Galen Rupp tells RW that he does 20+ mile long runs on treadmills or on a 300m grass loop

The treadmill is good for predictable conditions, which I can see NOP desiring... I wonder what their conversions are from treadmill to outdoors and what settings they use...

It says they have a system in his house to reduce oxygen levels -- I wonder how much of his house, just a workout room and bedroom or are his kids living at altitude?

Both clubs seem to run around renaldo field all the time at nike

For all the money they have it seems like they should build a 5 mile uninterrupted trail loop with a nice running surfaces in Beaverton

The Japanese are right, to be successful in the marathon you must run longer than the marathon in training. He learned this lesson the hard way this year at Boston. Which Yuki Kawuachi is infamous for his ultra long jogs.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

-He still won't say how many miles per week he runs or give specifics on workouts but says he's done a long run "well over 26 miles" during this buildup.

in the way of the Japanese wrote:

The Japanese are right, to be successful in the marathon you must run longer than the marathon in training. He learned this lesson the hard way this year at Boston. Which Yuki Kawuachi is infamous for his ultra long jogs.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

-He still won't say how many miles per week he runs or give specifics on workouts but says he's done a long run "well over 26 miles" during this buildup.

I think that might only apply to the faster spectrum of marathoners. Galen might be doing a 2:30 to 2:45 long run and it goes beyond 26 miles, but really he's just going by time.

Rupp is boring in both interviews and in actual long runs. 25 miles on a treadmill or 300m turf field. Woof. They make it really hard to get excited for them when they share zero workouts, mileage, etc. What is Kipchoge going to do if Rupp says he runs 120-140 miles/week? They all do that. Kipchoge had his workouts published from his Berlin build-up last year.

He most likely can’t tell you everything. There are plenty of YouTube videos out there of his workouts.

Seems to me it training for Chicago would be pretty straightforward. It’s flat so run as fast as you can. Who cares what personality he has. If you need to be entertained go watch a movie.

Is a Rupp autograph rare? Not necessarily monetarily valuable...but does the guy give out autographs after races regularly?

All the time. In the interview at Tilburg he was seen right before the interview signing for fans.

NERunner053 wrote:

Rupp is boring in both interviews and in actual long runs. 25 miles on a treadmill or 300m turf field. Woof. They make it really hard to get excited for them when they share zero workouts, mileage, etc. What is Kipchoge going to do if Rupp says he runs 120-140 miles/week? They all do that. Kipchoge had his workouts published from his Berlin build-up last year.

Yea, what's the big secret on mileage? Raw mileage numbers mean nothing. I can understand not giving away key workout information. But somebody could run 150 miles a week at 8 min pace and it doesn't make them anymore competitive.

in the way of the Japanese wrote:

The Japanese are right, to be successful in the marathon you must run longer than the marathon in training. He learned this lesson the hard way this year at Boston. Which Yuki Kawuachi is infamous for his ultra long jogs.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

-He still won't say how many miles per week he runs or give specifics on workouts but says he's done a long run "well over 26 miles" during this buildup.

GTFO. As opposed to the Kenyans and Ethiopians?

Nice troll.

A. Moran wrote:

in the way of the Japanese wrote:

The Japanese are right, to be successful in the marathon you must run longer than the marathon in training. He learned this lesson the hard way this year at Boston. Which Yuki Kawuachi is infamous for his ultra long jogs.

GTFO. As opposed to the Kenyans and Ethiopians?

Nice troll.

You shouldn't compare clean athletes to doped athletes.

asdfasfasd wrote:

The treadmill is good for predictable conditions, which I can see NOP desiring... I wonder what their conversions are from treadmill to outdoors and what settings they use...

It says they have a system in his house to reduce oxygen levels -- I wonder how much of his house, just a workout room and bedroom or are his kids living at altitude?

In his Rio buildup pretty I remember seeing a quote saying they did a lot of treadmill long runs/workouts with the heat cranked up to simulate conditions.

Ronaldo field at Nike WHQ is PRISTINE grass. There is the trail around campus and also one in the woods across the street from campus as well.

I've always been under the impression that it is better to train at sea level and recover at altitude. I guess there are some benefits to training high especially for long runs since you can keep the intensity (and impact) lower while still raising heart rate and such.

Rupp is in Mo's head, pulling strings and things.

I've done a marathon block on mostly the treadmill. Ran like 7 times 20-22 miles on those suckers. Even broke one of the mills in my apartment building ($10K mill. making good use of my amenity fee).

Anyway, it worked wellish. PR'ed in Boston despite the weather. No injuries. Watched lots of movies.

in the way of the Japanese wrote:

The Japanese are right, to be successful in the marathon you must run longer than the marathon in training. He learned this lesson the hard way this year at Boston. Which Yuki Kawuachi is infamous for his ultra long jogs.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

-He still won't say how many miles per week he runs or give specifics on workouts but says he's done a long run "well over 26 miles" during this buildup.

0/10

The weather was the problem at Boston, not some Japanese training principles. Rupp ran 2:06:07 20 days later.

This is over 2 minutes faster than Yuki's best ever marathon.

Come on.

NERunner053 wrote:

Rupp is boring in both interviews and in actual long runs. 25 miles on a treadmill or 300m turf field. Woof. They make it really hard to get excited for them when they share zero workouts, mileage, etc. What is Kipchoge going to do if Rupp says he runs 120-140 miles/week? They all do that. Kipchoge had his workouts published from his Berlin build-up last year.

Yeah, he should change his workouts to be more appealing to you. I’m surprised he has not asked for your feedback yet.

From the article

“There are a lot of days when I’m not in the best mood, I’m tired,” Rupp said. “I give most of the credit to my wife. She truly allows me to do everything I need to do from a training perspective. Working out, lifting, going to get treatment, massage, things like that, and getting a lot of rest. I still take a nap basically every day for several hours.”

Ahh the 1950s. Simpler times.