Official 2017 Stumptown Twlight Discussion Thread

this is the beginning of the letsrun brand.

letsrun nearly takes out rupp,

the motley crew that will take down nike.

nike, the very badly behaved corporate thugs.

with their despicable slave camp factories.

which could be very easily be turned into good decent humane places to work.

a buck a shoe would do it. there is plenty of profit. which goes to elites only, mega yaughts, mercedes, sponsorship in the 6 figures is not the problem, 7,8 figures paid out to the jordans CEO, board, is the problem.

get the best in the field for shoes and manufacturing, so letsrun, do a crowd funding event, and invade the track scene at all levels. a pirate brand will take off like wild fire. and you want to keep that alternate image.

we're talking a total reformat, olympics, iaaf, nbc, nike, all are corrupt horrseshhitt.

so make your brand, make it good, make it very affordable, take care of the workers,

start with shirts.... move to shoes ....

let the advertising be word of mouth and from the back of athletes.

keep the renegade motley crew image going....

https://www.crowdfunding.com/

wejo wrote:

I can't believe 13 years later, people are still talking about the substances Rupp takes/doesn't take.

Maybe because you're still obsessed with him, and mention this constantly.

Let's put it this way. Allie Ostrander ran a faster time (than Hasay) 75 minutes after running a very competitive 3000m steeplechase.

Couldbebetter wrote:

"Only" ran?! Are you kidding me? Really? She has marathon legs and you say only 15:45. Thought you followed the sport closer than that with being an admin.

How would a shirt that said "prednisone", a catabolic steroid, annoy Rupp?

wejo wrote:

A bit disappointing the LetsRun.com singlet suffered its first loss to Galen Rupp. We were undefeated until this one with zero wins and zero losses.

Ben Rainero gave it a brave run, but he's young and too respectful. Running is a sport, a glorified game so he should have come up and played head games with Rupp if he wanted to get the win.

True story. I remember thinking after 2004 I'd race Rupp at the 2008 Trials (I never came close to making it). I thought it through my head and wondered how I'd beat the wunderkid. I was a no talent hack. He was Galen Rupp. My plan, warm up with a shirt that just said "Prednisone" on it.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/06/everything-you-want-to-know-on-the-bbc-nike-oregon-project-doping-documentary-if-you-didnt-see-it/

I can't believe 13 years later, people are still talking about the substances Rupp takes/doesn't take.

rojo wrote:

Couldbebetter wrote:

"Only" ran?! Are you kidding me? Really? She has marathon legs and you say only 15:45. Thought you followed the sport closer than that with being an admin.

What do you want someone who is working at midnight on Friday night to do? Write an elaborate analysis of her 5000 run.

Considering Hasay ran a 2:23:00 flat marathon, which is equivalent to like 1430-40s in the 5k according to the various conversion charts, I think it's fair to say that our employee's post was accurate.

Many would have assumed Hasay was at a new level in all areas of her running. The reality is she's just very good the longer she goes.

Her 5000 pb is 15:28. 15:45 a few months after a marathon when your 5000 pb is 1528 isn't bad. 15:45 when you are a 2:23 marathon isn't very good.

I don't think you understand what you're talking about entirely. Sure, a 2:23 might be worth a 14:30-40 5k. But that doesn't mean that she can automatically run the 5k equivalent of a marathon time wise just because she ran a certain marathon time. That's like saying that Kiprop could run a 1:41 800 because he ran a 3:26 1500, and clearly that's never gonna happen. I do, however think she could have run significantly better than she did, but maybe she just kinda sucks at track compared to the longer road stuff.

wejo wrote:

My plan, warm up with a shirt that just said "Prednisone" on it.

Or show up to Hayward Field sporting the old favorite:

STOP PREdnisone

Please wake up.

You are sleep-posting at the same time that you are in the middle of a"LetsRun.com ideaphoria dream" where your dreams finally come true…and Galen Rupp (with his personal Coach-Doctor-Pharmacy-Massage Therapist Alberto Salazar) is finally destroyed by LetsRun.com.

