wait, so some guys drafts the whole race and drops you, leaving you in a distant 4th. I know its fine, and I would do it too, but Rupp is allowed to be annoyed right now. He was clearly in great shape and manned up and pushed the pace for everyone else. Congrats to him and major congrats to SOLINSKY.
Hiya wrote:
Yes, but when he recovered he walked in the complete opposite direction before he was forced to turn around (Al had to actually push him), and then Rupp barely got in an anonymous pat on theback before turning and getting as far away as quickly as possible. Class act.
Are you people joking? Rupp just ran his balls off, ran from the front and essentially rabbited Solinksy through the AR. You think he's going to jump in Solinsky's arms and congratulate him for drafting all but two laps and stealing his AR thunder? You're out of your collective minds. Solinsky owes the kid more than going over and shaking his hand- as the OP said, he owes Rupp a nice dinner or something. Solinsky ran a phenomenal race, but Rupp towed him all the way. Even if there is some sort of real animosity here, it's Solinsky who should have sought out the shake, not vice versa. Have any of you knuckleheads ever actually been in that situation before (leading and losing v. drafting and winning), or do you just like to hate on our top young American distance runners?
As for the guy talking about Nike 'win/winning'... uh, do you really not see why Nike should be embarassed here? They turned this thing into reality tv (or as close as we're gonna get): "oh, where is Rupp going to run? Tough conditions either way! It's a Rupp AR effort, forget about the other guys in the race. Etc., etc." The fact that the moment was spoiled by the all-but-forgotten Shumaker camp, another Nike American no less, was classic. Nike was friggen handing out noisemakers with Rupp's picture on it at the meet!
Good for Solinsky- if Nike wants to play it that way, then go out and spank their Golden Boy.
Like I said- hopefully both guys use it to motivate and think even bigger.
Rupp's the one who showed up with his own rabbits, and it wasn't like Solinsky was on Rupp's shoulder the whole race. He was just part of the pack and then realized that Rupp wasn't as great as all the hype and just came up and kicked his ass. Rupp's a dork and Solinsky seems like a genuine human being. That post race interview was great.
rsbones wrote:
Rupp's the one who showed up with his own rabbits, and it wasn't like Solinsky was on Rupp's shoulder the whole race. He was just part of the pack and then realized that Rupp wasn't as great as all the hype and just came up and kicked his ass. Rupp's a dork and Solinsky seems like a genuine human being. That post race interview was great.
No doubt that Solinsky ran a ridiculous race, but you're way off about the pace: Rupp took over and did the work for the lead pack at what is easily the hardest part of any 10k. Rupp made that AR.
What I saw was Rupp being truly spent and then he came over to congratulate Solinsky but he was already being mobbed by some other guys.
Francis L wrote:
As for the guy talking about Nike 'win/winning'... uh, do you really not see why Nike should be embarassed here? They turned this thing into reality tv (or as close as we're gonna get): "oh, where is Rupp going to run? Tough conditions either way! It's a Rupp AR effort, forget about the other guys in the race. Etc., etc." The fact that the moment was spoiled by the all-but-forgotten Shumaker camp, another Nike American no less, was classic. Nike was friggen handing out noisemakers with Rupp's picture on it at the meet!
The way you talk about this you'd think Nike had people on ESPN hyping this up. Nike isn't going to sell any more shoes or "look good" or "look bad" regardless of the outcome of this race. It has zero impact on anyone's perception of Nike except 4 people on letsrun that post under 50 different handles.
f*ck that, galen doesn't have to be happy about shit. he congratulated him after and that's all he has to do. good thing he's upset about losing or else i'd be worried. nowhere does it say that it is classless to be upset about getting beat. save your criticism until you run an American record and still lose. you're judging something you know nothing about.
that wasnt al sal who pushed him back towards solinsky, it was Pascal Dobert, an old wisconsin/nike steepler from the late 90's early 2000's.
good day for the badgers.
[quote]Hiya wrote:
Who was the homo in the spandex jeans and blue jacket?[/quote
I think thats Evan Jager, not that your using any stereotypes.
Hiya wrote:
Who was the homo in the spandex jeans and blue jacket?
Justin Bieber's older brother or Evan Jager.
On Solinksy's performance: Holy shitballs.
One more step over to get clear the lapped runners = not sub 27:00.
Solinksy owes Rupp? yeah, right. Did you say that after Rupp drafted off of Chelanga the whole race in his first NCAA XC win? Did you believe that Chelanga had made the race and laud him?
Agreed. I watched the video again and Jerry did not usher Rupp anywhere. He simply touched him on the back to tell him "good race" or something. Try not to be assholes for once and give a guy a little respect who, after all, did what he said he was going to do, break the AR.
Hiya wrote:
Who was the homo in the spandex jeans and blue jacket?
Evan Jager.
videodude wrote:
Solinksy owes Rupp? yeah, right. Did you say that after Rupp drafted off of Chelanga the whole race in his first NCAA XC win? Did you believe that Chelanga had made the race and laud him?
Watch it again, you'll see Rupp in his own one man chase pack for over half the race.
dude breaks 27 and earns the right to be called "solinsky," not "solinksy."
fastest 195 pound man in the world?
Some gangster was talking crap to solinsky on a run in madison during college, and solinsky knocked him out. lets see rupp do that
you are a retard...xc cross is not a time trial. Chelanga was trying to win with his strategy, so was rupp. Today was all about time and rupp was the one who made sure the time was fast.
videodude wrote:
Solinksy owes Rupp? yeah, right. Did you say that after Rupp drafted off of Chelanga the whole race in his first NCAA XC win? Did you believe that Chelanga had made the race and laud him?
Oh did he? Solinsky and the Kenyans had nothing to do with it. Why don't you tell Solinsky that? He went with 900 to go; he didn't sneak past Rupp 30 meters out. He owned Rupp because he was better than him last night, not because of anything Rupp did. If you can't run a guy down in the last 800m, then who gives acrap what you did in the previous 9,200m. It's a 10 K last I checked. And Solisnky won it. Chelanga was second by the way.
or all of Salaar's whinning BS. about wind and pollen count he got exactly what he deserved by have one of Jerry's guys stealing the show. Great race Chris!!!
Just Watched the End wrote:
rsbones wrote:It was actually embarrassing how long it took Rupp to come over and how it looked like he had to be ushered into it. All the other competitors seemed really congratulatory.
Rupp was bent over, sucking air forever, looking dazed when he did stand upright. The others had energy to spare from drafting off him.
That was pretty much what I thought also. Rupp was obviously tired, and disappointed I'm sure, after crossing the line. He stood there bent over for a minute before walking over to congratulate the winner. He was not ushered. Nothing wrong with what he did.
I was glad to see all of the runners celebrating like they did. I hate when guys just cross the line and drift off without at least shaking hands with the winner.