life after Rupp

I had high hopes for people like Cain and Verzbicas. Maybe we can get behind Grant Fisher and Drew Hunter types, but I don't know if they're phenomenal enough to really carry the torch as a threat every time they race. Our best hope right now might be on the girls side of any of these fast high schoolers can make a splash on the pro stage.

My money is on Sam Borchers to be the next big thing.

There is none..

...and if there is a life without Rupp, I don't want to be around for it

Imagine a cold, dark, miserable world..where everyone is negative, grass never grows and the sun never shines...

Come to think of it, I imagine "life after Rupp" is the same as the current LetsRun message boards.

He’s already here. Paul Chelimo.

Still holding out for an Alan Webb comeback... otherwise we're doooooomed

Jared Ward

PortlandXCgirl wrote:

He’s already here. Paul Chelimo.

Lol

No worries, I think Rupp will take a page from the Kenyans book and start up a camp for young hopefuls. Provide the basics, train their arses off, and become the next generation of talent. He seems like the type to do that sort of thing, right?

Brazier

Murphy

Chelimo

These are still athletes I expect to be in the mix in any race they toe the line (well, if Murphy recovers from his injury). This is not even including the women.

vivalarepublica wrote:

No worries, I think Rupp will take a page from the Kenyans book and start up a camp for young hopefuls. Provide the basics, train their arses off, and become the next generation of talent. He seems like the type to do that sort of thing, right?

Hahahaha! My sarcasm detector is going nuts right now...

CHELIMO

PAUL MF CHELIMO wrote:

CHELIMO

OP said US distance running. Yeah, yeah, I know. Whatever.

j walter wrote:

Brazier

Murphy

Chelimo

These are still athletes I expect to be in the mix in any race they toe the line (well, if Murphy recovers from his injury). This is not even including the women.

Don’t sleep on Windle. He’s exciting to watch. And of course Sowinski. Hell, even Berian could get back on it. In a world without Rudisha, the 800 is gonna be our best distance event going forward, one where an America is competing for the win realistically every time. I don’t see that happening in the marathon for a while.

Luckily 800m is the most exciting track race there is.

Fading into oblivion wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

No worries, I think Rupp will take a page from the Kenyans book and start up a camp for young hopefuls. Provide the basics, train their arses off, and become the next generation of talent. He seems like the type to do that sort of thing, right?

Hahahaha! My sarcasm detector is going nuts right now...

Seriously, though, if the top athletes, money makers, and powers that be cared about the future of the sport in this country, more training groups for young talents would be a priority, rather than the college system that focuses on other things rather than long-term development and then leads to complete sink-or-swim afterwards.

Also, it's much more tempting to just get a job and make money rather than struggling while going for the dream. That's one of the major underlying issues.

Barabbas wrote:

PAUL MF CHELIMO wrote:

CHELIMO

OP said US distance running. Yeah, yeah, I know. Whatever.

Once Rupp retires as an 09 man, the US will not have another person run within ten minutes of the world record for probably ten years, minimum.

We'll pretty much be a track and field powerhouse as long as you don't look at anything above 5K for the men.

Sorry, that's simply a fact.

Noah Droddy

Galen Rupp 2:09 wrote:

Once Rupp retires as an 09 man, the US will not have another person run within ten minutes of the world record for probably ten years, minimum.

We'll pretty much be a track and field powerhouse as long as you don't look at anything above 5K for the men.

Sorry, that's simply a fact.

Weather permitting, he is ready for high 2:06 -mid 2:07 at Boston this year, mark my words.

He went to Jared! wrote:

Jared Ward

LOL - i hope you're trolling.

Ward (29) isn't an international star and is only 2 yrs younger than Rupp (31).

Rupp won an olympic silver when he was 26 and won an olympic bronze when he was 30. Rupp has AR's

Ward has 5.5 months to do the impossible to even be comparable, let alone be the hope for the future.