You're the only one saying "misgauged pace/fitness." They were racing, Ritz was pacing. That may work fine when you're on a track with only seven other runner, but not on a soft, twisty, undulating course with jumps and 30+ runners who can go out faster than you and hold it most of the way.
shutoff valve wrote:
So let's see... on a track with splits every 400m, they misgauged pace/fitness and slowed at the end, but on a muddy XC course they would execute their pacing strategy perfectly. Those guys are a bit overambitious on the track but cool-headed pros on the dirt. OK. Oh, and Ritz, who was hanging out to dry the first half of the Zurich race, would not benefit in any way having a pack to run with in cross? Makes PERFECT sense.
bridge maintenance wrote:Troll topic. The only reason Ritz beat Ebuya & Co. was because they went out at 12:30 pace and blew up. He would've been crushed if they dawdled at 12:50 pace!!