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19 years ago 01/01/2005 1:01am EST

re: Californian

How can you compare a guy who has run well in ONE track race to a guy who has been competing at the highest level for four years?

Ritz ran well in the junior WC 4 years ago, posted a good time the following summer and has done little since. Then came his very good 10km last May.

Mottram on the other hand has been racing on the World circuit since 2001, since he was 20.

Ritz may well be able to compete from time to time, but as he showed in the previous four years (including this XC season, he races well once or twice and then does f*** all for the rest of the season. To be truely world class you have to run at the highest heights consistently. Like Kennedy, like Steve Scott.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 2:59pm EST

Who will do better out of these two? I think right now Mottram is in better shape and is probably a better 5k runner than Ritz anyway.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:06pm EST

re: eldoII

Mottram by FAR, he's a sub 13 5k man and has challenged the Africans consistently over the past few years. Ritz, while a great prospect, is just that, a prospect not proven.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:11pm EST

re: Monkey

No offense to Ritz,(I think he is awesome)

Mottram is the man, he is not Australias Ritzenhien, he is the Southern Hemisphere Bob Kennedy.

I've got nothing but tons of respect and admiration for both these killer guys.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:15pm EST

re: The Unknown Runner

Does anyone think that Ritz will go sub-13 at Carlsbad?

Out.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:15pm EST

re: The Unknown Runner

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:18pm EST

re: Fo' Sure

I'm surprised to find the Mottram is only 24-years-old. I thought he was a bit older. All the talk of Ritz...when Mottram has ran 12:55.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:19pm EST

re: Fo' Sure

1. Berhanu 13:12

2. Kipketer 13:15

3. Mottram 13:21

4. Ritz 13:24

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:20pm EST

re: Cruiser

24! damn i didn't know that. but yea, i'm saying Ritz is under 13:25 this sunday.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:22pm EST

re: roots radicals

19 years ago 03/30/2005 3:59pm EST

re: eldoII

eldoII wrote:
Who will do better out of these two? I think right now Mottram is in better shape and is probably a better 5k runner than Ritz anyway.

You THINK that Mottram is PROABABLY a better 5k runner.

yeah me to.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 4:00pm EST

re: Madein_82

not even a comparison.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 4:40pm EST

re: don't feed the model

If Ritz beat Mottram that would be huge

19 years ago 03/30/2005 4:46pm EST

re: gv10k

how much slower are road races than track races? like a guy who could bust out consistant 13 flats might run....what at carlsbad?

19 years ago 03/30/2005 5:00pm EST

re: new slang

Sammy Kipketer was a mid to low 12:50 5000m runner and ran really close to 13 flat, so probably 10 or so seconds slower for the top elites.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 5:20pm EST

re: eldoII

no offense to Ritz but he isn't in Mottram's league yet. He hasn't done in a thing on the track or on the road.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 5:54pm EST

re: coach

Hasn't done a thing? You're wrong, look at his fast 10k last year, for his first ever 10k that is pretty damn good, equivalent of 13:10 or so 5k I would say.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 6:40pm EST

re: woiejfoiwjewewwwww

Equivalent, who cares about that. Ritz's has run 27.40ish and 13.20's. Mottram's has broken 13 minutes, so he is in a different class. The difference between 13.20's and sub 13 is huge and there's no denying this, just ask Mark Carroll

19 years ago 03/30/2005 7:49pm EST

re: 12km

I'm still hoping for 13:23 and a new AR. Ritz is not in Mottram's league yet, but I think he could run with current AR holder Marc "Doc" Davis any day of the week.

19 years ago 03/30/2005 8:45pm EST

re: Earl

Mottram is one of the greatest talents ever. He does not lose to Europeans or Africans ever.

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