Galen Rupp listed on the entry list for Prague Marathon (May 6) + other elites

It is the same Kibitok. He just ran a 60:11 half in Milan on March 25th.

I think he has cheated and will think that regardless of whether he runs fast in Prague.

rupp.fan wrote:

I expect he'll be running on pure hate. Expect great things.

If Rupp was capable of running on our hate he would have finished Boston.

reed wrote:

sometime between 30k and 20 miles. He has a split (1:36:03) for 30k, a 17:52 5k split. No split at 20mi. He was 65:59 at halfway without leading a step into the wind, so he shouldn't be too beat up from this effort.

It was at the start of Heartbreak Hill.

AKA RuhRohRupp Hill.

I'll be interested to see how well he does because he would have tapered for Boston and probably took a couple days off afterwards, and then he has to start up training again at a high level and promptly taper, maybe a short taper after taking Boston as a hard long run, doing his next workouts Wednesday and Saturday of last week, going way back up in mileage after weeks of maybe 120/100/80/45 (factoring in that he dropped out about 6-7 miles from the finish) leading up to Boston.

The race itself may not have caused him much soreness and if he didn't get sick from it, he could train hard soon after, but it's hard to peak for a race then gear up in the training for such a short period before the next taper. I predict a brief steep taper and maybe not that many miles in between but a lot of marathon and 10k pace work. He'll hope to draft off the top Ethiopian to 30-35k and then go hard, their usual game plan but with a much faster race pace. If he is healthy and conditions are good, 2:05-2:06 will be in play for him.

Umm, Hasay? wrote:

Kinda thought Jordan's name would also appear on this list on entrants.

Montell Jordan?

vivalarepublica wrote:

Very few on the people thst have run fast times at Dubai have duplicated thise performances elsewhere. For example, Lemma in Chicago vs Lemma in Dubai.

Lemma may not have run super fast elsewhere, but he has other pretty fast times (and wins) a few other places too.

He won Vienna in 2015 (2:07:31, 2nd nearly 5 min back) and Frankfurt the same year (2:06:27, with a slight negative split, 63:22/63:05). He didn't run Dubai until 2016 (2:05:16) and of course again this year (also a 2:08 in Dubai 2017).

The fast winners from Dubai may have not run as fast elsewhere, but most also have other good performances: remember Desisa with his fast debut in Dubai, plus 2 Boston wins, NYC runner-up, and a World Silver (Moscow); Mekonnen also had a win in Hamburg last year (2:07); Berhanu has a Boston win; Abera also won Amsterdam last year (2:07); and Tamirat Tola has a World Silver (London) ... Abshero is probably the weakest, but did also have a 3rd in London 2013 (2:06:57) and 4th in London 2014 (2:06:31)

This is so true. He will never get to control a marathon again. They now know he's a quitter. Someone will break the pace up early and the group will do everything they can to keep him uncomfortable. He's not hungry enough to race them. Unless he sets the pace to break them he'll get crushed.

sleazazar wrote:

anonymously posted wrote:

hahaha. sadly, this is totally true.

Also, if he runs fast in Prague, there will be the PED claims by the rupp haters

I think he has cheated and will think that regardless of whether he runs fast in Prague.

HONEST QUESTIONS:

if you genuinely believe Rupp has "cheated" based on some of the allegations, how do you enjoy following track and running? Every runner who beats Rupp in races is probably cheating at a much worse level. Like EPO and actual real PED drugs, etc.

who gives a sh*t about inhalers and L-Carnatine

Rupp MAYBE crossed into the gray zone, nothing like EPO and HGH and all the other goodies the kenyans and ethiopians etc are doing. he still ran 13:37 in high school. he's a freak talent

If rupp got caught for the stuff people are saying, I'd honestly be relieved, because there are a ton of worse things people are doing and some gray zone, not clearly stated issues are the least of the worries

here's a quick list

El G

Bekele

Geb

Farah (think ethiopia training)

Makh

Kiprop

Amos

Usain Bolt, and the stud sprinters

Kipchoge

ethiopians studs

kenyan studs

the list goes on and on....

any of those guys got busted I'd say, "well, it's about time."

Galen's unused water bottle wrote:

Hope Galen can snag his water bottle this time. Honestly think he would have finished Boston if he had drank that water. You could see in his eyes that was the second he broke.

Didnt he hit the hobbyjogger water table immediately after this miss tho?

No Yuki Kawauchi?

He's busy that weekend running back to back half marathons in Japan on May 4 and 5

I confirmed with the organizers that Rupp is indeed running Prague.

Nice detective work, juddy96.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/04/galen-rupp-run-prague-marathon-may-6th/

zxcvzxcvzx wrote:

... probably took a couple days off afterwards ... doing his next workouts Wednesday and Saturday of last week, going way back up in mileage after weeks of maybe 120/100/80/45 (factoring in that he dropped out about 6-7 miles from the finish) leading up to Boston.

So you think he took off two days last week and still hit 120?

I don't think he would've taken any days off, honestly. He'd be mad and want to run to prove to himself that he isn't tired after 19 miles at Boston. There's no way he's doing a workout 2 days afterwards though...maybe closer to 4 days later at a minimum.

So last week he did 22 miles on Monday (warmup included), and probably still hit over 80 for the week. As of today he has just under 2 weeks to go. He probably does 90-100 next week with some easy workouts. No way he runs faster than 2:07 in Prague, I'd bet on a poor performance personally but 2:09ish seems reasonable considering his focus was Boston.

A lot of cobblestones on the Prague course. He'll need to be careful.

If weather is good, I say Rupp goes 2:05:30

If weather is bad, I say he goes 2:08 or DNF.

If he is feeling spectacular and weather is good, he'll go under 2:04:30.

did you just make a list of every elite runner you as a hobbyjogger have heard of and call them out for potentially cheating?

clown.

100 Yuki wrote:

This is so true. He will never get to control a marathon again. They now know he's a quitter. Someone will break the pace up early and the group will do everything they can to keep him uncomfortable. He's not hungry enough to race them. Unless he sets the pace to break them he'll get crushed.

Lol some Rupp haters such as yourself are so delusional and your practically get off on him failing at something. He's been extremely consistent in the marathon so far:

1st Oly trials

3rd Rio Oly

2nd Boston

1st Chicago

DNF Boston (>90% of East Africans dropped out - are they all "quitters" who will "never control a marathon again"? No? I didn't think so.

This is more consistent than Bekele, Kipsang, Desisa...should I continue on? He's not as consistent as Kipchoge, but no one is. If he's in a marathon, you'd be stupid not to put money on him for a podium finish.