Dont worry about people telling you to stop doing too much and that you will burn out. Burning out is mental, and if you are tough you can do anythin…

- Dathan Ritzenhein

Then there is just running - I love it. I would go out and just run a 30-mile trail run if it didn't make me feel like crap for a week.

- Dathan Ritzenhein

The marathon has so many elements to prepare for. I think that is one reason I always want to come back for more. There is always something to change…

- Dathan Ritzenhein

I race to win. That's the point.

- Dathan Ritzenhein

For me, the hardest part of an injury is watching the races go by that I had hoped to compete in. The only thing that makes it easier is thinking of …

- Dathan Ritzenhein

My goal is to beat yours.

- Dathan Ritzenhein

I'm trying to take a positive out the disappointment, but I'm also trying to do what's best for my career as well.

- Dathan Ritzenhein

It could all end tomorrow, so enjoy what you have and never take it for granted. And never forget to take an easy run for yourself once in a while an…

- Dathan Ritzenhein

That's what sometimes separates people who always run and always train and people who maybe move on in life and do something else. I think I'm a lot …

- Dathan Ritzenhein