“When I came to Alberto, I thought I was done being hurt,” Ritzenhein said. “But this is the longest cycle of injuries t

where is that quote from

Ritzenhein later admitted that one of the most crushing aspects of his injury last fall was that it had happened under Salazar’s tutelage. “When I came to Alberto, I thought I was done being hurt,” Ritzenhein said. “But this is the longest cycle of injuries that I’ve ever had: probably by double, or even triple.”

his mouth.

damn hot wrote:

where is that quote from

Dathan Ritzenhein.

Ouch. That hurts.

It's from this article in the new yorker published on Nov 8 2010:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/08/101108fa_fact_kahn?currentPage=all#ixzz1440lz0Go

It goes on to say that Ritz feels he's now fit enough to win NYC 'thon.

As Salazar sees it, though, Ritzenhein needs to have perfect biomechanics if he is to have a chance at finishing ahead of Gebrselassie and Keflezighi, both of whom train relentlessly and seem to run effortlessly. That fact, he says, is one that Ritzenhein accepts. “When you start changing an athlete’s form, there’s always a risk,” Salazar said, with a shrug. “Dathan knows that. And he’s willing to take that risk, because he doesn’t want to be the guy that’s just trying to get a bronze medal. Not this time. This time, he wants to be the winner.”

From the same article.

Under Hudson, Dathan might have a 99% chance of being healthy, and a 1% chance of being best in the world.

Under Salazar, Dathan might have a 90% chance of being healthy, and a 10% chance of being best in the world.

Those numbers are arbitrary, but you get the idea. Ritz will be the best, or be hurt, and he's OK with that, and as a fan, so am I.

themanontherun wrote:

Under Hudson, Dathan might have a 99% chance of being healthy, and a 1% chance of being best in the world.

Under Salazar, Dathan might have a 90% chance of being healthy, and a 10% chance of being best in the world.

Those numbers are arbitrary, but you get the idea. Ritz will be the best, or be hurt, and he's OK with that, and as a fan, so am I.

I doubt it.

20 bucks says you hop on the "Dathan-is-a-lazy-injured-bum" bandwagon the second he gets hurt and falls off contention for an OG.

The Author says about Salazar's current running,

"...he moves stiffly, with a lock-jointed gait like the canter of an elderly racehorse."

"...When I told him after the run that his form looked good, he flushed with pleasure."

This writer is a jerk.

me again wrote:

The Author says about Salazar's current running,

"...he moves stiffly, with a lock-jointed gait like the canter of an elderly racehorse."

"...When I told him after the run that his form looked good, he flushed with pleasure."

This writer is a jerk.

He writes for the New Yorker, what would you expect?

me again wrote:

The Author says about Salazar's current running,

"...he moves stiffly, with a lock-jointed gait like the canter of an elderly racehorse."

It looked like that 30 years ago.

I doubt he said it, but I believe he would have been.

Dathan was making steady improvements with Brad and Brad and Dathan had years to iron out the "getting to know the athlete" barrier, that is part of a new coach athlete relationship.

Alberto just had "greener" carets for Dathan to chase after. Unfortunately for Dathan, money doesn't always come with satisfaction or success.

Alberto poached Dathan from Brad, when he would have served Dathan and perhaps Nike better by helping out Brad. I think Al might be too vested in his ego to see that though.

How many times has Mr. Hudson posted on this thread?

me again wrote:

The Author says about Salazar's current running,

"...he moves stiffly, with a lock-jointed gait like the canter of an elderly racehorse."

"...When I told him after the run that his form looked good, he flushed with pleasure."

This writer is a jerk.

Maybe she is noting what she observed. As we want from a journalist.

Disclaimer: I have met the writer. I though she was very smart, but not a jerk.

not a jerk wrote:

Maybe she is noting what she observed. As we want from a journalist.

Disclaimer: I have met the writer. I though she was very smart, but not a jerk.

How many times did you meet her? Once? That's hardly enough to know a person. With that said, this article appears to be written by a jerk.

Ritz is an amazing runner, and world class. He should aspire to be the best he can be... so, in that respect, I don't begrudge Ritz or Salazar for setting the bar high. To a third-party observer, though, it appears utterly futile to think of beating the likes of Geb or Bekele. Let's be real, here. Ritz can hang with the big boys and represent his country well, but he will never eat them for lunch.

The Salazar rationale that he needs to utterly perfect his running form is one way of approaching the problem. It is risky and could blow up in their faces. We'll see how it plays out but they certainly deserve points for bravery. Going by results, the Salazar era is thus far fairly inconclusive relative to Ritz's performance.

Yes, Ritz ran 12:56 and then placed 3rd at The World Half Marathon Championships, but these were both right after he joined Al Sal's camp. Salazar certainly deserves SOME credit for these performances but how much is debatable since they were so close to the transition. Most of the hay was already in the barn, so to speak. 2011 will be a big year for Ritz's running career - good or bad. Best of luck to Camp Al Sal and the Golden Boys of American Distance Running - Ritz and Webb.

I don't know if Mr. Salazar has examined Mr. Ritzenhein's micronutrients such as copper, manganese, zinc and anti-oxidents, but it would be worthwhile.

I've generally stayed more healthy by taking daily doses of copper gluconate, manganese, zinc, alpha-lipoic acid, CoQ10 and acetyl L-carnitine.

I hope that Mr. Ritzenhein and all runners have a great 2011.

Jason,

I would be very interested in your opinion when it comes to Alberto coaching the marathon. You seem to be very knowledgable when it comes to marathon training.

I have been disappointed in the fact that none of Alberto's athletes ever improve upon their debut marathon under his training. Do you think that this is just bad luck or is he missing something?

The problem with Al Sal is that he is looking for a secret. The secret is running more, plain as the nose on your face, throw the rest of the shit away and run more.

Shit, just go to Hodgies site and look at BR's log, plain and simple, just run.