[quote]what rupp you been watchin? wrote:
What galen rupp have you guys been watching?
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I've been watching the Rupp that opened the indoor season a month or longer back with an 800 faster than you just predicted. He OPENED indoors with a 1:51.3. He came back shortly after to finish a mile in 1:55 for the 2nd half and kick down a 3:38 guy.
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[quote] as for him running 3:54...what??? if the guy runs a 3:57 full mile outdoors, that will be a six something second improvement over his 1600 dmr leg from indoors (roughly, i'm not sure exactly what it was)
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I think he split 3:58 for 1600 on the DMR, so he's right there at 4:00. He was also sick that race, went out alone in :57 and had the negative factor of a guy catching him and sitting on him. Nobody is saying Rupp can go 3:54 by himself, but I bet he could run 3:58 all alone right now on that track. If he got in a race like PRE and rides the train, 3 months from now he may be able to chopp off 3-4 more seconds.
Kennedy ran 3:55 winning PRE way back. But could BK go under 1:50? Rupp likely can, and PRE is a much faster race now.