explain please wrote:
Salazar said they were doing 10k training and trained through OXY HP. Salazar said Rupp could have run 10 seconds faster in his AR. There was a decent wind that night. So pretty much Rupp had a 26:34 in him, which is 13:17 pace, which is 2 seconds faster per 5k than he did in an all out one just a couple weeks prior.
Explain please
1) was there. I wouldn't call it a decent wind. Not Stanford still but pretty damn good
2) How can you explain it? Rupp's wife is pregnant with twins. Possibly bed-ridden. People were saying he may have been sleeping at the hospital.
The stress that would take on you would be unreal.
Plus Oxy was a tactical race where he didn't care about running fast. He ran fine until he didn't have the finish he wanted (but rarely has in the 5k anyway). As Pete Julian said to me when I asked him the exact question you are asking, Rupp just had a bad final 800. The rest of the race was fine.
-Rojo
PS. Everyone who thinks I have something against Nike, please take note.