at that time.
Ritz will win this for the next ten years if he wants to.
Are you joking? I ran the race last year for the first time and it was fantastic. Very competitive rolling course. The whole city gets behind the race. Top 3 out of the 40 races I ran last year.
I commend Ritz for coming and running as hard as he did. In relation he was close to his time from last year yet this year he won by 2 and a half minutes
4th 1980 Herb Lindsay (USA) 47:07 Patti Catalano (USA) 53:40
5th 1981 Herb Lindsay (USA) 47:15 Patti Catalano (USA) 55:35
6th 1982 Steve Kenyon (GBR) 46:43 Joan Samuelson (USA) 53:18
7th 1983 Nick Rose (GBR) 46:58 Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 55:07
8th 1984 Nick Rose (GBR) 46:59 Janice Ettle (USA) 55:16
9th 1985 Ken Martin (USA) 46:55 Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 53:48
10th 1986 Ed Eyestone (USA) 47:36 Lisa Rainsberger (USA) 54:47
11th 1987 Brian Sheriff (ZIM) 48:09 Lisa Rainsberger (USA) 55:02
12th 1988 Ed Eyestone (USA) 46:44 †Lisa Rainsberger (USA) 53:10 â€
13th 1989 Brian Sheriff (ZIM) 46:23 Cathy O'Brien (USA) 51:47
14th 1990 Ken Martin (USA) 47:44 Uta Pippig (GER) 53:56
15th 1991 Steve Kogo (KEN) 47:15 Lesley Lehane (USA) 54:02
16th 1992 Simon Karori (KEN) 46:21 Olga Markova (RUS) 53:17
17th 1993 Alejandro Cruz (MEX) 47:05
On his Twitter page he called it "training".
Montesquieu wrote:
On his Twitter page he called it "training".
Extra motivated after seeing full 'thon Wunderkind nab Full Oly-Mary BRONZE
I think the Crim is a great race and I thought it was awesome Ritz won it, but one reason why he won it this year was because they eliminated prize money and donated it to the people of Flint because of their water issues. So no Kenyans or Ethiopians this year, not as much competition. He was the first American to win since 1990 I think.
Crim race is terrible wrote:
No one showed up.
I traveled to this race last year. Easily the worst race I've ever been to (course and organization). Lead issues in Flint wasn't widely publicized yet either at that time.
Ritz will win this for the next ten years if he wants to.
re: "Easily the worst race I've ever been to"
How many road races have you participated in?
I'm bumping this to underscore what "Pick it up" points out--no prize money. Ritz ran it simply to support a race that has meant a great deal to road racing in the midwest. He thought given what the race has been, that there should at least be one professional who shows up. There's something honorable in this that we should recognize.
Pick it up wrote:
I think the Crim is a great race and I thought it was awesome Ritz won it, but one reason why he won it this year was because they eliminated prize money and donated it to the people of Flint because of their water issues. So no Kenyans or Ethiopians this year, not as much competition. He was the first American to win since 1990 I think.
TrackCoach wrote:
re: "Easily the worst race I've ever been to"
How many road races have you participated in?
Probably a track guy who got to the hills at 5 miles and curled up beside the road calling for his mommy.
Can anyone link me to today's 10 mile results?
The only thing I've found. It has a video interview with Ritz toward the bottom.http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/08/40th_crim_races_honors_citys_p.html#incart_river_home
Searching guy wrote:
Can anyone link me to today's 10 mile results?
I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Guys between age of 45 and 55 do you think about death or does it seem far away
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
adizero Road to Records with Yomif Kejelcha, Agnes Ngetich, Hobbs Kessler & many more is Saturday