Thursday, July 10, 2008

Ritz, Others Racing in NYC Half


Once again, Dathan Ritzenhein has made a bold promise to compete in a road race. This one: NYC Half on July 27.

All signs point to Ritz at least starting this time as he did start and finish the Olympic Trials 10k less than a week ago. Plus, according to the NYRR release, the race is going to be his "final tune-up" before Beijing. So, the whole "precautionary measure because I felt a twinge in my left/right ______ last week" thing is less likely to hold him back when faced with the alternative of going into China rusty. Although, he went into the marathon trials rusty, so...

Also in the men's race will be US half marathon champ James Carney, perpetual close-to-the-fronter Fasil Bizuneh, and youtube G Fernando Cabada (1,800+ views of him just driving his car? Am I missing something?)

Not only that, but yours truly will be on the line ready to pant and complain over 13.1 miles of regret in the debut of the LTOB "Racing" Club. Get your tickets early folks.

2 comments:

J-Bird said...

Good luck with the race, I ran a half back in March and it's been all down hill from there!

Anonymous said...

I hope Ritz shows, our city has been good to him.

Ben, good luck in the 1/2. I hope you make the Photo of the Weekend. (Hey, what happened to that post, anyway?)