They've been back and forth, and now Rupp has a real sense of redemtion and you know it won't go down where Rupp gets used like that again so it should be interesting.
Hopefully it's just a story within a story because they should be just 2 of 4 or 5 Americans in the race for the win and a sub 13 performance but just to create a little drama I say it goes down like this:
Rupp goes 12:55 for first American, new American record and beats Solinsky at his distance!
This will be a great race!
It will obviously be closer. In fact Rupp will probably draft on Solinsky and his rabbits and run away with the win. And everyone will hate Rupp for it. Because only Rupp has access to the cool technology and Solinsky is relegated to training in a remote part of Wisconsin running through snow drifts and chopping wood.
We are due for a disappointing race from our top guys. Pre get s won in 13:17 after dropping to a near walk after the rabbits fall off.
And solinsky will be pissed at Rupp for sitting on him at his distance and he'll be loved for it, haha.
Well I do think it will be PRE and I don't think either of them will be stuck in the lead for long because they'll probably be redlining just to have a chance to win the race. But it will be exciting to see what happens when Rupp is not forced to lead and has some redemption on his mind, and solinsky is hopefully riding his confidence high and both are shooting for sub 13.
The great thing is these two may come in on the heels of other americans.
Rupp ran a huge PR for the 10000m, much faster than he has run for any distance before.
He is close, but is not in the class of Chris Solinsky.
this is how it is wrote:
He is close, but is not in the class of Chris Solinsky.
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This could be similar to a Coe/Ovett rivalry. Coe beat Ovett (Moscow '80) in his distance. Ovett beat Coe at his distance (Moscow '80). For the shoe to fit, Rupp would have to beat Solinsky @ PRE 5k.
Solinsky also one upped Rupp in the indoor mile at Washington. He is without a doubt the speedier of the two. And with this new found strength I seriously doubt Rupp could beat him at his seemingly strongest distance.
Ryan Foreman wrote:
It will obviously be closer. In fact Rupp will probably draft on Solinsky and his rabbits and run away with the win. And everyone will hate Rupp for it. Because only Rupp has access to the cool technology and Solinsky is relegated to training in a remote part of Wisconsin running through snow drifts and chopping wood.
In reality, he is right next door, with all the same cool technology as Rupp:
"Solinsky, who trains with Jerry Schumacher's Oregon Track Club Elite/Portland group, hasn't done much indoors this season."
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2010/02/oregon_track_field_chris_solin.htmlAnd Wisconsin was no running backwater, all the same stuff as Oregon, I'm sure.
So, hate Solinsky also, or shut up, hyprocrites.
newcomer wrote:
Solinsky also one upped Rupp in the indoor mile at Washington. He is without a doubt the speedier of the two. And with this new found strength I seriously doubt Rupp could beat him at his seemingly strongest distance.
That was just the first of two races as workouts for Rupp. Rupp outkicked Solinsky when it mattered, at USAs.
So Tiresome wrote:
Ryan Foreman wrote:It will obviously be closer. In fact Rupp will probably draft on Solinsky and his rabbits and run away with the win. And everyone will hate Rupp for it. Because only Rupp has access to the cool technology and Solinsky is relegated to training in a remote part of Wisconsin running through snow drifts and chopping wood.
In reality, he is right next door, with all the same cool technology as Rupp:
\"Solinsky, who trains with Jerry Schumacher\'s Oregon Track Club Elite/Portland group, hasn\'t done much indoors this season.\"
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2010/02/oregon_track_field_chris_solin.htmlAnd Wisconsin was no running backwater, all the same stuff as Oregon, I\'m sure.
So, hate Solinsky also, or shut up, hyprocrites.
Ever heard of sarcasm?
found rare footage of Solinsky and Rupp training.
I was being very sarcastic. But its probably just as well for him that he apparently missed the Rocky IV reference that people have been using on this board.
this is EPIC wrote:
Rupp goes 12:55 for first American, new American record and beats Solinsky at his distance!
I just don't see Rupp going sub 13 until at least the summer. His 10k would indicate something like 13:05 for a 5k. Solinsky however, kicking in 1:55, might just have the wheels to go mid 12:50s.