Galen Rupp Has NO CHANCE Of Breaking 1:48

You are a moron.

If Galen Rupp has 48 speed with his superior 5 and 10k endurance why is it out of the question he can't run 50.x into 53.x for a 1:43.high? He is the distance runner of the future that will influence all athletes that follow. The "complete" distance runner that is well developed aerobically, strong from weight work, and fast from speed work. All of his energy systems are developed so he can be competitive with anyone at any distance from 800m-Marathon. A true athlete, true athletes are the ones that win Medals. Guys like Dathan Ritz, Ryan Hall, and the entire Schumacher group represents everything that is wrong with American Running: way to obsessive at being one dimensional.

agree. 1.50 at best this early.

A Duck wrote:

If Galen Rupp has 48 speed

When working with faulty premises, one invariably reaches faulty conclusions...

A Duck wrote:

If Galen Rupp has 48 speed

If Galen has 48 leg speed velocity*

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A Duck wrote: If Galen Rupp has 48 speed with his superior 5 and 10k endurance why is it out of the question he can't run 50.x into 53.x for a 1:43.high?

1:43 is not within Rupp's "slow-steady progress" plan. Maybe he can do it, but he is not supposed to. Running that fast in a non-specialty will draw even more negative attention. Fanboys will claim:

"new found confidence,"

"untapped natural resources,"

...and similar ostrich-style claims.

A Duck wrote:

If Galen Rupp has 48 speed

Geb did not even have 48 speed, and Geb was faster than Rupp in a sprint.

Joe Falcon might have had 49 second speed, and Joe was faster than Galen at 400m.

Bernard Lagat, in his prime, might have had 48 second speed, and he was much faster than Galen ever could hope to be at 400m.

Marcus O'Sullivan ran 1:45 and his 400m PR is 52.

wasted breath wrote:

Marcus O'Sullivan ran 1:45 and his 400m PR is 52.

Marcus has run 400m faster than 52 and he was faster than Galen at 400m.

I realize that I shouldn't be doing this, but what the hell do people respond to these threads?

He tries to get responses and he does. He wins. We all lose.

Let's all use our heads and let these stupid threads filter into the back pages without a single response.

Dumbest thread ever, aside from flagpole's posts about the Boston bombers.

I think that the OP is someone who is very close to Rupp (if not Rupp himself), who knows exactly what kind of shape he is in and comes here just to F with us.

wasted breath wrote:

Marcus O'Sullivan ran 1:45 and his 400m PR is 52.

Geb has run much faster than Rupp over 1500, 3000, 5000, and 10000, and his 400 PR is reported to be 49.

Rupp's 3000 and 5000 project to about the same time (~12:59), while his 10000 time projects faster for shorter events than he has actually run. The shorter the distance he has run (for real results), the slower the projected times for other distances. A 3:50.9 and a 3:34 are actually "worth" 1:44 and change. But the shorter the distance, the slower he goes compared to what longer distances project.

Even A Duck must be smart enough to realize that this means Rupp is not as fast as claimed.

I agree with Rojo. You're not going to take someone with a PR of ~1:50 and suddenly have him run 5 seconds faster than that in the first race of the season. But now that the troll has said he CAN'T break 1:48, something like 1:47.7 is to be expected.

If Rupp is so f---ing fast, why is he in Oregon racing mostly a bunch of wimps and not in San Diego on May 5 against Solomon, Lomong, Lalang, Jock, and Sowinski?

Rupp knows he CANNOT break 1:48. This is just a good speed workout for him. I imagine he'd be pleased if he could match Mo's personal best here.

bangalangadanga wrote:

I think that the OP is someone who is very close to Rupp (if not Rupp himself), who knows exactly what kind of shape he is in and comes here just to F with us.

Not only that, but I can't think of one time Cliffy has made a prediction which has come true. When I saw this 1:48 thing in the title, I knew that Galen would break 1:48. I'm going to guess 1:47.3

Rupp will beat Centrowitz, just like he schooled him in last week's practice.

One thing I've learned is to never underestimate Galen Rupp.

Whatever you think of Rupp's 800M potential, you can almost be assured that the race will not play out to maximize that potential. This time of year in Eugene will likely have wind if not some rain.

I also am not sure what Rupp is trying to accomplish in this race. I have a feeling he could just be setting pace to help others get to a good time. I can also imagine him trying to mimic what a gold medal winning final 800M would be in a 5 or 10000M WC race. He could be aiming for a big negative split. A 56-57 first lap followed by 53. In either case it wouldn't be about getting the best 800M time possible. I highly doubt this race is about running the best 800M time possible just so he can prove a point to certain running fans who hang out on internet message boards.