RUPP GOES HOME DEVESTATED

At least Centro was able to kick in the slow 1500. Rupp is supposed to be in the medal hunt and can't beat Canada's second-best 5000 man?

Also, Levins???

doesn't bode well

Clearly he was waiting for Jenkins to get on his heals looking round for him. That was a speed for for the 10k - he's fit and ready

Um, no, he flys first class to Park city and has dinner with his family. Winner winner chicken dinner

RUPP STAYS HOME DEVESTATED!!

My guess is he wins the 10K trials race in a pedestrian 28:20. Why? Because there's no one there to challenge him anyway. First 5-7K of the trials 10K will be a total jog fest. Boring as usual.

you have a valid point

NOP Skeptic wrote:

RUPP STAYS HOME DEVESTATED!!

"Flys"..."devestated"...are you people retarded? I'm being serious.

Training for the marathon, he has probably lost some of his speed. Training at Park City myself right now, I saw him and a few others up here just a couple of days ago. So he is probably a bit tired right now. I assume he will be back at PC soon for some more training before the trials. The weather here at PC has been perfect!

Stay Frosty wrote:

"Flys"..."devestated"...are you people retarded? I'm being serious.

Yes no make fun of me

I hope someone gives Rupp his vest back.

Here are the results.

Event 7 Men 5000 Meter Run High Performance

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13:25.00 O Olympic Standard

13:28.00 T US Trials Qualifier

Name Year School Finals Points

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Finals

1 Knight, Justyn Syracuse 13:26.36 T 10

2 Kincaid, Woody University o 13:27.32 T 8

3 Rupp, Galen Nike Oregon Project 13:27.34 T 6

4 Shrader, Brian Saucony 13:29.13 5

5 Erassa, Kirubel Atlanta Track Club 13:30.18 4

6 Alex, George Zap Fitness 13:30.35 3

7 Jenkins, Eric Nike Oregon Project 13:32.11 2

8 Marantz, Cameron adidas Garde 13:34.98 1

9 Bruchet, Luc Asics Canada 13:35.57

10 Brown, Mitchel Nike Btc 13:37.65

11 Keelan, Jack Stanford 13:40.72

12 Payne, Ben US Air Force 13:44.54

13 Buchanan, Reid Portland 13:52.13

14 Finan, Eric Team Run Eugene 13:53.43

15 Rosa, Jim Stanford 13:56.32

16 Keveren, Sean Ragged Mount 14:07.55

17 Raneri, John Unattached 14:07.96

18 Okello, Tonny Santa Monica 14:13.62

19 Williams, Matthew US Air Force 14:16.63

-- Walling, Ryan Unattached DNF

-- Thomson, Jacob Kentucky DNF

I've merged the multiple threads on this matter. I must admit I had no idea who William Kincaid was. Apparently he was 9th at NCAA in the 5k (5th last year) and 70th at NCAA xc.

Can i take the contrarian view that Rupp losing to a guys who were 9th (Kincaid) and 10th at NCAAs (Knight) is a good thing? If you want to be good at 26.2, you don't want to be in good 5000 shape.

Maye this will get Rupp to realize he needs to focus on the 10,000 or the marathon (I'd prefer the marathon as a fan although I think he's a proven commodity at the 10,000 - at worse his 5th or 6th - whereas he's a total wildcard in the marathon).

Grape crush.

Woody keeps lowering best 5k time in Pilots program history. On to the Trials...

10k fan wrote:

Um, no, he flys first class to Park city and has dinner with his family. Winner winner chicken dinner

yeah but he lost

Maybe . though if he's a serious contender for the 10 000m, he should've crushed these guys in this time .. Kamworor just ran what? And we know what kinda 1/2M shape he's been in.

rojo wrote:

Maye this will get Rupp to realize he needs to focus on the 10,000 or the marathon (I'd prefer the marathon as a fan although I think he's a proven commodity at the 10,000 - at worse his 5th or 6th - whereas he's a total wildcard in the marathon).

This is a great post by Rojo.

I agree he should forget the track for this games and focus on the marathon.

It is a question of what he wants, and what kind of person he is.

He can got for a certain "decent" finish of 5th-8th in the 10,000 where he is unlikely to be on the podium but nearly sure to be in the top 8.

OR, he can go for the marathon, where like everyone with sub-2:07 ability he could potentially medal, win, blow up to 35th or DNF.

The latter is the man's path.

wtfunny wrote:

Maybe . though if he's a serious contender for the 10 000m, he should've crushed these guys in this time .. Kamworor just ran what? And we know what kinda 1/2M shape he's been in.

I agree with you here and question if Rojo is right. Geb ran 26:51 the year he ran 2:03:59. Galen looks like he is in 27:20 shape at best.

I was there and could've sworn that Rupp beat Kincaid. My snapchat story shows Rupp over Kincaid too

Jeez EVERYONE ran slow times! Training through for theTrials? Conditions? Practicing tactics???