Reasons Why Rupp Should Run The OT Marathon

i agree, Rupp could basically do a tempo run for 20 miles and then turn it on the last 6 and get a top 3 finish. I'd love to see it happen.

my guess is that NYC pays him 250k to run the 2012 or 2013 marathon, that will be his debut.

Yeah, Rupp will run 2:10 with ease. I mean just look at Ritz' marathon success.

Galen might be a great marathoner one day. Hell, he MIGHT be a great marathoner right now. He also might be a lousy marathoner, like Ritz. We just don't know.

In any event, I don't think he'll be able to jog a top 3 finish. He would either have to really focus on the race to get top 3 (not really in line with his goals) or he could dick around and finish somewhere outside of 3rd (what is the point??).

That is the big question for me. How much does running a marathon and marathon-like training help you prepare for 5000-10000M? Because IMO Rupp is going to focus on the track for at least another few years if not all the way through 2016. Unless he has a change of heart or the money is too attractive to resist. Rupp has invested too much in his speed work to just suddenly switch to marathon.

I doubt he runs the OT marathon. But I can see him entering a marathon in the way he did the NY half. He will not have it planned many months in advance. He will do his 10000 training and as a marathon approaches Salazar will decide that it makes sense to run one.

The number one reason is he'll be the first person to run that fast is a Zorro mask.

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slow day at LRC?

I agree he should do it. He should run with the leaders as long as he can and see how it goes. Hell he could drop out if he wanted to I wouldn't hold it against him. It would be the perfect place to either have an excellent debut marathon (i.e. making the Olympic team) or to just do a glorified training run. It wouldn't be a big deal to drop out of the trials since he'd just be trying it and he wouldn't be paid to go there or anything, and the race would probably be a slow first half and a fast second half so that would play to his advantage should he try to make the team

aacas wrote: The number one reason is he'll be the first person to run that fast is a Zorro mask.

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You were correct the first time. Rupp will do a nose lean at the tape and the mask will finish a millisecond before the rest of him does.

I think he will run the 10,000 in London and then turn around and get a big appearance fee at New York 3 months later.

Whether that is the right decision, I dunno. If he can't close a 10,000 in 52 seconds he is very unlikely to medal, and I doubt he can do that.

But I don't think he can run the second half of a marathon in 61:30 either.

The Africans just got so bloody good...

One Reason not to run the OT marathon:

He could get injured.

Maybe he's rolling for 20 miles and then gets a blister.

He decides to finish and it gets worse and he strains a muscle because he changed his gait for the blister.

Then he misses training, etc.

toro wrote:

One Reason not to run the OT marathon:

He could get injured.

Maybe he's rolling for 20 miles and then gets a blister.

He decides to finish and it gets worse and he strains a muscle because he changed his gait for the blister.

Then he misses training, etc.

Don't people move to the marathon away from track racing because of the lesser chance of injury? I.e. Moses Mosop

Also your other answers are just normal answers not to run a Marathon and aren't specific to Rupp. Blisters, really?

Is the course Rupp certified, or will there be to much pollen for poor Galen?

Rupp is going to be a 5000,10000 guy until after 2016 and then he will move up to the Marathon and stay there until he retires.

toro wrote:

One Reason not to run the OT marathon:

I think NYC has hundreds of thousands of reasons for him to debut there instead of the OT.

scaruba wrote:

Yeah, Rupp will run 2:10 with ease. I mean just look at Ritz' marathon success.

Galen might be a great marathoner one day. Hell, he MIGHT be a great marathoner right now. He also might be a lousy marathoner, like Ritz. We just don't know.

In any event, I don't think he'll be able to jog a top 3 finish. He would either have to really focus on the race to get top 3 (not really in line with his goals) or he could dick around and finish somewhere outside of 3rd (what is the point??).

The big difference, when compared to Ritz, is that Rupp seems to be way more durable. I don't recall Rupp ever being seriously injured, while Ritz seems to be perpetually injured.

13:06 / 26:48 / 60:30 are pretty good credentials for a marathoner. (I know Ritz has faster 5k and half PRs)

Rupp! Rupp! C'mon dude, you gotta run it!

I assume your half marathon qualified you for the trials, right?

C'mon dude, you gotta run the trials. You will make the team, and the Olympic Marathon will be awesome.

I remember the '76 Olympic Games when Lasse Viren ran the marathon. It was incredibly exciting. You had this guy who could drop a 4 minute mile at the end of the 5000, and he was loping along in the lead pack of marathoners with his two golds dangling around his neck, clanging together. They weren't literally dangling around his neck, but the other runners could hear them clanging. If I recall, he ended up 5th, but sure had the others shaking in their Adidas.

Didn't Snell run a marathon the year he set the 800 world record? Maybe Rupp could do the OT then drop a 26:15 a few months later.

Salazar, with Rupp's agreement, said he needed more strength for the 10K. A good marathon now, could be a huge stretch. Unless he's turned that strength issue into a real positive since outdoors, you'd have to think he'd simply look good until still ~10 miles left, then struggle. That's like bonking with 4K left in a 10K. Gotta respect the distance. Ask Ritz.

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Didn't Snell run a marathon the year he set the 800 world record? Maybe Rupp could do the OT then drop a 26:15 a few months later.

Yes, Snell ran a marathon in 2:41. I think there's more standing in the way of Rupp running 26:15 than running a marathon.

Heck since Snell set the 800 world record after running a marathon, maybe the guys wondering how to take down Rudisha just need to get out there for 26.2.