birdbeard wrote:
Wow. Hope she didn't leave it in training like Ritz often did.
Don't worry, she has some special techniques for recovery.
birdbeard wrote:
Wow. Hope she didn't leave it in training like Ritz often did.
Don't worry, she has some special techniques for recovery.
Parker Stinson Memorial Post wrote:
Here's why I think Ritz is talking this big. Because certain workouts are being done at the same pace Stinson did them. Heavily documented on YT, he did relatively flat long runs (not Mags, and just at Boulder elevation, not higher) and it seems to me her time was near his. [I haven't watched that series recently though, so I don't remeber exactly how close the performances were.] He also did the 25k alternator. There's a time given in the video. So Ritz knows what Stinson did for that. There have probably been various other workouts (shorter reps on track, etc.) similar enough that he can compare the two runners. Ritz, Klecker and a lot of guys around Boulder long-term have times for Mags too.
Stinson went on to run very close to exactly 5-flat pace - 2:11 low I think - in Chicago whatever year that was. I'm thinking he may be the most directly comparable. So if she is doing stuff at the same paces as someone else who went on to run in the neighborhood of 2:11 (and/or 10k times that roughly equate to that) then it would be reasonable to suggest that she is in similar shape or close to it. I'd be surprised if Ritz' logic isn't something along these lines.
I was going to bring up the exact same thing.
Side note: I also find it off-putting that klecker wouldn’t believe a workout done by his teammate and relayed to him by his coach. Is the guy just constantly a grumpy sourpuss?