Word: rittenburg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Versatility seems to run in the Rittenburg family. Pete's father Bob Rittenburg ran for the Harvard track team from 1951-1955, and in the Yale meet of his senior year, the elder Rittenburg scored 26 points by nabbing four first places and two seconds. He also won the Bingham award for the class of '55 and gained election to the Harvard Varsity Hall of Fame two years...
...younger Rittenburg does not mind the fact that there is no one event in which he truly excels. "The variety keeps me motivated," he explains. "Inevitably you will have peaks and valleys. If you get discouraged in one event, you always have another one where things are going well...
...Rittenburg's biggest obstacles are time and injuries. There never seems to be enough time to train for all 10 events, and because of his back injury, he must be wary every time he competes...
...stay injury-free, Rittenburg does not rule out the 1988 Olympics. "If I make it through spring decathlon schedule without injury and it seems like I have a shot, then I would consider them [the Olympics]. After graduating, I would like to go out West or South where I could train all year...
...after this spring things don't look that optimistic, Rittenburg would characteristically take it in stride. "If things don't work out, I'll just hang...