Track and Field Blogs - Dathan Ritzenhein

I made it into Osaka yesterday afternoon. It was a long flight but overall travel was easy. It is so hot and humid here. You walk outside a are just instantly soaked. I did a run last night around dusk and it was terrible. The best way I can describe it is it is like the worst day you could get in the midwest. I plan to do my last hard workout tommorrow night so I will see how tough the conditions really are then. I got an ice vest from Nike to use, but it weighs like 10 pounds… more »

Osaka is just around the corner. I can't believe it is almost here, it seems like it has been so far off on the horizon all year. I am really excited! The trip to Europe was solid, I had three good races. The times were not as good as I hoped for but I finished well in them and feel that they fine tuned me for the upcoming World Championships. I was very happy to get back even though I will only be home for three weeks before going to Japan. My wife is very pregnant! She is almost 35… more »