Unfortunately, Galen Rupp DESTROYED THE DREAMS of LetsRun.com during a slow and pathetic 5K tempo race/run for Galen…which was followed by another post-tempo race/run workout of 8 x 1 Mile Cutdowns starting at 4:25 and working down to 4:03 pace for the last mile.

rojo wrote:

Certainly Not Skuj wrote:

WTF? Did someone fall after that?

1 Rupp, GalenNike Oregon Project13:54.88

2 Bruchet, LucAsics/Canada13:56.84

3 Rainero, BenLetsRun.com13:57.15

4 Thomas, JacksonBacone14:10.30

5 Levins, CamNike Oregon Project14:10.92

6 Hooton, JesseHershey Harriers14:15.35

7 Lumb, KieranUBC Thunderbirds14:17.25

8 Trujillo, CarlosSkechers Per14:17.65

9 Foster, KennethUS Army14:20.18

-- Kremske, DanTeam Run EugeneDNF

-- Gorman, TimUnattachedDNF

-- Tessema, JosefAmerican DisDNF

-- Crowe, MatthewTrack Club LADNF

No falls.

It was tactical championship style race. Once Rupp didn't go with the rabbit, no one did.

We paid for Rainero's ticket out there. Since he beat Cam Levins by 13 + seconds, we'll only mildly chastise him for the fact that Rupp got the better of him over the last 350. I think we got our money's worth.

Plus Wejo still is the holder of the LetsRun.com singlet 5000 pb. Old men don't like to see their records broken.

I don't think you understood the question. With 2 laps to go, there were 4 together. There were only 3 that finished within a few seconds of each other and then Levins who was also in that group finished 13 seconds back running 2:15 for the last 800. Did he "jog" it in when he realized that he was not going to be with them or did he give his all for the first 4200 and then not have anything?

Rojo, do you sell the letsrun singlets?? I'm a huge fan of your site and would love one to train in.

Letsrun should team up with Big Baller Brand. That'll give Nike a run for its money!!!!

I could get behind a letsrun.com running team. I'm a 15 flat guy. Would they sponsor me?

What about Levins? wrote:

Down to 4. Buchet, Rupp, Levins and LetsRun.com!!!

I don't think you understood the question. With 2 laps to go, there were 4 together. There were only 3 that finished within a few seconds of each other and then Levins who was also in that group finished 13 seconds back running 2:15 for the last 800. Did he "jog" it in when he realized that he was not going to be with them or did he give his all for the first 4200 and then not have anything?

I think it is a little bit of both. Rupp put in a big move with 800 to go and Levins lost contact. Levins maintained his pace,but had no kick, and was caught and passed by one more runner. Meanwhile the top three all ran approximately 2 minutes for the last half mile.

Sweet Nell Fenwick wrote:

wejo wrote:

My plan, warm up with a shirt that just said "Prednisone" on it.

Or show up to Hayward Field sporting the old favorite:

STOP PREdnisone

Thumb's up on that one

Apparently "IvyLeague" wasn't there, and since I was, Rupp's post-race workout was a few 300s in around 42 seconds each. He did those by accelerating faster each 100m of the 300s. By the end, he was really cranking.

imarunr wrote:

Apparently "IvyLeague" wasn't there, and since I was, Rupp's post-race workout was a few 300s in around 42 seconds each. He did those by accelerating faster each 100m of the 300s. By the end, he was really cranking.

Yeah, he did those...meanwhile I'm trotting around the infield thinking how my next hard day is three days away. Alberto's yelling, 14.1! 14! Really reminds ya how he's on such a totally different level. Especially after getting rocked over the last 200. Whatever, I like to imagine I made him at least a little bit worried.

I'm high right now and I could run faster than Cam Levins 14:10.

I'm high right now wrote:

I'm high right now and I could run faster than Cam Levins 14:10.

Yea I wonder what happened to the guy. Not being able to go with a move in a 14:00 race is uhh...not good.

Let's put it this way. Rupp, a marathoner, has not run faster than Derek Clayton ran in 1967, before he was DEREK CLAYTON. This is how closely I follow the sport.

Great work on getting the LetsRun.com jersey onto a competitor. Please keep doing this. Pay your club dues and get it on somebody at USAs!