Rupp on distance running: "it's boring as hell" New interview before Chicago

It is boring as hell by most standards. We enjoy it because we are boring people for the most part. It's no secret that runners are boring.

Rupp says he didn’t read the report or the stories related to it, but he rejected its assertions that he and Salazar may have broken anti-doping rules.

“You have to remember: I haven’t read all that stuff, haven’t seen the language, and it hasn’t been proven,” Rupp said. “It’s all just kind of speculation.”

He hasn't even READ the document?

He is right. Running is boring as all hell, which is why I love it, and why distance runners love it. It FORCES you to focus, to adjust mind and body in order to to get to a particular time and space. You dread the beginning of a run and anxiously await its finish.

I really believe that the majority of runners are introverts and slight autistic people. There is a part of our brain that needs to do repetitive motion in order to feel balanced. There does not need to be a goal or achievement in sight, because the ultimate satisfaction is the action itself.

I mean... he's not wrong.

During off season I was always pleasantly surprised how much free time I had and how enjoyable life was.

good post

PortlandXCGirl wrote:

“It’s boring as hell. You get up early, go run, stretch, take care of all the little things, then you go to sleep, wake up and do it again—day after day.”

Ok rupp. That's a little cocky of you...

Not sure how or why you interpreted that quote as being cocky.

"I've never met someone who has such a good heart"

⤴he was dead for 14 minutes because of all the damage he did to his heart.

Yeah, when Rupp runs it's boring as hell.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

"I've never met someone who has such a good heart"

⤴he was dead for 14 minutes because of all the damage he did to his heart.

Yet Alberto himself admits he's been horrible to a lot of people.

Rupp hasn't met many people then.

Jefe in the CO wrote:

PortlandXCGirl wrote:

“It’s boring as hell. You get up early, go run, stretch, take care of all the little things, then you go to sleep, wake up and do it again—day after day.”

Ok rupp. That's a little cocky of you...

Not sure how or why you interpreted that quote as being cocky.

It's cocky that he feels like being so good is boring. Like "26:44, no big deal, yawn..." This guy wins US championships and Olympic Medals. There are tons of guys out there who are training just as hard with way less success because of less talent or less access to technology. He should be more grateful for his success.

If Lance Armstrong said winning the Tour De France was boring it would be considered cocky. Admit it.

gdffdsdagsdf wrote:

Rupp says he didn’t read the report or the stories related to it, but he rejected its assertions that he and Salazar may have broken anti-doping rules.

“You have to remember: I haven’t read all that stuff, haven’t seen the language, and it hasn’t been proven,” Rupp said. “It’s all just kind of speculation.”

He hasn't even READ the document?

"...it hasn't been proven." Does that sound like how an innocent man speaks?

It depends a lot on how much you're running. Running 40-70mpw is great. However, I found when I was running 100mpw it often seemed like a chore. I would think running more than that, especially as a professional with all the added stuff pros do (stretching, massages, exercises, etc), it would get very monotonous after awhile.

Running is kind of boring. I mean, I do 25-30 mpw and without audiobooks, I'd probably go back to martini drinking. I don't know you high mileage folks do it.

Having said that - I'm always curious to know what the elite runners do on off days. Read books? Sleep? Play video games?

"all the little things"

Translation: microdosing every grey substance available.

He is not stating that winning/racing is boring, he is stating, and what most distance runners accept to be true, that training and the daily grind or miles is boring. Racing is, for most people, the exciting reward to the training. Some, and I would guess most, find the grind to be enjoyable, but at times very boring and lonely.

PortlandXCGirl wrote:

It's cocky that he feels like being so good is boring. Like "26:44, no big deal, yawn..."

Except he didn't say that. Did he? He was specifically talking about the grind required to be a world class distance runner.

" I'm always curious to know what the elite runners do on off days."

As Rupp makes clear, they don't have off days!

Running 100+ miles a week was not boring as such for me - but it was all consuming. There is very little time or energy left over for other activities and that can get a bit depressing if you are a rounded individual with a range of interests outside running. But an elite athlete does not have to do any paid employment or serious study so he could have time for something else?

Karl Hungus wrote:

off days

lol

pretty much what KB kinda says about marathon training.

but i will say this...if you dont have a full time job or full time student, training doesnt take up that much time.

sh*t back in college doing 100 mile weeks was brutally tiring for sure, but you do the 3-4 mile run in the am, ~ 18-24 min or so, sometimes maybe 6:30 or 7 min pace, but usually i tried to hang with the big dogs and for them it was around 6 flat pace.

then 8-10 miles in the pm, which ranged from 55-70 min runs...your looking at around 1:40 min total of running time in a day for 100 mile weeks. there are still 22:20 hours left in the day. get 8hrs of sleep, now 14 hrs left in the day.

its only boring cause introvert no social skills people like rupp cant find anything else to do.

KB has his hotel and track business, kipchoge has a family and his crew of runners, and lots of other kenyans have farms and sh*t like that. what the f*ck does rupp do? he used to play vid games and touch tips with mo and centro, but now what? am run, sleep, pm run, sleep.....yeah that sounds really lame and boring.

he should be trying to make a signature shoe, going to run and train in different places, meeting up with other "pros" to do training runs together, test driving some super pricey sports car, hiking a 14er....something, anything...but no he is boring in life as he is in his races.

i predict his wife leaves him in the next 4 yrs