Scratch Eugene. Scratch Palo Alto. The record attempt now goes to Batavia Illinois on Sunday? WTF?

malmo wrote:...

First he'll be pampered like a Queen on Saturday at the Hotel Monaco in Chicago, renowned for its ‘Divine Diva Package’, and a luxurious pre-race regimen of facial, massage, pedicure, manicure, and Vajazzle....

Ooh, I stayed at Hotel Monaco once. It's a very nice place. Galen should make sure he requests a goldfish for his room, it makes the stay extra special. I don't recall anything about Vajazzle though.

edumacator wrote:

You guys need to lighten up. If we can't even tease a famous distance runner (for something he deserves to be teased about) then we shouldn't consider this a real sport anyway.

First of all, it's not a real sport and everyone know it. But to the extent that anyone really believes that it can be, then we should be turning on the promotion machine for our stars (to your point, every other sport has divas).

What does Rupp really deserve to be teased about anyway? Seriously? Maximizing one's conditions for an optimal attempt at an American record? Slightly different extenuating factors to be accounted for, don't ya think?

Nah, this thread isn't about teasing anyone. It's about self-promotion and exercising some former demons. Forgiveness is a very hard virtue to implement, especially self-forgiveness.

Whether or not Malmo has an agenda is meanlingess. His post was funny and to the point. I promise you that whatever Rupp runs tonight, he will be laughed at by many. I am currently in Palo Alto and I have heard over a dozen people mocking the Rupp/Salazar situation.

Stick in the mud, I suppose you're critical of SNL, Leno and the others for everything they say too. The post is golden and even the "golden boy" probably will get a chuckle out of it, nothing more, nothing less. Get out of the mud and clean yourself off. And I hope he succeeds while he's at it, but I'll still make fun of him.

Thank you -- I loled and learned a lot. Had to research about four or five different aspects. The "small altitude house" was the climax.

It's "Tevatron", with an "a" not "i". What a great post! Although I must admit that after working at Fermilab for nearly a decade, there aren't too many "flaxen-haired maidens" running around.

Dude. Rupp wants to run at Fermilab instead LHC because its cooler.

CDF represent!!!

(ps. when i first read the title of this thread I was wondering what type of WR was being attempted in Batavia Il. of all places...)

I think that malmo and sagarin can BOTH be annoying know-it-all pains-in-the-asses, but in this case I agree with malmo.

It was a funny, and timely post.

I've never seen such nonsense over a (likely failed) record attempt in all my life.

When all those record attempts by the africans were set up over the years, they didn't call them off at the last second if the weather wasn't right. They just ran the race and if the weather wasn't perfect, backed off the gas pedal and used it for a workout. And then found another race a little while later to try again.

And look at Geb? For all his focus on records and rabbits and no rain or pollen, he STILL steps up to the line and runs, and lets the chips fall where they may.

The conniptions that the weather is sending Al and Rupp into is rather silly, period.

enough already wrote:

All you guys are jackasses. Malmo. What's YOUR PR in the 10k. I thought so. He's making a smart decision, based on his goals. Stop being a has-been armchair quarterback. Let the kid run...

So, Malmo can't criticize Rupp because his PR isn't equal? Shouldn't you then not be criticizing Malmo? Oh no, perhaps I shouldn't be criticizing you!

Pull the wedgie out of your vagina and laugh already.

skwilli wrote:

Stick in the mud, I suppose you're critical of SNL, Leno and the others for everything they say too. The post is golden and even the "golden boy" probably will get a chuckle out of it, nothing more, nothing less. Get out of the mud and clean yourself off. And I hope he succeeds while he's at it, but I'll still make fun of him.

Nope, I actually love some of that parody. But, in this case, if your hard-on for a "priceless" post lasts for more than four hours, seek immediate medical attention. I'm trying to do you a favor and bring you down a notch.

Speaking of parody, so there isn't "parity" between Rupp, Ritz, and everyone else? So what?

Be careful, it seems to me your hard-on for bashing Malmo has lasted must longer than any "pricelessness" I may exhibit! And there is no notch lower than the one on which I reside. I suppose I'll just look around a little to find you. Smile, it's all quite light-hearted. No lasting damage done. Good luck Galen, wherever you are.

You seem like a real douchebag, Sagarin.

Sagarin wrote:

Nah, this thread isn't about teasing anyone. It's about self-promotion and exercising some former demons. Forgiveness is a very hard virtue to implement, especially self-forgiveness.

Huh?

It's just a silly satire based on the news of the day.

group hug

Sagarin wrote:

Nah, this thread isn't about teasing anyone. It's about ... exercising some former demons.

Seems like you'd be better off getting rid of them ;)

I bet he will enjoy the hell out of that facial.

edumacator wrote:

You seem like a real douchebag, Sagarin.

'edumacator' you must be a riot at parties? Sit down, take a deep breath and smile, kid. As the big chicken says, "ah say, ah say, it's a joke, son. Ah made a funny and yer not laughin!"

DaveW wrote:

Distance running needs positive support from past runners in order to improve the image of this sport. This has been lacking over the last 8 years while USA runners have emerged stronger and better than ever before.

The way Team Galen is going about this is anything but positive for the sport. It's clownish, at best, and deserves any and all mockery that it receives.

Sagarin wrote:

Megalomaniacal, self aggrandizing "cleverness" aside, I agree. This is a stupid thread. Why the need to bash anyone from left-field, especially our, perhaps, most talented runner who has the good fortune of available resources that not even the Olympic Traning Center could provide? Why not take care of our very best?

Long-distance running is a sport for grown-ups now, only the money's over the table, and those with a short lifespan seek to maximize it. It's not for amateurs, and we shouldn't wish it were. It gets so little attention and promotion as it is.

Well said, ironic thing is, if none of this hoopla had happened, and Rupp had just run in Oregon and the weather wasn't great, and he only went say 27:35 losing....everyone would be ripping on him for running slower than he did years ago. No matter what he does he can't win it seems.

I hope he goes out and runs a tremendous PR, sad thing is he'll still get ripped for the race cherrypicking being public. No one else gets ripped for going to stanford rather than running in their own home town meets. It's not much different, it's just not public, and no one cares about them getting better weather at Stanford.