He’s one of the few pro runners in the US who has had multiple children for the majority of his career (4 now I think?). Parenting and marathoning are exhausting. There’s no time for frequent podcast interviews and social media posts. Nike seems to respect this.
the elephant in the room wrote:
I myself do NOT admire being socially awkward and inarticulate. Being the life of the party, talking to everyone about everything, is not a suite of life's most important skills. It is fine if some people don't possess them. They may not be beneficial for a career in sports; then again, they may be if skillfully used.
I also don't admire inability to play guitar - just to pick a random skill I lack. There is nothing admirable about not being able to bust out everyone's favorite song, which I'm certainly not doing. I have no beef with this guy being uncomfortable and nervous around people. He certainly isn't the guy telling jokes and getting laughs. However, to admire such limitations seems strange to me, and I don't.
Its not that he has the inability to be social or on social media. He chooses not to be on social media. The same way someone can choose not to play guitar--even though they know how. This is not a limitation. His self control should be admired.
Words of Wisdom wrote:
When you’ve pushed the limits of cheating throughout your career the best thing to do is remain quiet. As Teddy Roosevelt said “speak softly and carry a big stick.” Sport is all about performance. Keep your mouth shut and perform. We don’t need no dumb Pre quotes.
Please clarify:
"When you’ve pushed the limits of cheating throughout your career"
Curious.
Aouita 84 wrote:
Words of Wisdom wrote:
When you’ve pushed the limits of cheating throughout your career the best thing to do is remain quiet. As Teddy Roosevelt said “speak softly and carry a big stick.” Sport is all about performance. Keep your mouth shut and perform. We don’t need no dumb Pre quotes.
Please clarify:
"When you’ve pushed the limits of cheating throughout your career"
Curious.
TUEs, testosterone, boing boing shoes before boing boing shoes were a thing. I do not agree with the sentiment of the original post, but I thought it was pretty clear what they were getting at.
Galen Rupp Fan wrote:
I have to say that I admire Galen Rupp not for his talents as a runner but as a rare man who is truly modest and shows humility. He is an athlete like no other that does not post to social media since his last photo on Instagram in 2012 and none of his few posts are numerous pretentious selfies or trashy public bathroom shots I see from so many other athletes (you know who you are).
Galen Rupp demonstrates self confidence and show that social media and Instagram are cancers to society. Rupp doesn't feel the need to post endless photos of himself with crossed arms to demonstrate social justice from his time with Salazar. Nor does Rupp feel the need to get on magazine covers to gush about how great he and his running club is.
I truly wish other athletes showed a fraction of the modesty of Galen Rupp but I don't think most athletes are even aware of how pretentious their Instagram photos are.
I'm not sure what your infatuation is with Galen is all about, but I don't find much of anything to admire about him.
I don't think that Galen has ever shown any over the top humility or class (not to say he is the worst or anything), and one of his absolute biggest mentors of his life was a cheater and sexual predator. And with that guy Galen found a massive amount of success.
I'm not saying Galen has ever actually done anything wrong, but he doesn't look super great at the end of the day.
I understand if you abuse and reach high Testosterone levels to enhance performacne the glands no longer produce sufficient Testosterone and you have to take Testosterone supplements for the rest of your life.
Yes and he keeps his shirt on, unlike most white males.
this is such a baiting post but I'll take the bait to say that he's only that private because he's hiding something.
Most people are indifferent to social media and most have some form of social media. Given his job, he's losing out by not having some presence there.
He's hiding something. It's not "modesty". goodbye.
I admire athletes like Kipchoge and Seidel for being the consummate athletes. Authentic social media, humble yet confident, engaging, ambassadors in multiple ways, and putting in the work to earn medals. Their legacy will be remembered for life. Rupp won’t.
He really just doesn't like it. Ran into him on a run one day and spoke with him for a few miles. I asked him about the lack of a social media presence among other things. His response: "it's all fake, it's all bs." Funny guy, keeps it honest.
Rupp's not going to waste his time with social media if he doesn't have to. And it seems Nike isn't making him.
got dropped wrote:
He really just doesn't like it. Ran into him on a run one day and spoke with him for a few miles. I asked him about the lack of a social media presence among other things. His response: "it's all fake, it's all bs." Funny guy, keeps it honest.
