Rupp running 1500m in Lausanne before attempting AR 5000m in Zurich

3:32.9 and 12:47.9 and you can hold me to it.

Entering a 1500M race after the major championship of the season is over kind of strikes me as odd. But whatever.

I think he does 3:33 and change in the 1500M. 12:50 in Zurich.

ryan foreman wrote:

Entering a 1500M race after the major championship of the season is over kind of strikes me as odd. But whatever.

I think he does 3:33 and change in the 1500M. 12:50 in Zurich.

Why not? He's probably been doing a ton of speed stuff to get ready for the OGs and he'll have 1500 specialists to drag him along. Why not jump in a fast 1500 and try to get a PR? Worst case scenario he has a mediocre race and it preps him to race fast for a good 5k.

Typical letsrun moron wrote: Looks like someone watched Without Limits again last night and then got hammered before getting on the message boards.

You shouldn't watch such nonsense. Getting hammered and posting here is not good for you.

Brent P. wrote: Uh.....there were probably 6 to 10 guys in that final who could've broken 13 minutes. Your comments suggest that you simply don't understand championship racing.

I do, but obviously do not.

Brent P. wrote: Uh.....

Will you feel all better if I say, Rupp will drop a 12:35?

For three miles that is. Not sub 13 shape based on his Olympic "performances."

I'll say 3:30-high, 12:48.

#YoBro wrote:

So he was saving himself for Zurich.

3:33

12:51 AR

You're kidding, right? Giving up a chance at an Olympic medal in the 5000m to get a national record? Really?

djskhgfjslkhgfksg wrote:

People are under estimating Rupp's speed. This year he has closed in 52-53 semi-consistently. He also ran 3:34 IN MAY. I predict 3:32 low. If it's a strong pace early, and someone is willing to take the pace and go for it the last 2k, I can see Galen running 12:48. Yes he's American and no American has run close to that fast, but he's been running like an African. 8:09, 3:34, 26:48, 2nd at the Olympics, closing in 52-53, and training with the fastest man in the world are all things specific to Rupp that will allow him to run times as fast as these.

Mo Farah has never been the fastest man in the world in any event has he? Has he even been close to being the fastest?

kdididj wrote:

djskhgfjslkhgfksg wrote:

...and training with the fastest man in the world...

Mo Farah has never been the fastest man in the world in any event has he? Has he even been close to being the fastest?

Kdid- Don't be dumb. Djsk's point is Farah's the best. It's not exactly the same, but obvious what he means. You're just trying to argue.

Rupp will NEVER break 3:34 or 12:56. MARK MY WORDS. I was wrong before, but no more.

Before he runs 12:50 he first has to break Baumann's 12:54. 1500m in 3:33 high to 3:34 low. Or if he just uses it to sharpen 3:35-3:36. So basically I predict between 3:33 and 3:36.

Does this mean no 10k in Brussels?

He has a better chance of lowering that 10k AR than breaking the 5k AR in my opinion.

Will Mo run the 5k in Zurich?

So much depends on the rabbits. Rupp was probably in sub-13 shape last year, but his only Diamond League race was won in 13:0x by Mo w/ Rupp 2nd.

3:33 and low 12:50s would be great. Maybe Zurich will be like Paris where several go under 12:50 - that's definately what Farah, Rupp (and Lagat??) want.

the 10K AR doesn't look to be challenged anytime soon so Rupp could wait a year or 2 to run another rabbitted race at that distance.

I think Mo will be running 2 miles in Birmingham DL on Sunday next week. So I would assume we don`t see Mo at Zurich 5k. But I think the Ethiopians and Kenyans are getting there with their highest caliber at that distance. I still hope to see a very fine 10k race in Brussels! Interesting to see has Kenenisa still got motivation to race in these competitions this year..

I'm thinking 3:32 - they will get after it - everyone wants a fast time now.

Just a note that there has been zero talk of rupp certification, or masks, or odd pictures...It seems that an Olympic medal carries massive weight among the lrcers. The only negative comments on this thread have been drug accusation, which, in this context, is a bit of a compliment.

Is this the end of an era of serial and compulsive rupp bashing?

Hopefully it is the end of the Rupp-bashing, as that is really kind of silly and lameass. So Salazar molds him in his own image and takes advantage of every scientific tool at his disposal. That's cool, kind of. And a little weird. Butt if you read the story about how Salazar first met Rupp, Rupp was running 30 sec. 200m repeats when he was a freshman in high school with no training, so the guy has massive talent in addition to the training methods. He would have been great anyway.

That said, all this 12:46-47 talk seems a bit far-fetched to me. The 5k is not his premier event (he's more of a 10k-half marathon guy), so a PR would be great, and if he could challenge Lagat's AR that would be AWESOME. Sub 12:50, I don't know. I know a bunch of them recently did it in Paris, but that seems almost like a one-off (doped?) and Gebremeskel is really damn fast. More raw speed than Rupp, probably. Not to say Rupp can't beat him. He can, and will, but maybe not in 12:46.

Predictions: 3:33.5 and 12:54.5

Next year he'll get the 5k AR.

EPOguy wrote:

Not without more of the juice

YES!!!!! THE PRECIOUS JUICE!!!!!

I wonder what Lagat is planning for the rest of the season. It'd be fun to see Rupp and Lagat head to head in a AR attempt.