Galen is going to crush it on Sunday!

Or like a mobster from Boston.

more like going to get crushed on sunday lol

Doesn't Levins already own it?

He is referring to the US record.

2:03.47

you have to be kidding. US record is the NR, AR includes mexico and Canada. you must surely know that?

He means AR—-American record, meaning the US record. I was translating for you. This has nothing to do with my knowledge. You can question his if you want.

If he falters tomorrow, his career is over.

2:06:05, seconds under his 2018 PR from Prague. Mantz will challenge him until mile 23, and handily out-grimace him, but Rupp will eventually pull away for top American.

The context is of Kannouchi and so it would be natural to think AR = American Record when you're talking about another American breaking it. Always bring the context along.

I don't really follow the men so it's fascinating to see all of Rupp's PRs line up PERFECTLY with VDOT 82

So on paper in theory a perfect day, perfect race (perfect drafting?) the shoes could give him a 2:05

But more likely just aiming to OQ at 2:08 and survive

Hopefully the TV coverage that far back doesn't totally suck like previous years.

End of career due to failed drug test(s). His career has been a sham anyway.

He's only happy because he's got the same goods that ASSEFA used.

If by crushing it you mean will not finish the race - then yeah, he will crush it alright...

I wonder if Mantz' style of running isn't a good fit for the marathon. He's very bouncy and runs with so much body movement - I'm not sure how to describe it. His style just looks like he uses so much energy that I wonder if he can carry it through an entire marathon. I hope he can turn into a great marathoner but I have my doubts. Anybody else notice this?

Best of luck to Rupp. If he has issues it might be the end of his career but I hope he can make the USA team and go to Paris.

As I said, Conner is a better marathoner now than Galen is, and he has a tremendous amount of grit and focus, so he can run a marathon as fast as 2:06 eventually. But he probably will not run faster than 2:07:30 tomorrow.

He goes 2:07:41 without huge winds. If it's too windy, 2:09:41

I'll coin the phrase/name since I"ve never heard it before, but K^2 (K squared) goes 2:00:32 without huge winds and 2:02:51 with some decent wind.

If Galen runs 2:03:47, I'll eat 50 peanut butter M&M's in under an hour (CHL).

No. Mantz is overrated. Mantz can’t beat bekele.

You just can't predict how older runners will do in any given marathon, because they always say that they are doing great beforehand and tell us how they were running through an injury afterward.