Alan Webb and Galen Rupp in Thanksgiving Day 5K!!! (Not a troll)

It's $5000 for an American record, not $10,000. The article does make it sound like $10,000 is the bonus, but if you read on, they make it clear that it's $5000 per American record.

Prediction: If Webb runs, he wins in 13:27.

jstajerk wrote:

Cracks me up how Webb gets such secondary treatment in that article.

Crack me up how either gets any treatment when there are faster runners in the field than them!

Elite runners Galen Rupp, Alan Webb use San Jose Turkey Trot as testing ground

By Elliott Almond

ealmond@mercurynews.com

Posted: 11/23/2010 10:14:24 PM PST

Updated: 11/24/2010 07:38:11 AM PST

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Alan Webb wins the men's one mile with a time of four minutes, 1.07 seconds... ( Michael Dwyer )

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* About 15K to join Thursday's Turkey Trot in San Jose

An experiment that could change the destiny of American distance running will begin Thursday morning in downtown San Jose.

Portland's Galen Rupp, one of the United States' most promising stars in the past decade, plans to test a new training regimen at the sixth annual Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot that starts and finishes at Guadalupe River Park. He and training partner Alan Webb, the American record-holder in the mile, have targeted the 5,000-meter race as their first steps toward catapulting to the forefront of distance running 1½ years before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

They will be accompanied by iconoclastic coach, Alberto Salazar, who has introduced unconventional approaches to training to help American runners after more than two decades of decline.

Salazar is a three-time winner of the New York City Marathon. He is experimenting with Rupp's training regimen, adding to last year's 80-miles-per-week total.

"I thought he lost a little strength because we were constantly cutting down for races," Salazar said.

For the past two months Rupp has averaged more than 100 miles a week, a schedule he will continue except to prepare for major events such as next summer's U.S. Championships and World Championships.

Rupp, 24, won't be in optimal race shape in San Jose, but hopes to discover a lot about his potential while competing against a fast field in the middle of high-mileage training.

"The

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first test was to run a high-quality race; that is why it appealed to us," Salazar said. "We want to see how he adapts to that."

Webb, 27, underwent Achilles' tendon surgery this year and didn't return to racing until August. The 1,500-meters specialist who joined Salazar in 2009 decided to also test his legs in San Jose.

The Turkey Trot, which begins with a wheelchair event at 7:45 a.m., is expected to attract 15,000 recreational runners for a 10-kilometer race. An additional 50 elite athletes have entered separate 5-kilometer races for men and women with a total purse of $12,100, plus $10,000 more in U.S. record bonuses.

The timing, field and prize money makes the 5-kilometer race attractive to Rupp and Webb, members of Nike's Oregon Project that also includes standouts Amy Yoder Begley, Kara Goucher and Dathan Ritzenhein. The event has quickly become one of the country's most prominent 5K (3.1 miles) road races since being launched in 2005 by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

"When looking for a race around the Thanksgiving period, this race stands out," said Ray Flynn, Webb's agent and a former Irish Olympian.

It features 26 men who have bettered 14 minutes for 5,000 meters. Nine of the elite women, including favorite Jackline Okemwa of Kenya, have covered the distance in faster than 16 minutes.

Rupp had hoped to break the magical 13-minute barrier last year. The 2008 Olympian came close with a time of 13 minutes, 07.35 seconds, or an average of 14.02 miles per hour. He also wanted to run faster than 27 minutes for 10,000 meters but fell short on that goal with a personal record of 27.10.74 in May at Stanford.

Salazar pored over Rupp's training logs to see what went wrong. He discovered Rupp had undertrained, which was better than the alternative; overtraining often leads to career-ending injuries.

The coach suggests the boyish-looking Rupp just needs more strength and time. His biomechanics -- stride and body movement -- are solid. He has raw speed. But Rupp hasn't reached physical maturation, leading Salazar to believe his best running years are still a ways off.

He wants to nurture Rupp slowly to avoid a premature demise. This comes from experience. Salazar had an illustrious but short-lived marathon career sabotaged after three years by knee and hamstring injuries. As a runner, Salazar pushed himself further than most.

Now he's a proponent of changing the biomechanics because, Salazar says, slight adjustments can lead to dramatic success. His philosophies often lie outside the running mainstream but Salazar likes the path U.S. runners such as Rupp and Webb are on.

"It's not the Americans of 10 years, a half-lap-behind, ago," he said. "They're in the hunt now."

I know. Americans are so small minded how they want other Americans to do well.

Results?

Rupp, 1st, 13:21

Webb, 2nd, 13:29

lol no.

Results should show here:

https://www.runraceresults.com/secure/raceresults.cfm?id=RCSV2010

Elite men start at 1:30 EST. 90 minutes from now.

areusure? wrote:

Crack me up how either gets any treatment when there are faster runners in the field than them!

I don't know if the list upthread is complete but this is the only one from that who's faster:

#5 Monder Rizki Belgium 31 Unattached 13:04.06 (outdoors)

Since Rupp is training through it, there is a chance a couple runners will be with them. Webb didn't say he wasn't going to taper though. Rupp has more solid miles in the bank and a 13:07 PR, but if Webb is fresher he could win.

When was start time? It's 9:03 West coast right now.

This article is ridiculous! If not for the whole "averaging 14.02 mph", I'd say it was written by a letsrun troll, what with all the "boyish looking Rupp who hasn't hit puberty" yet. He's 24! He's married! He's run 27:10!!! He's just got a baby face. wtf mercury news.

Jared wrote:

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Rupp had hoped to break the magical 13-minute barrier last year. The 2008 Olympian came close with a time of 13 minutes, 07.35 seconds, or an average of 14.02 miles per hour. He also wanted to run faster than 27 minutes for 10,000 meters but fell short on that goal with a personal record of 27.10.74 in May at Stanford.

Salazar pored over Rupp's training logs to see what went wrong. He discovered Rupp had undertrained, which was better than the alternative; overtraining often leads to career-ending injuries.

The coach suggests he boyish-looking Rupp just needs more strength and time. His biomechanics -- stride and body movement -- are solid. He has raw speed. But Rupp hasn't reached physical maturation, leading Salazar to believe his best running years are still a ways off.

biggle wrote:

Results?

Menjo, to the surprise of the race director, just showed up and soloed a 12:45, grabbing himself at the finish and yelling "gobble, gobble, motherfu#@ers!"

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biggle wrote:

Results?

Menjo, to the surprise of the race director, just showed up and soloed a 12:45, grabbing himself at the finish and yelling "gobble, gobble, motherfu#@ers!"

lol qotd

webb 13:09.16 RR AR

rupp 13:16.04

from iphone wrote: webb 13:09.16 RR AR rupp 13:16.04

I am standing at the finish line and saw Webb cross under 13:10. The timer said the official time was 13:09.36.

Rupp was 13:16.12.

I don't think anyone has shown up in the results because the race has not been run yet.

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Rupp DNF

Webb DNS

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Rupp DNF

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rupp wins. 14:10

Webb 14:24