Rupp 1:02:37 at Houston half

He's a 37 year old man that owes nobody a thing.

If he qualifies.. good

If not.. still good

The reality is that he ran high 1:02 which is outstanding given the long career Rupp has had.

I'm not throwing shade so I can say this... you're just a coach... have you run 1:02? Have you had even a sniff of 1:02?

Right.

Thought so.

Is what true? Details on which part?

I was live-tracking the results with my ex-girlfriend and her husband and their kids and we were talking about how it would be more interesting if countries like Kenya and Ethiopia got allotted 1-3 more slots for the Olympic games. In any case good luck to Galen we are excited to watch the USATF trials and see who comes out on top

Rupp will pop a 2:06 any day now.

Was cool to see Pat Tiernan of Australia hit the standard and I think (Gault?) unlock the third spot. USA now only has two (confirmed?). A small country like Australia with 10% of the population of the US has more men than have hit the standard.

Probably, but Rupp doesn;t run many 800s.

*DOES NOT COUNT

He's a hobby jogger at this point. People only hang on to this due to nostalgia.

Webb is back!!

I still think he could to be honest. Not sure he ever hit his full potential in the marathon but I think with his 26:44 he had a 2:04:30 or 2:05 low in him if things went perfectly.

he could still ostensibly get within a couple minutes of that.

The three 1:02ish half marathons you said Rupp ran prior to good marathon efforts

I would say he's still capable of running like he did in Chicago a few months ago. Given how few there are with that capability, I would expect him to be in the mix at the trials

Rupp isn’t a 26:44 runner anymore, he’s a 28:00 runner. It’s sad to see how far behind he is from the best in the world . I don’t think he can do much better than the 2:08 he ran in Chicago in October . I’d like to see him make one more Olympic team but a lot of things will have to go right for him .

It's absurd to imagine Rupp hanging with Mantz in the Trials. Only thing he can do is hang way back and hope for a miracle second wind that enables him to catch up to 3rd place.

My thought before the race was, if Rupp runs under 1:02, I could see him on the podium at the Trials. Now, we'll see how the trials unfold. He is a great competitor, and this is a tune-up race in the middle of a marathon buildup. Do not count Galen out, but yeah he has to be considered a dark hours to make the team at this point. Yeah I'm a fan, and I'll be pulling for Rupp to make the team.

Extremely windy and he ran alone near the end. Great effort

You’re all ridiculous if you think he can’t make the team. This was a good result for that goal. Is he in Olympic medalist form? No chance. But he can definitely finish top 3 in a non-paced US field.

only 3 minutes????

3 minutes is the difference between pro and bagging groceries in the half