If Galen trained for the 10k he would have medaled

Have to admit I thought the same but I don't know if Rupp has the ability to run 61-62's for the last mile of a 10k and drop a 54 in any scenario. I think 4-5th is as good as he could have gone and was a good race.

The big tell was he never positioned himself to go for the win. He was maxed out. Like I said, it was a good race for him.

To be fair, Rupp probably didn't expect to have a shot at a medal, and thus decided to go for the double. At best, Rupp could have gotten bronze had he focused on 10k and had the race gone as expected, and this would have been quite difficult. Except the race did not go as expected. Sure the Ethiopians did better than expected, but Kamwo and Muchiri bombed, making it much easier for Rupp to medal. Still, the 10k/marathon double is a stupid idea unless the 10k is run as a time trial.

But he didn't have to run a 54 if you are just talking about getting a medal. Farah ran something like 55.5 ftw. I figure just a 56 second last lap would have gotten Rupp a medal. Rupp could have done that, had he focused his training for it.

Thing is, if Rupp gets a 5th place finish in both the 10K and marathon, I think it would be an incredible achievement in this modern era. But with no medal, I doubt Rupp would get any recognition for it.

quote]Donger wrote:

Have to admit I thought the same but I don't know if Rupp has the ability to run 61-62's for the last mile of a 10k and drop a 54 in any scenario. I think 4-5th is as good as he could have gone and was a good race.

The big tell was he never positioned himself to go for the win. He was maxed out. Like I said, it was a good race for him.[/quote]

Conto wrote:

Had Galen actually trained for the 10k rather than marathon he could have won gold, bronze at a minimum. If he doesn't medal in the marathon, a huge tactical error by alsal, unfortunately. Too bad

Coulda.....Woulda.......Shoulda.........

He lost get over it.

OP, you just wrote the most moronic post of the year.

Conto wrote:

Had Galen actually trained for the 10k rather than marathon he could have won gold, bronze at a minimum. If he doesn't medal in the marathon, a huge tactical error by alsal, unfortunately. Too bad

He could have stopped being a wimp, and pushed the pace all the way.

Will Lindegren wrote:

He would have got 4th if he would have trained for just the 10K. His mistake was that he stopped taking the Salazar Sauce a few weeks too early.

Nah, it was because he didn't go to the Pyrenees and get the sauce from Jama Aden like some people might have done.

Good guy Galen. He deserved this win.

Galen does train for the 10K and he placed the same in the 10K this year as he did last year.

Yeah. And maybe if Lebron James works on his rebounding this whole offseason he will become a better outside shooter.

HardLoper wrote:

Galen does train for the 10K and he placed the same in the 10K this year as he did last year.

Metric Miler wrote:

Conto wrote:

Had Galen actually trained for the 10k rather than marathon he could have won gold, bronze at a minimum. If he doesn't medal in the marathon, a huge tactical error by alsal, unfortunately. Too bad

Yeah, that's life.

Could you have run any better? No. Could you have trained Rupp any better? No.

So just shut up.

Could have definitely trained Rupp better. He shouldn't have even touched a track this year, let alone wasted time racing slow 3000s indoors.

Will Lindegren wrote:

He would have got 4th if he would have trained for just the 10K. His mistake was that he stopped taking the Salazar Sauce a few weeks too early.

Because there was so much space between 3rd and 4th, ay?

roads for retirees wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

Yeah, that's life.

Could you have run any better? No. Could you have trained Rupp any better? No.

So just shut up.

Could have definitely trained Rupp better. He shouldn't have even touched a track this year, let alone wasted time racing slow 3000s indoors.

Were you there for his training? How can you make such a comment?

Would he have medaled? Doubt it.

Will he medal in the marathons? Doubt it again

The 2012 10k was 27:30 closing in 13:24. This one was 27:05 closing in 13:12 or so if I recall correctly. Rupp's PR is 12:59. Not a huge mystery.

Will Lindegren? Really? Thanks to everyone for not confusing me with this person.

Will Lindgren

It was a good result for him, the question is how much did that race take out of his reserves for the Marathon. The weather will not be ideal for a very fast race as the humidity will be high. He ran well in LA in the trials on a hot day, so with that said he could be in the mix for a medal in the Marathon.

The thing he has going against him is there is a lot of talent in the race that did not run a hard 10k a week before the Marathon.

[quote]Conto wrote:

Had Galen actually trained for the 10k rather than marathon he could have won gold, bronze at a minimum. If he doesn't medal in the marathon, a huge tactical error by alsal, unfortunately. Too bad[/quote

yep, pretty much

No adrenaline injection in the warm up area this time around?

Even when he was specialized in the 10 k, did he ever beat Mo?