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5 years ago 02/26/2021 4:24pm EST

re: ehehh

Given his willingness to cheat, I can see why he thinks he has a chance. Problem is, the rule he broke last time - wearing a shoe available neither to the public nor all other competitors - won't help him this time. There's always drugs, but like shoes, that playing field is level too. The medalists will be in shoes similar to his and will have similar knowledge of how to juice without testing positive on race day. What else does he have to pull out of his hat? The rules are no impediment to this guy - again, he undisputedly broke a rule last time around, so they weren't a consideration then - but it's hard to think of something he can do that will get him on the podium. I just don't see the changing hats thing (not suggesting it's against a rule - it's not), a fancy watch, his standard face mask from several years ago, $400 sunglasses, or a new caffeine-heavy drink getting him minutes.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 4:35pm EST

re: have to say it.....

This is exactly the attitude he should have.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 5:06pm EST

re: Greg

Greg wrote:
If you get 3 Kenyans, 3 Ethiopians and maybe 3 runners from other countries who've run 2:05 or better, then Rupp might be the 10th fastest going in.

It is rare for Kenya and Ethiopia pick to each pick 3 guys that race at their peak in the Olympics.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 5:09pm EST

re: John Wesley Harding

Rupp has two Olympic medals and wasn't he close in the 5k too, maybe 5th? The guy is a legit medal threat all the way.

Mo Farah won what, 9 global titles at 5/10? His PRs do not "indicate" that all all. The Olympics are not a time trial, and the marathon is like the 800, anything can happen.

Bekele has the fastest marathon in the last two years, and guess what, he lost to Rupp in his signature event, the 10k, in 2012.

Nobody, not even Kipchoge, can ignore Rupp.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 5:17pm EST

re: Ackley

Ackley wrote:
Greg wrote:
If you get 3 Kenyans, 3 Ethiopians and maybe 3 runners from other countries who've run 2:05 or better, then Rupp might be the 10th fastest going in.
It is rare for Kenya and Ethiopia pick to each pick 3 guys that race at their peak in the Olympics.

Yes and the same is true for the U.S.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 5:18pm EST

re: sdlfhdsfksdfsdkf

Just thinking it'd be 50 years since an American won Olympic gold in the marathon.

Hmmm, why not?

5 years ago 02/26/2021 5:52pm EST

re: Jimmbo

I think you will find US marathoners almost always finish higher than their time rankings headed into the race.

Abdi and Ryan Hall's 2012 DNFs are outliers.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 5:56pm EST

re: Ackley

Ackley wrote:
I think you will find US marathoners almost always finish higher than their time rankings headed into the race.
Abdi and Ryan Hall's 2012 DNFs are outliers.

I am not so sure about that. Look at 1996. U.S. marathoners were 28, 31 and 41. However you could be correct overall, but I am not sure.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:10pm EST

re: Jimmbo

People need to keep in mind that a tactical marathon run without pacers in less than ideal conditions (summer time heat) are different than those run on pancake flat, paced races with perfect fall/spring weather. Olympic Marathon podiums are most often filled with runners who weren't pre-race favorites.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:29pm EST

re: Jimmbo

Jimmbo wrote:
Ackley wrote:
I think you will find US marathoners almost always finish higher than their time rankings headed into the race.
Abdi and Ryan Hall's 2012 DNFs are outliers.
I am not so sure about that. Look at 1996. U.S. marathoners were 28, 31 and 41. However you could be correct overall, but I am not sure.

I was thinking more recently, but the three Americans still finished ahead of two Kenyans and all three Ethiopians.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:30pm EST

re: Jimmbo

Jimmbo wrote:
he simply does not have the tools anymore to win a championship marathon.

If I had a dollar every time a Galen Rupp hater WISHED he would fail at a particular race...

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:33pm EST

re: Bullet_Proof

Bullet_Proof wrote:
Jimmbo wrote:
he simply does not have the tools anymore to win a championship marathon.
If I had a dollar every time a Galen Rupp hater WISHED he would fail at a particular race...

Intelligence matters. There is no WISHING involved here. Do you only make predictions based on your WISHES? You must not be very bright.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:37pm EST

re: This is Jim Kiler

This is Jim Kiler wrote:
Yes, an Olympic medal is an Olympic medal, but Rupp is slow.

This statement disqualifies you from posting anything related to Long Distance Running.

This has to take the cake as the 100% most ignorant post OF ALL TIME.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:40pm EST

re: Ackley

Ackley wrote:
Jimmbo wrote:
I am not so sure about that. Look at 1996. U.S. marathoners were 28, 31 and 41. However you could be correct overall, but I am not sure.
I was thinking more recently, but the three Americans still finished ahead of two Kenyans and all three Ethiopians.

