So what? Hall is irrelevant. Go back and read what I wrote. Ritz has DEMONSTRABLE trouble with fuel management at the marathon distance. A 14:37 opening 5k is suicidal for a guy like that. He should have gone out 40 seconds slower, split the half around 1:04 and then tried to bring it home strong if he was comfortable. That he would lose contact early with the pacers needn't have mattered, because a consistent, manageable early pace would have allowed him to remake contact later in the race and pick off guys who went out too hard, giving him confidence. Let's wait and see what Ritz can do with even splits on a fast course before writing him off as a guy who's not capable of a 2:07.