After Watching Millrose 3k, Do you think Rupp makes World Indoor team at 3k?

I get that he almost didn't make the 5K team while doubling back from the 10,000 last year. But I'm sure you remember he barely raced last summer going into USAs which would probably mean he was less than race sharp, and he also may have been a little weighed down with the allegations. He came in 3rd at the PRE DL 5000 and then I think that was it until USAs.

A few reasons to say he is our best 3000 runner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJlNVwl5ozw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4WTkFURgeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6THCMRwExnI

7:38 is the ncaa record, actually. only one person has run it before.chesereck ran the #2 all-time yesterday with a 7:40ryan hill isn't in college and hasn't been for a few years.

Devil Dog wrote:

7:38? Pretty good time for a college runner.

Can't wait to see who Salazar tries to DQ

Yes.

And I do care that he has run a 3:50 indoors. That he is on the all-time mile list at all given his distance leaning is amazing.

But a race is a race, and nobody has a lock until the event ends.

On the all time world indoor list Rupp is 6th in the mile, 7th in the 3000 and 7th in the 5000.

I think the 3000 may be his best event actually.

He's 4 seconds faster than everyone in that list of current American runners.

I don't know much about coming back from a marathon.

But the Trials seemed to be a controlled effort that may not have wrecked is legs.

If he just does rest and then speed after that, he may be ready to go under 7:30.

He may take the last 1000m of the U.S. Championships to a level where no one can keep up, not even Hill.

Rupp's days of kicking hard seem to be behind him. If you were privy to his showing in Portland last year over a mile, you'd likely agree with me. 5th place for Rupp, I think.

Who cares. Seriously Rojo get off this guys nuts

The best chance of creating a qualifying difficulty for Rupp would If everybody in the field bonded together to create a race that was fast from the gun to exploit Rupp's lingering marathon fatigue and less than sharp track legs. The problem is that the other guys are trying to qualify not prevent Rupp from qualifying.

It'll be a typical championship style race, with a slow start and fast finish---the perfect set up for Rupp. I predict that he wins the USATF indoor 3000.

If he's not ready to win, he won't race. A Portlans World Indoors is huge for Rupp/Salazar/Nike, but it's not as important as the rest of the Olympic year.

He is the best 3k guy, because none of the other 3k guys have gone 3:50 in the mile and he is 3k american record holder. Does he need to do more oh and the race is in his back yard.

If Worlds wasn't in Portland would he be doing this race?

Something to think about. Rushing back to speed after a marathon could be dangerous. Did the guy take a few days off after the marathon? I don't care if it was at training pace, 26 miles takes something out of you.

The Donger wrote:

If Worlds wasn't in Portland would he be doing this race?

Something to think about. Rushing back to speed after a marathon could be dangerous. Did the guy take a few days off after the marathon? I don't care if it was at training pace, 26 miles takes something out of you.

Please provide examples of this "danger"? Will his tibia just snap in half? Will he get arrested? What is the danger exactly?

Wait, aren't the brojos advocates of "strength equals speed"? And now you're saying the strongest guy in the field BY FAR will lose because he can't kick? Stick to your principles fellas....

The U.S. Should have two guys who can beat Rupp at 3000. I do not see him being near 3:50 or 7:30 shape. He will be fit but not that fast.

Changed philosophy brojos? wrote:

Wait, aren't the brojos advocates of "strength equals speed"? And now you're saying the strongest guy in the field BY FAR will lose because he can't kick? Stick to your principles fellas....

Rupp could win if he were willing to lead much of the race. But he isn't. And he hasn't got the brains or experience to run a smart race. So he will stay in the pack and kick when somebody else kicks first. And that will be too late for him.

Didn't Rupp close out a 10k with like a 1:52 800m and a 53 last lap? That's fast.

I think Rupp could finish top-3 in trials in 1500m on up, depending on what he trained for. He's really a singular American talent.

Rupp's marathon performance in the heat shows he is in top aerobic condition. Blood is diverted to the skin for heat exchange. When he races in cool temperature, he will do even better, count on it.

The only way he fails is if he sits and gets outkicked. I'm no fan of Rupp but this may be his year for an international gold medal, at least indoors.

This is true. Rupp (when focused on it) has proven time and again to be the most dominant american 10k kicker in history by a huge margin. He has also closed 5ks in 52-point.He did lose a winter 800m to a nobody some time ago. I don't know how somebody would find that more relevant than his many championship kicks at the elite level.

Spork wrote:

Didn't Rupp close out a 10k with like a 1:52 800m and a 53 last lap? That's fast.

I think Rupp could finish top-3 in trials in 1500m on up, depending on what he trained for. He's really a singular American talent.

...? How does someone qualify for an international championship like 85% of his attempts over the past decade but not have "the brains or experience to run a smart race"? He's qualified with "bad" 5k races doubling back from the 10k. I wouldn't say it's a shoe-in, and the shorter distance events at nationals do often come down to a kick, but I haven't seen anything in his racing or read anything to make me think he won't continue his tradition of making WC and OG teams.

kimani wrote:

...? How does someone qualify for an international championship like 85% of his attempts over the past decade but not have "the brains or experience to run a smart race"? He's qualified with "bad" 5k races doubling back from the 10k. I wouldn't say it's a shoe-in, and the shorter distance events at nationals do often come down to a kick, but I haven't seen anything in his racing or read anything to make me think he won't continue his tradition of making WC and OG teams.

The Brothers Johnson are admitted trolls. It's non-sense to say that a guy that has run a 3:50 mile, has kicked hard in an Olympics race for a medal, has kicked in 52 or there about in a championship 5k isn't fast. And yea, you know, make virtually every team he's tried for a decade. Olympics, indoor/outdoor WC. He'd be the best XC runner too if he cared.