Well it is possible that some runners, including Africans, would rather save the effort for a later payday than to finish in 25th place in an Olympic Marathon if they are having a bad day.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:41pm EST

re: This is Jim Kiler

This is Jim Kiler wrote:
Yes, an Olympic medal is an Olympic medal, but Rupp is slow.
I suspect that if Rupp medals, he would be (historically) among the slowest, or outright the slowest Olympic marathon medalist in relation to the PR's of the other medalists.

FWIW: 2:06:32 is the Olympic record

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:47pm EST

re: Jimmbo

Jimmbo wrote:
Bullet_Proof wrote:
If I had a dollar every time a Galen Rupp hater WISHED he would fail at a particular race...
Intelligence matters. There is no WISHING involved here. Do you only make predictions based on your WISHES? You must not be very bright.

Ha, nice try, LOSER. In your previous post about the US not choosing the top 3 marathoners at their peak to send to the Olympics, could you please post here in this thread - in front of everyone - which American is a better marathoner than Rupp?

Can you name 1 American marathoner better than Rupp?

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:50pm EST

re: Bullet_Proof

Is the interview not Rupp certified? How much editing are you doing? Just give us the goods.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:54pm EST

re: have to say it.....

have to say it..... wrote:
Given his willingness to cheat, I can see why he thinks he has a chance. Problem is, the rule he broke last time - wearing a shoe available neither to the public nor all other competitors - won't help him this time. There's always drugs, but like shoes, that playing field is level too. The medalists will be in shoes similar to his and will have similar knowledge of how to juice without testing positive on race day. What else does he have to pull out of his hat? The rules are no impediment to this guy - again, he undisputedly broke a rule last time around, so they weren't a consideration then - but it's hard to think of something he can do that will get him on the podium. I just don't see the changing hats thing (not suggesting it's against a rule - it's not), a fancy watch, his standard face mask from several years ago, $400 sunglasses, or a new caffeine-heavy drink getting him minutes.

Ease up on the conspiracy theories, bro. Seek help.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:54pm EST

re: Bullet_Proof

Bullet_Proof wrote:
Jimmbo wrote:
Intelligence matters. There is no WISHING involved here. Do you only make predictions based on your WISHES? You must not be very bright.
Ha, nice try, LOSER. In your previous post about the US not choosing the top 3 marathoners at their peak to send to the Olympics, could you please post here in this thread - in front of everyone - which American is a better marathoner than Rupp?
Can you name 1 American marathoner better than Rupp?

You are not very bright. I simply stated the truth. Ackley posted that it is rare for the Ethiopians and Kenyans to pick three marathoners that race the Olympics at their peak. I stated that this is also true of the U.S. My statement is the TRUTH and yet you take it as if I am taking a shot at Galen. Stop being such a fanboy and get a brain.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:55pm EST

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
This weekend will be the 1-year anniversary of the 2020 US Olympic Maraton Trials.
Jonathan Gault caught up with all of the Team USA marathoners except for Abdi Abdirahman - who at 44 has started to mentally decline and forgot to call in to the teleconference (joking). They had some interesting things to share.
Perhaps the most newsworth is Rupp is dreaming big.
Rupp said :
“I want to win. There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it. That’s definitely my goal. I've gotten a silver medal in London, a bronze medal in Rio, and so hopefully I'll be shooting for gold for sure in Tokyo. I know it's not going to be an easy ask. It will be a tall task. There's obviously a tremendous amount of great marathoners out there right now and the Olympics are always going to be a tough test. But I thrive on competition and I can't wait to have the opportunity to go in there with the best in the world and really see what I can do."
Rupp also revealed that his training under Mike Smith is a lot different.
Gault wrote :
From a running perspective, the extra year has given Rupp more time to adjust to Smith's system. Under previous coach Alberto Salazar -- whose appeal of his four-year ban for anti-doping violations will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport next month -- Rupp would hit each rep of his interval sessions "as hard as [he] could" and take a full rest before tackling the next one. Until he trained under Smith, Rupp had never run a fartlek. When Smith, the coach at Northern Arizona University, began working with Rupp in December 2019, he asked Rupp to turn over his previous training logs. The first thing he told Rupp after examining them?
"He didn’t think I was training much like a marathoner," Rupp says. "There was still so much track stuff that I was doing."
Now Rupp is growing accustomed to Smith's system. He feels he works just as hard in practice, but the workouts are different: slower, with more reps and less recovery.
"Having some new stimulus, having some different workouts that I’ve been doing, it’s been a challenge, but it’s been really fun for me at the same time," Rupp said. "...I couldn’t be happier with the way that things have worked out and where things are going."
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/02/galen-rupp-says-hes-going-for-gold-in-sapporo-aliphine-tuliamuk-will-be-back-to-running-soon-more-updates-on-the-us-olympic-marathoners/https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/02/sally-kiypego-wants-to-get-in-sub-220-shape-and-medal-in-the-olympic-marathon/

He might actually win gold.

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