Rupps for Gold????

Patience and planning wrote:

I would be willing to put a little money on Rupp getting a bronze if you gave me 2:1 or better odds.

I would take Rupp for a top3 finish on 1:1 odds.

whorunslikegump? wrote:

>Failing to understand the phrase, "no matter how nuanced we want to be." Do you have a degree in semantics or are you just stupid and pedantic?

There is zero nuance between relative and absolute humidity. The rest of your post is completely worthless because you have no clue what you are talking about.

It actualy depends on whether Nike pay enough bung money to the IAAF to ignore Rupp's doping results ...

Wake up and smell the Starbucks you dumb twunts!

blatently trolling. Rupp did NOT look remotely beat up at the end of his 2:11 IN FACT the announcers even say he looks like he made it look easy.

oBeseguy wrote:

blatently trolling. Rupp did NOT look remotely beat up at the end of his 2:11 IN FACT the announcers even say he looks like he made it look easy.

Beat up...no, but the last 2-3 miles were not easy for him. Maybe he was preserving himself having got the win (would make sense) but you can usually tell if he was deliberately dialing back or, (as seemed to me) he really was somewhat running out of juice. If Rupp had had a spring in his step the last 3 miles I would have been more optimistic for a medal, but he did not.

Also, the weather, though not good, was far from 'atrocious'.

The trials really told us nothing.

okeefenokee wrote:

oBeseguy wrote:

blatently trolling. Rupp did NOT look remotely beat up at the end of his 2:11 IN FACT the announcers even say he looks like he made it look easy.

Beat up...no, but the last 2-3 miles were not easy for him. Maybe he was preserving himself having got the win (would make sense) but you can usually tell if he was deliberately dialing back or, (as seemed to me) he really was somewhat running out of juice. If Rupp had had a spring in his step the last 3 miles I would have been more optimistic for a medal, but he did not.

Also, the weather, though not good, was far from 'atrocious'.

The trials really told us nothing.

Rupp was looking for end. He hit a mini-wall. No surprise for a first timer marathoner. It looked like he had two good hours, and 11 minutes of not so good.

He definitely has a shot, and I think that he can win. He was beat up after the trials, we could see that in his indoor 3k attempt. But with his 1st marathon under his belt, I think that he will know a little more about his limits and be ready to move when the time comes. I think top 5 is very reasonable, and a win if he runs out of his mind, or if some of the favorites falter.

I'm just checking in on this thread now.

Why is everybody talking about Rupp and the marathon? His primary focus is on the 10,000. You can have the argument about whether that is what he SHOULD do. But you still need to face up to reality that is what he will do. Unless somebody can show me evidence to the contrary.

Months ago Rupp said his main focus will be on the 10,000M. That 13:20 sure as heck looked like somebody training for the 10000M. And Rupp said he is seriously considering doing the 5000M at the trials. That doesn't strike me as someone focusing on the marathon.

Please forget about Rupp medaling in the marathon. He has no chance with the training he is doing for the track. Plus, I do agree with others that the 10000M olympic race will take something out of him for the marathon.

Rupp ran a 60:30 half before he was a sub 13/27 guy, he could probably rip a half right now

Is a half an olympic sport now?

In any case. Instead of saying he ran 60:30 before he was a sub 13/27 guy you could also say he ran 60:30 on the way to becoming a sub 13/27 guy and out kicking Lagat ftw in a 5000M a year later. That is another reason I'm skeptical Rupp is committed to the marathon. Marathon-type training is what he has always done to complement his preparation for the track. Just because he actually ran a marathon and did well in it doesn't mean he is now focused on the marathon.

I've long held the belief that Rupp is focused on the track through the 2016 Olympics. Salazar has always believed that preparing for the Olympics is a multi year undertaking. If Rupp was really focused on the Rio marathon we would have known about it way back in 2013.

2:11, no wrote:

With a 2:11 PR--Rupp was beaten up at the end of that race--Rupp will be lucky to finish top 10. 15th to 20th is more likely.

That race effort was truly elite. He crushed Meb and as we see often in New York and Boston sometimes 2:10-12 is the best anyone can do.

That effort probably projects to a 2:04 low in Berlin.

The rocket; wrote:

2:11, no wrote:

With a 2:11 PR--Rupp was beaten up at the end of that race--Rupp will be lucky to finish top 10. 15th to 20th is more likely.

That race effort was truly elite. He crushed Meb and as we see often in New York and Boston sometimes 2:10-12 is the best anyone can do.

That effort probably projects to a 2:04 low in Berlin.

He is running Amsterdam post-Rio. 2:08?

jjjjjj wrote:

You called posters on your own message boards "stupid," "idiotic," and "crazy" in the same post in which you also wrote the non-words: "thinkng," "asn," "unkown," and "is'nt." You should be embarrassed for yourself.

He's not. He's a shameless, arrogant 42-year-old man who talks trash to college kids on the Internet. How'd that Cornell top 10 talk work out for you, coach?