RUPP IS OFFICIALLY A 2:06 GUY - 2:06:07 Amazing!

I'm so happy he finally ran fast on a course the losers can't dispute.

Now the loser/haters/jealous losers can focus their energy on how he's not clean.

Great job Rupp!!!! 2:06 AND and Olympic medal!!!!

Best American marathoner ever!!!

I don't know how you guys can get excited about Rupp' racing, knowing what you know. Must be he's red, white, and blue, 'cause if he were an East African the tune around here would be different.

anon. wrote:

Did you look at the course map?

Lots of turns, two minute improvement over PR is fantastic.

Nice run Galen.

Not just lots of turns, but I doubt if there is 50 continuous meters of flat ground in Prague. 10% of the course was on cobblestones, which in Prague are very much cobblestones. I don't know if Rupp was affected but the organization seems a bit of a shambles as well. I saw a couple of runners in the top 20 who had to check their stride because a family were crossing the road before the Policeman could stop them.

I'm sure he's capable of faster, but I'm a little disappointed this wasn't another 2:09 win. The bitching and whining here would have been epic!

This was completely predictable and right about where he should be.If he had run low 2:04 or 2:03 then I would be suspicious, but he's so easily capable of this time and could have run it 3 years ago!

Hfdghg wrote:

Only 183th fastest marathon time (and doped to the gills).

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Is mommy’s special little boy upset? Do you need your mommy to sing you a song? Poor little guy.

Mizuno fanboy wrote:

I don't know how you guys can get excited about Rupp' racing, knowing what you know. Must be he's red, white, and blue, 'cause if he were an East African the tune around here would be different.

Wait ......so on an US website where the vast majority of users are from the US you are more likely to find people who support a US runner than somebody from another country? Shocking!

I don’t like the NE Patriots and think they can do some sleazy things but I am not going to go on a Boston based website and be surprised that they would have a lot of supporters who disagree with me.

Great run for Galen. I have mixed emotions about this, as the amount of money invested in creating this guy is ridiculous compared to that for his Kenyan counterparts.

BS wrote:

Mizuno fanboy wrote:

I don't know how you guys can get excited about Rupp' racing, knowing what you know. Must be he's red, white, and blue, 'cause if he were an East African the tune around here would be different.

Wait ......so on an US website where the vast majority of users are from the US you are more likely to find people who support a US runner than somebody from another country? Shocking!

I don’t like the NE Patriots and think they can do some sleazy things but I am not going to go on a Boston based website and be surprised that they would have a lot of supporters who disagree with me.

A cheater is a cheater regardless of nationality. I'm all for supporting Ametican runners.

Hfdghg wrote:

Only 183th fastest marathon time (and doped to the gills).

Meanwhile in Kenya

https://i.imgur.com/Zl9oxuj.jpg

Wow!

CONGRATULATIONS GALEN!!

rupp fan wrote:

He should go to Berlin in the fall and run 2:04.

Agreed!

American Record Holder? wrote:

So he beats Hall's official London time by 10 seconds etc.. And Big K doesn't count becuse he wasnt boen and raised in the States so - he's the official American 10K, Halk & Marathon Record Holder - The Half was his totally but was bullshit in Rome because of the stupid turn just before finish!!

Idiot. Big K is still the OFFICIAL American record holder as much as your sick racist little mind cannot process that.

Having been to Prague, I have no idea how you would create a fast course there. Everything is up and down at least gradually and the cobblestones are really uneven. So props to him for the time.

But how do we call him the American GOAT? I can’t get him over the bar set by Frank Shorter.

Donyiyo wrote:

American Record Holder? wrote:

So he beats Hall's official London time by 10 seconds etc.. And Big K doesn't count becuse he wasnt boen and raised in the States so - he's the official American 10K, Halk & Marathon Record Holder - The Half was his totally but was bullshit in Rome because of the stupid turn just before finish!!

Idiot. Big K is still the OFFICIAL American record holder as much as your sick racist little mind cannot process that.

Damn straight. And as American as any of us transplants. Hell of a story.

patti wrote:

CONGRATULATIONS GALEN!!

+1. What a run.

I’m just glad he beat Hall’s best real time and put to bed any shred of credibility to the claim that Hall was “better” than Rupp.

Khalid K is still the US GOAT until Rupp surpasses his time and/or gets a couple top class wins, which may never happen.

Ahahhha good job ruppy some a hole poster was hating and I told his a55 Rupp would run 2:06. Where he at now??

Great!! Very Happy for Galen Rupp!