imarunr wrote:
Just saw on the Oregon Project Twitter feed that Rupp & Hasay are both running this year’s USA National Cross Country Championships. It’s been a while since either of them have run XC. Wonder how they’ll do.
It’s been a while.....Galen and Jordan are heading to Florida for the @usatf XC Champs this weekend.
#nikerunning
Queue the standard LetsRun anti-Rupp responses in 3, 2, 1...
I would expect them to do comparative to how they might fair in a road race of that same distance. I'm sure they do a fair number of fartleks, tempos, and other training runs on trails, which should take care of the basic technical issues of footing and maintaining rhythm on uneven ground.
At this level, the mass start and early jostling isnt nearly as difficult to negotiate as compared to a big ncaa xc race, so I dont think that is a significang disadvantage for them, either.
The real question is if the course is Rupp certified.