Dathan Ritzenhein NOW SPONSORED BY Hoka One One?!?!?

Proves that all his injuries during his career were caused by wearing those junk Nike shoes. He would have probably run a 2:05 if he trained in HOKAS!!

Dathan has been using Hoka much like others would use a boot to keep pressure off of a stress reaction. He doesn't use them everyday. He has been training in several different brands. I see him nearly every day and have seen him in 3 different brands.

Nice job, coach!

HGL wrote:

That Instagram picture says it all. Ritz is such a talent. I'm a 14-min guy and I can't get into that posture, that lean. It can't be taught. I've tried, but it's biomechanics and body shape. Reminds me of Wanjiru's lean. All energy going forward.

Such a stud. Such a pleasure to race and watch race. One of our greatest talents ever.

That is a great photo. The body alignment is beautiful. The simplicity of it's appearance yet the diffuculty of emulating.

Or you two could seek the real issue to the PF instead of pushing more attention to these shoes that are as one of stated ..bandaids. The answer to the PF is up stream and not putting more money in nykie shoes.

nike ftw. wrote:

Just wow... wrote:

Of the thousands of people I've dealt with, the vast majority improved when I got them into shoes with more torsional stability (stiffer in the arch, not to be confused with stability shoes)....

Yeah, stiffer shoes may help reduce the stress and strain to the PF short term, but they're like a bandaid and don't resolve the scar tissue and getting the fascia back to normal length. Longterm I had to get back to more flexible shoes/racing flats. That was the difference maker in getting normal functionality back. I've stuck with Nike Lunaracers longterm= happy feet.

rupp-certified salaadbar wrote:

Jargons wrote:

Didn't he drop out of New York this past Fall after talking a big game?

You could be talking about any one of 20 Ritz or Rupp races there.

Scratch/DNS/DNF kings.

Huh?

Ssfhjkhrrgh wrote:

Or you two could seek the real issue to the PF instead of pushing more attention to these shoes that are as one of stated ..bandaids. The answer to the PF is up stream and not putting more money in nykie shoes.

nike ftw. wrote:

Yeah, stiffer shoes may help reduce the stress and strain to the PF short term, but they're like a bandaid and don't resolve the scar tissue and getting the fascia back to normal length. Longterm I had to get back to more flexible shoes/racing flats. That was the difference maker in getting normal functionality back. I've stuck with Nike Lunaracers longterm= happy feet.

Well, sometimes it is the shoes. You really think the people who wear flip flops in the mall all day that end up with PF has nothing to do with the shoes? Just because you have good alignment, good mechanics, and are of normal weight doesn't mean you can't get PF. You need to understand that we are walking on unnaturally hard and flat surfaces that our feet were not structurally designed to be on for hours on end.

Ssfhjkhrrgh wrote:

Or you two could seek the real issue to the PF instead of pushing more attention to these shoes that are as one of stated ..bandaids. The answer to the PF is up stream and not putting more money in nykie shoes.

nike ftw. wrote:

Yeah, stiffer shoes may help reduce the stress and strain to the PF short term, but they're like a bandaid and don't resolve the scar tissue and getting the fascia back to normal length. Longterm I had to get back to more flexible shoes/racing flats. That was the difference maker in getting normal functionality back. I've stuck with Nike Lunaracers longterm= happy feet.

And no, shoes are not Band Aids, they are protection. If they were Band Aids, we'd all be running around the streets barefoot.

The Flotrack article states that Ritz has some things in the works. Dan Lilot represents Ritz and he is not new to the game. I expect to hear something shortly.

In the works wrote:

The Flotrack article states that Ritz has some things in the works. Dan Lilot represents Ritz and he is not new to the game. I expect to hear something shortly.

I'm guessing Oiselle.

Tracksmith

Whoever signs Dathan will be bashed on this board. That is how it works.

If he signs with Skechers people will say that he is trying to be Meb.

If he re-signs with Nike everyone will call him a sellout.

If he signs with Brooks, they will rip on Brooks for going after Nike's sloppy seconds.

If he signs with any group they will take shots at the group.

The Nike interns that work these boards and defend Alberto will attack anyone else.

Whoever signs him should highly put it in his contract he needs to race more than a time or two a year.

Sign with Holka NAZ elite. How many times did Llano race last year?