It's Official: Mo vs. Rupp Chicago in Chicago With Pacers

thebusiness wrote:

Chavez says Mo is racing Chicago...it’s on

Press release is out

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/06/mo-farah-race-galen-rupp-pacers-2018-bank-america-chicago-marathon/

I think since MO knows since Rupp is the only comp he's gonna really take it to him. Especially since their PR's are close. This is gonna be epic. I'm callin Mo the winner.

Ackley wrote:

Whipp wrote:

When did Rupp beat Farah? In a qualifying heat at a championship?

2012 NB Indoor -- Mile

1 CIARAN O'LIONAIRD IRL 3:56.01

2 TAYLOR MILNE CAN 3:56.40

3 GALEN RUPP USA 3:57.10

4 MO FARAH GBR 3:57.92

5 RUSSELL BROWN USA 4:00.79

6 LIAM BOYLAN-PETT USA 4:01.47

7 ROBERT NOVAK USA 4:02.98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tLTV80gQbY

This race is basically what got o'lionaird kicked off of nop. You just aren't allowed to beat the king.

What they need to do is allow for the rabbits to finish and collect prize money.

This would be a win-win for all: make it a fast time plus make it a race.

Pretty comical the only time Rupp beat Farah was when Farah fell.

I think Rupp could have beat him in London 2012 but just regarded Farah as superior. This race I give Rupp his best chance of coming out on top.

Is there bad blood between these two?

Gino’s East Pizza Guy wrote:

What they need to do is allow for the rabbits to finish and collect prize money.

This would be a win-win for all: make it a fast time plus make it a race.

How is the win-win?

Rabbits are not fast

Rabbits are not long distance type animals

The course is only for 8 hours

Why should a rabbit get prize money?

Moran.

goat vs. goat wrote:

Greatest marathon of all time coming up?

I am a provisional fan of both Mo and Rupp, but I can't see this as a race for the ages. Firstly, Chicago has a boring course. Secondly, Chicago's boring course is only more boring when the race is scripted by pacers. Thirdly, as good as Mo and Rupp are they do not have the marathon pedigree of their Kenyan and Ethiopian colleagues. Hugely disappointing that there will be pace makers. Imagine how much more interesting a race we would have had in London this year had there not been a suicidal escort service?

JAKIR wrote:

Is anyone fast running this?

Yeah, Mo and Galen are

my bet is the pacers go for 4:47-48, on pace for the US record : 2:05:38

mo is doing this cause he knows rupp got bronze in rio and he is better than rupp, he knows rupp stays on pace, he knows al sal will be in a van making sure rupps on pace, all mo has to do is stay right on rupps a$$....kinda like rupp did to meb.

2019 WC, mo should win that...and do it in :08-09, doing it all the last 3 miles or so

2020 olympics....mo is looking at that as his GOLD and he can retire. kipchoge who is already 40 will be too old for that, KB is prob already done, and after chi town, rupp wont have the courage to take it to mo.

So what is the pace? They get to 30K in 1:28:52 or so (projected 2:05)?

1:29:10 would be right on for the US record. if i was to take a stab, i would say al sal wants rupp on point with the record and then try to hammer the last 2k or so, but problem is mo will be right there with him clipping his heals.

but......i can see a scenario where rupp wants to sit on mo, and mo will run slow and they will run a 2:09 cause rupp is too afraid to have mo on his heels.

ex-runner wrote:

Serious question, why won't Rupp run London?

Besides London being a spring marathon, Rupp gets a lot more appearance money from the American races than he would from the European ones.

Whipp wrote:

When did Rupp beat Farah? In a qualifying heat at a championship?

An indoor mile where Farah fell. Rupp has never actually beaten Farah straight up.

m!ndweak wrote:

1:29:10 would be right on for the US record. if i was to take a stab, i would say al sal wants rupp on point with the record and then try to hammer the last 2k or so, but problem is mo will be right there with him clipping his heals.

but......i can see a scenario where rupp wants to sit on mo, and mo will run slow and they will run a 2:09 cause rupp is too afraid to have mo on his heels.

I can see that.

I think the pacers are more in response to the fact that the pace was 2:12 for most of the race last year. Something like 26 people made it with the lead group halfway. Which was then strange because only about 8 ran a negative split even with the slow pace.

Call this race "Rupp's Revenge," because after all those beatings on the track from Mo, I think Rupp feels he's got the better ability in the marathon. A lot will depend on who else will be in the race to push the pace so that it's stays honest. I'm sure Rupp has also learned he can't wait too long to make his move. On top of that, Rupp knows the Chicago course well now and where he'll want to go.

In this race I'm all for Rupp. I don't think Mo has ever acknowledged how much Rupp probably help him win all those titles by being an elite training partner for many years....

Can't wait for this!

mudane team has got nothing on NOP - go Rupp

Down with pacers. Really stupid decision.

m!ndweak wrote:

my bet is the pacers go for 4:47-48, on pace for the US record : 2:05:38

They'll go out faster than that. My guess is pacers will take it out in 62:00-62:15. Both Rupp and Farah know they are capable of more than a 2:05 mid. I got Farah winning in 2:04:05, with Rupp 2nd in huge AR of 2:04:20.

DC Wonk wrote:

In this race I'm all for Rupp. I don't think Mo has ever acknowledged how much Rupp probably help him win all those titles by being an elite training partner for many years....

I think that should be the other way around my friend. I don't think Rupp wins silver at 10000m, or even wins the bronze in the marathon without Mo. Mo controlled every race that he won, no matter if he was in the back or in the front, Mo controlled the tempo, and Rupp just followed along.

I still think Rupp lucked up on the silver, and he only came in 7th place in the 5000m. He couldn't hang, and Mo took gold.

Saying that Rupp helped Mo win all the those titles is just pure fandom ----I will not say idiotic, and disrespect you like most people on this site who have inferiority complexes.

Mo made Rupp. Rupp didn't make Mo.