steppin out big time on this, but...
Ritz----13:14
Torres--13:23
Ritz is gonna do big damage. i have a big feeling that he's hungry for a big PR and a huge drop in his times. Torres is a great runner, but based off of Ritz's fight in Europe during XC, i believe he is superior to Torres. I hope they both run well though, and push each other to PR's.
is Eduardo running the 5k as well?
its not really a race they just want the standard time
Ritz- 13:12
Torres- 13:34
Ritz in bulky trainers, 13:45
Ritz in flats, with minimal heel strike, 13:20
Torres in buly trainers, 13:39
Torres in flats, and his girlfriend cheering him on, 13:19
Ritz will smash through 13:20 like it's not even there. I'd give him a good chance to break 13:15 too. I say 13:12, like the above poster.
I hope Torres breaks 13:20, but he hasn't done anything to show that he's any better than two years ago, when he ran 13:21, I believe, at his best. And that was later in the season.
problemsolver wrote:
How is Ritz the underdog? This kid has spanked Torres for most of their adult lives. Ritz wins this one. 13:28. Torres in 13:35
I don't think this is true...
Anyway, I think Torres might edge him out, but the times will be closer to 13:40 than 13:20 for sure.
who cares about which one will cross the line first, which one will hit puberty first?
Torres in 13:30 and Ritz in the high 13:30's
based on ritz's crappy performance at carlsbad i say 14:10..(he get's progressively worse)
zits your a retard
One thing I don't get is the people on here that think Ritz will kill Torres. BASED ON WHAT???
Yes Ritz beat Torres head to head at 12k x-c nationals. But didn't Torres run the 4k race the day before, and was clearly focusing on the 4k race (since that is what he ran at worlds) ? YES & YES. So Ritz won that one, but if Torres had been fresh, and Torres had been focusing on the 12k.....it might have been damn close.
Who ran better at world's?? Torres.
Who ran better in their most recent road race? Well, that's up for debate, but I say Torres. (winning an 8k in 22:47 (4:35 pace for almost 5 miles) vs Ritz's 13:48 for 5k (4:26 pace for 3.1). But at the very least I would say: a draw.
Who has the better 5k pr ? Torres.
Has Torres beaten Ritz many times? Yes. Now of course he was older, but still, he has beaten him a lot.
So........someone explain to me why Ritz, who ran disapointingly in his last 2 races, will kill Torres who has run quite well in almost all his races this year?? And Torres doing a 3:43 is a good warm-up for him. I am sure he has been working more on endurance (X-C season, 8k road race), and that was just a tune-up. A strong runner can go 4:00 for one mile, and then run just under 4:20 pace for 3.1.
Anyway, I think it will be real close, but I don't see why people think Ritz will kill Torres. Unless these are the same people who were predicting a medal for Ritz at world x-c, and they have a very short memory. Don't overhype the poor kid more than he needs. Let him deliver first.
Ritz: 13:31
Torres: 13:36
Torres - 13:22
Ritz - 12:26
neither of them are going to break 13:30.
13:40ish for both.
both under 13:30, but no faster than 13:21.
Hey guys remember when Webb couldn't run more than 6k with Ritzenhein like two months ago? And then Webb runs 13:30 (when he probably could run faster without running in lane 3 for the last two laps). I say Ritz sub-13:20.
"Torres will be all excited and starstruck before the race. He will very loudly start blurting out, "DATHAN RITZENHEIN IS IN THIS RACE!!! DATHAN RITZENHEIN IS COMPLETING HIS WARM-UP!!! DATHAN RITZENHEIN IS NOW RUNNING STRIDERS!!!"
Then because he got too excited beforehand and wasted energy, Ritz beats him by 15 seconds."
best post i've seen in a while... hahahaaha
Webb ran 13:30.. so Ritz will go under 13:20 and Torres will be under 13:25.
Come on guys, why even put Torres in the same sentence with Ritz?
A little birdie told me that Ritz wasn't going all out when he ran his 13:41 at Carlsbad. And he will run harder this weekend, on a track.
Ritz 13:11
Torres 13:31
Message:
Torres - 13:22
Ritz - 12:26
Dude, I hope you're right, but I just don't know if Ritz is capable of running 12:26. That would be a very fast time, even for him.