Ritz Is Back! Wins USATF 25K Champs At Fifth Third River Bank Run

Great considering he just started running again in March

Why wouldn't the American record be Herb Lindsay's 1:14:09 from 1981?

thanks for the video.

wow he keeps wincing really badly even a few minutes after finishing. looks like he's really hurting from that... anyone else think that looks beyond the typical post-race pain? must have really dug deep for that one.

darn it, they are putting the highlight videos up behind the paywall

way to promote running USATF, how exactly do you retain 501c3 status

virtually no cost to you if you just threw it on youtube and let them run ads but nope, you've got to profit off the championship races instead of letting the general public see them

but why wrote:

darn it, they are putting the highlight videos up behind the paywall

way to promote running USATF, how exactly do you retain 501c3 status

virtually no cost to you if you just threw it on youtube and let them run ads but nope, you've got to profit off the championship races instead of letting the general public see them

It costs money to produce videos.

if you weren't aware wrote:

but why wrote:

darn it, they are putting the highlight videos up behind the paywall

way to promote running USATF, how exactly do you retain 501c3 status

virtually no cost to you if you just threw it on youtube and let them run ads but nope, you've got to profit off the championship races instead of letting the general public see them

It costs money to produce videos.

What!

Just wow... wrote:

That's a very good performance for him at this point in time! I think he still has some really good marathon and half-marathon performances left in the tank based on what he had to say in the pre-race interview and what he showed today.

I think Ritz needs to be done with the marathon. Half-marathon is a better event for him. He should focus on getting into some big HM races and relieving Ryan Hall of his AR. And cross-country.

if you weren't aware wrote:

but why wrote:

darn it, they are putting the highlight videos up behind the paywall

way to promote running USATF, how exactly do you retain 501c3 status

virtually no cost to you if you just threw it on youtube and let them run ads but nope, you've got to profit off the championship races instead of letting the general public see them

It costs money to produce videos.

Then pay the pittance with their Nike millions. USATF is supposed to be ALL about promoting & advancing the sport. They are not Flotrack.

kmaclam wrote:

USATF is supposed to be ALL about promoting & advancing the sport.

No they are not. They are a governing body, nothing more. They don't owe you anything.

zxvxzcv wrote:

The issue for him (aside from his lack of a kick) has obviously always been staying healthy and building on that. I hope he does it this year.

Caused from having to run in those crappy Nike shoes all those years.

(Except for the waffle racer)

cheater shoes wrote:

thanks for the video.

wow he keeps wincing really badly even a few minutes after finishing. looks like he's really hurting from that... anyone else think that looks beyond the typical post-race pain? must have really dug deep for that one.

He used to roll his eyes back in his head and crash theatrically to the ground in a Victorian swoon. This was showing some restraint.

dasdsss wrote:

WEAK FIELD

No it's an American field, chump run for a guy like Ritz even at the end of his career.

The other way around wrote:

As I heard it, Ritz dropped Nike

brogan1 wrote:

Not late. Just posted yesterday.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=8202625&thread=8202050#8202625

His contract expired and was not renewed. Ritz being a professional didn't go out and bad mouth Nike like some of the females that had the same situation. His explanation was simple, it's just the cycle of life as a proffesional athlete,you move on.

If he can keep his worn body together he can pick up some pretty good change racing US championships and not have to race marathons or non paying track stuff.

Another Option wrote:

Why wouldn't the American record be Herb Lindsay's 1:14:09 from 1981?

Because I found the course he ran on to be way short on remeasurment for records purposes. The current one is fine.

teddy_farley wrote:

karpopper wrote:

what's with the name 5th 3rd

It's the name of a bank (who sponsors the race).

And then 5th 3rd Bank bought out Old Kent Bank, who was the original title sponsor of the race. So they went from a race name that made sense even with the title sponsor name (Grand Rapids is in Kent County) to one that sounds much more awkward

I think he is wearing a nike spring shoe prototype. like the ones the nike crew wore at the marathon trials.

You stand wrote:

dasdsss wrote:

WEAK FIELD

No it's an American field, chump run for a guy like Ritz even at the end of his career.

Yeah, the American record holder in the 25k is definitely weak. Idiots.

btw, they also did a 5K and 10K race the same day and this amazing dude raced and won both, 25 year-old Joe Niemiec from Jackson, MI, nice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMMGyCXB68c

if you weren't aware wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

USATF is supposed to be ALL about promoting & advancing the sport.

No they are not. They are a governing body, nothing more. They don't owe you anything.

But flotrack owes you? Get some consistency

Usatf is charging for memberships and does nothing for the people who spend the most money, basically the only way you get anything is I focused you're a sprinter and d-bag