Go, Ritz!

Last week, Dathan Ritzenhein took more than 2 seconds off Bob Kennedy's 13 year old American record for 5,000 meters. This makes Ritz only the third American to run a 5K in under 13:00.

Wow. 3.1 miles in under 13:00... It's hard to get a perspective on just how freakishly fast that is. The fastest person I know is Josie Weaver. He runs a 5K in about 15:00, and he wins most local races. If Josie had been in that race with Ritz, he would not only have been dead last (Ritz didn't even win!), but Ritz would have lapped him at least twice. TWICE!!!

So cool. Here's the video. (Split times are below).



Ritz's Splits
30.9 [15th], 61.8 [1:32.7] [15th],
61.8 [2:34.5] [15th], 61.3 [3:35.8] [15th],
62.7 [4:38.5] [15th], 62.2 [5:40.7] [14th],
62.8 [6:43.5] [12th], 63.9 [7:47.4] [11th],
62.9 [8:50.3] [9th], 62.9 [9:53.2] [8th],
62.5 [10:55.7] [7th], 60.4 [11:56.1] [3rd],
60.2 [3rd]
2:00.6 for his last 800, 4:06 last 1600.