Official Prague Marathon- Galen Rupp Prediction Thread

2:07:25

2:07:20

2:08:15

vivalarepublica wrote:

WORLD RECORD.

You heard it here first.

hey, Eliud Kipchoge was the first to predict a Rupp world record!

3rd in 2:09:04.

2:08:26

2:07.48. Misses NOP club record by 1 second.

Ackley wrote:

wejo wrote:

Weather is better than I thought so I'm sticking with my time from the podcast 2:05:36 American record. The organizers would not give us any info on the pacing.

If David Monti is correct that there is a 50,000 Euro bonus for a sub 2:05:30, I would predict 2:05:25.

A couple of days ago I predicted 2:05:25, and I'm sticking with that.

drocha86 wrote:

2:07:30, gets outkicked by the dude that ran 2:04 in Dubai last 5K

Hey Moran, Rupp beat him while winning the Chicago marathon. Rupp eats 204 guys for breakfast.

1000%no american record,4 me real american record is around 2h8 ,prague humidity 60% med wind ,high 20s temperature.no clue pacing ,i m 2h10 marathon runner in 90s .previous winning time high in prague 2h7 -2h8 there is others indexes no free advices.rediculous option american guy decision to race prague :the reason??again no free advices funny .specially running community think one f best distance team ,doesnt means u hav big budget u rule decision of big brand name sport apparel ;bad decision bcz may will drop thes tock of this company(i know to analye finance market too) even w/big stars of names .tomorow will run long run 40 kms will check the result time they r racing

kipchoge si stage of recession perf will decrease just think his pr 2h3 london 18 run 2h4 30 that 1h30 from his pr but mo pr from 2h8mn to 2h 6 + 2mn

Could you translate the above in Swahili so I can understand?

M.A.G.A...

The guy Rupp is going against tomorrow is Lemma, who has run faster than Kipchoge this year. It goes without saying if Rupp manages to beat Lemma tomorrow he could even more easily beat Kipchoge.

wejo wrote:

Weather is better than I thought so I'm sticking with my time from the podcast 2:05:36 American record. The organizers would not give us any info on the pacing.

According to this 63:10

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LetsRun.com wrote:

Weather looks pretty goood. 57 and sunny at start and 62 at the finish with 6 to 10mph winds. That's much better than London which saw 64 at the women's start and 71 at the men's finish.

It will be 63 at the finish vs 71 in London. I wouldn't call that much better. Maybe marginally better but not much better. That would be 50 degrees at the finish. Please. I ran a marathon in the low 60s and it aint that great after 15 miles.

2:06:47

lame stuff wrote:

It will be 63 at the finish vs 71 in London. I wouldn't call that much better. Maybe marginally better but not much better. That would be 50 degrees at the finish. Please. I ran a marathon in the low 60s and it aint that great after 15 miles.

63 at the finish after an opening 63:10 would put Rupp ahead of Ryan Hall on record eligible courses, assuming he can stay with the pace.

Weather is going to be warmer than 50, though. More like 63. I can't bother looking, but 'm pretty sure London was a lot faster than 71 in the 2nd half. Closer to 63. At any rate, 63 is better than 71, no?

My guess is that you were not running within yourself going out in low 60s. What were you thinking? Not much of a surprise that you struggled.

Rupp wins with splits - 1:03/1:02:05////2:05:05

I win.