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Being in good running shape is one of the keys to Rittenburg's success. His half-mile background and gritty determination and endurance make the final running event one of his best...
...Rittenburg's major obstacle was the pole vault, so the summer between his sophomore and junior years, he went about remedying that situation. He headed to Edmonton, Alberta to live with his Harvard roommate Dave Grace and join the Edmonton Olympic Track and Field club. There he competed all through the summer and worked on his pole vaulting...
With his newfound skill, Rittenburg returned to Cambridge determined to devote II his time to training for the pentathlon and decathlon. Unfortunately, on the second day of practice he injured his knee, and before he had fully recovered from that mishap, he developed a disc problem in his back. Despite these setbacks, he continued to work out when he could...
This past summer, Rittenburg returned to the Great White North, planning to train, but his back acted up in a meet and he took off the next three months. This fall, he began training slowly and carefully with emphasis on getting himself into running shape rather than working on the throwing and jumping events that aggravate his back...
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...