• eh.
      • RE: Rupp gets AR 2/12/2012 9:55AM - in reply to quick question
      • eh.
      • quick question wrote:
        AR today, WR tomorrow wrote:
        FogRunner wrote:
        Bekele 8:04.35 WR 2008
        Rupp 8:09.72 AR 2012
        Holy cripes! Didn't realize he was so close to Bekele's WR. Give it some time - only 5 seconds over 8 laps... that's nothing. Go GR!
        he's close to the world record, but don't take that as being close to Bekele. Bekele CAN clearly run sub8 if he wanted to.

        Go Rupp!! Congrats
        "could have"
    • Dont kid yourself
      • RE: Rupp gets AR 2/12/2012 2:15PM - in reply to
      • Dont kid yourself
      • I don't know about gay, but he did sound like a prepubescent boy. I guess when you're going sub 8:10 you can damn well talk however you want, but I don't think anybody can deny my claim is correct.
    • sheesh
      • RE: Rupp gets AR 2/12/2012 4:46PM - in reply to Old Runner
      • sheesh
      • Of course we had to hear about his 'cold/sinus infection' during the race, which was just an insurance policy if he didn't get the record. It's always something with this guy. Hell of a run, but he always has allergies/sinus BS.
    • Fast 3000
      • RE: Rupp gets AR 2/13/2012 12:57AM - in reply to Mrr82
      • Fast 3000
      • Mrr82 wrote:
        What makes this all the more amazing, on top of his 4:08-4:01 splits. His first lap was 34.38!!??? I'm all for conservative starts and negative splitting, but that first lap might have cost him 2-3 seconds. If he had gone out in 31, he might not have closed quite as fast, but he would surely have run faster. All of his other splits made sense. Running 8:09 is amazing, running it with a 34.38 first lap is out of this world and makes his run truly world class.
        Yes, so he must have run his last 3000m in about 7:33 - 7:34 Correct me if I'm wrong.

        First 200 in 34 + 19 more yards then 3000m
        8:09.75 - 34 - 19 more yards.
    • zip zero nada
      • RE: Rupp gets AR 2/13/2012 8:55AM - in reply to Fast 3000
      • zip zero nada
      • Fast 3000 wrote:
        [quote]Mrr82 wrote:


        First 200 in 34 + 19 more yards then 3000m
        8:09.75 - 34 - 19 more yards.
        That first 200 split included the 19 more yards. But that doesn't really take anything away, 7:35 is still legit.
    • Canada Coach
      • RE: Rupp gets AR 2/13/2012 11:46AM - in reply to zip zero nada
      • Canada Coach
      • zip zero nada wrote:
        Fast 3000 wrote:
        [quote]Mrr82 wrote:


        First 200 in 34 + 19 more yards then 3000m
        8:09.75 - 34 - 19 more yards.
        That first 200 split included the 19 more yards. But that doesn't really take anything away, 7:35 is still legit.

        8:09.75 - 34.4 =7:35.3 That is fairly impressive.
    • toast
      • RE: Rupp gets AR 2/13/2012 10:07PM - in reply to djdjdjddj
      • toast
      • WEJO, truth be told, just saw the video of the interview, body language of Rupp tells me some bad blood b/w u guys, so what is the deal?