Rupp's not going to waste his time with social media if he doesn't have to. And it seems Nike isn't making him.
You are a liar because there is no way you are fast enough to keep up with Galen Rupp "for a few miles".
Lol kid
Most pro athletes are required to be active on social media as part of their contract. Somehow he was able to avoid this.
Adult in the room wrote:
He’s one of the few pro runners in the US who has had multiple children for the majority of his career (4 now I think?). Parenting and marathoning are exhausting. There’s no time for frequent podcast interviews and social media posts. Nike seems to respect this.
Sara vaughn has four kids. the halls have four kids. they have social media presence.
I like Rupp. I do wish he would race more often to be in the public eye more. It would be good for the sport.
I get it- you can race too often. But I do think it would be good for runners like him to be more in the public eye.
When road racing was going through its Golden Age back in the early 80's, you could count on rubbing elbows with the top runners after the race in the food tent/awards ceremony.
I remember having a conversation with Jerry Kiernan about the Dublin Marathon he ran that I read an article about in an old running magazine.
More casual runners know who the stars were.
4:59 wrote:
the elephant in the room wrote:
I myself do NOT admire being socially awkward and inarticulate. Being the life of the party, talking to everyone about everything, is not a suite of life's most important skills. It is fine if some people don't possess them. They may not be beneficial for a career in sports; then again, they may be if skillfully used.
I also don't admire inability to play guitar - just to pick a random skill I lack. There is nothing admirable about not being able to bust out everyone's favorite song, which I'm certainly not doing. I have no beef with this guy being uncomfortable and nervous around people. He certainly isn't the guy telling jokes and getting laughs. However, to admire such limitations seems strange to me, and I don't.
Its not that he has the inability to be social or on social media. He chooses not to be on social media. The same way someone can choose not to play guitar--even though they know how. This is not a limitation. His self control should be admired.
There very well may be plenty of people who have a skill they don't exercise. Still, Rupp is neither extroverted nor talkative and IS dull and uninteresting. It is not bad and I am not telling him or anyone else to change, it is just that I don't admire lack of skill or ability in people.
He was the American distance running talent if a generation. He got paid very well by Nike. And for his performances, rightfully so. Almost no other athletes have the deal(s) that he has. Having some kind of social media presence is pretty inportant. But also yea I think he takes the sport more seriously than everyone in the country combined
Juice Springsteen wrote:
He was the American distance running talent if a generation. He got paid very well by Nike. And for his performances, rightfully so. Almost no other athletes have the deal(s) that he has. Having some kind of social media presence is pretty inportant. But also yea I think he takes the sport more seriously than everyone in the country combined
lord almighty, he isn't some pure soul who just wants to run fast times and raise his family. He lives in the 21st century. Everyone has social media. Kipchoge has social media. He's hiding something. What grown man can't speak for himself once in a while? Galen spent years not doing any press, hiding from any light let alone the limelight. I get not wanting tons of attention via sm, but not doing ANYTHING? He's. hiding. something.
I actually feel bad for Galen. He was just a freshman Alberto Salazar used his power, his name in the sport and his position as high school coach to infiltrate Galen and his whole family. His family allowed Salazar to take more and more control as time went on including becoming his religious sponsor, choosing Galen's doctors, where he went to college, and what he ate, and even had Galen's own father calling Alberto "like a father" to him. What self respecting dad would say that about another man? Can you imagine someone coming into your life, a coach or another adult and all of a sudden taking so much control over your child? And you letting them?
Some would compare Alberto and Galen to Obi Wan and Luke. Some would say there was something nefarious going on there all along.
Galen's life was controlled. He didn't just choose to stay off sm because meh, not his thing. He did it because he was being dictated to for so long. Hopefully he gets some freedom now that Alberto was banned for life.
I admire people that don't post on Letsrun.
Oh wait...
Rupp was interviewed quite often in college by Runnerspace and Flotrack. Flotrack used to have a comments section under their videos. He was DESTROYED by folks on every single interview in the comments. This board wasn’t kind to him either. I attribute his present day avoidance to this period.