Official 2015 Brussels DL Live Discusson Thread

if rupp beat Kejelcha, he probably would have had a chance at the AR. (12:53.6 LAGAT)it was set up pretty nicely for him.he must be exhausted after the year he's had

Yes Galen has a spine wrote:

joecrunner wrote:

It'd be nice to see the Americans run with a spine every now and then.

I think he's referring to Galen. Went out with the pacers and ended up with a bad place because of it. If his goal was just to be the first place American he would have ran different.

Drop not his event wrote:

Agreed. The 5k is NOT Rupp's event. He needs to stop running it.

There is usually only one 10,000 per year on the circuit so Rupp needs to run the 5000 if he wants to keep his job as a track runner.

Funny:

Rowbury runs to be 1st American and she gets blasted.

Rupp runs with the leaders and he gets blasted.

The only respectable result for an American is to tuck in somewhere in the chase pack with no US runners within 5 meters ahead of you and then kick in for 5th place.

impeding runners wrote:

Here is a video of the last 600 meters of the women's mile

Nice try by Simpson cutting way over into Rowbury's lane at the finish

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

I'd love to see a post race interview with Simpson after this. "We are not rivals. She hasn't beaten me in years." Lol sometimes you should keep your mouth shut. Rowbury has beaten her every race since! Haha

I wonder which Nike athletes won't be resigned for 2016. I am worried about one in particular and hope his contract isn't up this year.

This is about the point in the season that Rupp set his first 10000 meter American Record.

Maybe Salazar is having to be a little more careful now and so Rupp can bounce back quite as well...

well said.this summarizes today's thread perfectly

Lenny Leonard wrote:

Funny:

Rowbury runs to be 1st American and she gets blasted.

Rupp runs with the leaders and he gets blasted.

The only respectable result for an American is to tuck in somewhere in the chase pack with no US runners within 5 meters ahead of you and then kick in for 5th place.

rojo wrote:

I'll bet you up to $1000 straight up that Rupp goes with the rabbits.

OK, genius. Pay Up.

No one blasted Rupp for running with the leaders.

Everyone blasted Rupp for running 13:08 after claiming to be going for 12:53 (which is the time that won the race) and finishing between 2 other American runners that are not supposedly in his league.

Other options wrote:

impeding runners wrote:

Here is a video of the last 600 meters of the women's mile

Nice try by Simpson cutting way over into Rowbury's lane at the finish

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

I'd love to see a post race interview with Simpson after this. "We are not rivals. She hasn't beaten me in years." Lol sometimes you should keep your mouth shut. Rowbury has beaten her every race since! Haha

Simpson hasn't won sh*t and the top runners don't even know she exists.

Gebrhiwet has the worst race luck. He runs 12:47, someone else runs 12:46. He runs a sub 13 backstretch in Moscow and someone steps in front of him. He sets up a tactically perfect last lap today but the leader turns out to be superman and drops him in the last 85.

If he runs 12:33 next year, I guarantee someone else will run 12:32 in the same race. Probably Mo Farah just to rub it in.

Of course he will never, ever lose to Galen Rupp.

You need to try to stay with the leaders, otherwise what is the point of running with them before the pace picks up? I get it, Rupp is better at 10,000m despite having a better result at worlds in the 5k. But all this talk of a record but no resolve to go with the pace when it gets tough gets old.

Rupp 13:09 (13:00 last year, 12:58 2012)

Mead 13:10 (13:02 last year)

True 13:05 (13:02 last year)

Hill 13:05

Jenkins 13:07

Derrick 13:08 last year

Something is telling me at least two of these guys will break 13 next year given that it is common for athletes to leave their best seasons in the Olympic Year. True will probably have his career year next year in trying to make the Olympic Team, Jenkins is relatively new to the scene and is expected to improve. Hill and Mead are also running better than when they were in college. As for Rupp, he does not want to give up the 5000m spot unless he ditches the event entirely.

(I excluded Jager because he will be preoccupied with the Steeple, and Lomong because he seldom-attempts the 5000m)

Let me help you out wrote:

joho wrote:

Rowbury is becoming one of the best in the world?

By what standard?

3:56.29 is top 20 all time at 1500m for women

That makes her one of the best in the world

Try to keep up

Then where are her medals? She didn't even win US Champs this year. (That was Jenny btw)

Are all 19 other women racing against her currently? When she starts winning some races, then she might be considered one of the top women.

Until then, she is just another also-ran.

OK, Genius wrote:

rojo wrote:

I'll bet you up to $1000 straight up that Rupp goes with the rabbits.

OK, genius. Pay Up.

rojo won't pay. He and his brother have zero integrity. They lied about shutting down this site when Paula was busted. They define the word "weasel".

E-Wade wrote:

No one blasted Rupp for running with the leaders.

Everyone blasted Rupp for running 13:08 after claiming to be going for 12:53 (which is the time that won the race) and finishing between 2 other American runners that are not supposedly in his league.

He did "Go for 12:53" He went out ran 12:55-13:00 for nearly two miles and dropped off.

People are acting like he made some sort of tactical error or ran 13:08 pace from the gun. The guy had an off day, but he certainly looked like someone that wanted to get the American Record in the early stages of the race.

They're Liars wrote:

OK, Genius wrote:

OK, genius. Pay Up.

rojo won't pay. He and his brother have zero integrity. They lied about shutting down this site when Paula was busted. They define the word "weasel".

He won't pay because he was right.

NOP supertramp wrote:

Let me help you out wrote:

3:56.29 is top 20 all time at 1500m for women

That makes her one of the best in the world

Try to keep up

Then where are her medals? .

that looks a heck of a lot like a medal, chief

Lenny Leonard wrote:

They're Liars wrote:

rojo won't pay. He and his brother have zero integrity. They lied about shutting down this site when Paula was busted. They define the word "weasel".

He won't pay because he was right.

Agreed. He bet Rupp would go with the rabbits, not that Rupp would run the AR / be the top American / break 13. From what I gather, Rupp went with the rabbits.