At each water stop Galen Rupp chucked off his old soaked hat and grabbed a new one from his coach. Rules?

Rulers wrote:

Rules wrote:

Its been posted multiple times already. You can buy simple ice packs that cool down via a chemical reaction. You don't need an ice chest. You don't need someone to sneak them onto the course at the last second. You don't need to do anything besides put them in the hat's sweatband and let them cool via the reaction.

I get the fact it's more fun to keep the crazy conspiracy going but people are over complicating this way too much. This took minimal pre-race planning. Don't over think it.

You ignore that there was an individual assigned to had out the special cooling gear to Rupp. Rupp got a hat extended out to him at the designated USA section of the aid station. That person promptly left the aid station, leaving as Ward and Meb were approaching.

I saw someone hand Rupp a bottle at multiple aid stations during the race (other runners were handed bottles as well). I did not ever see an aid immediately leave the area after handing Rupp a bottle. What feed were you watching? I was watching the NBC live feed online, which had zero commercials during the entirety of the race. At almost all of the stations when the runners were going by their tables the camera was directly in front of the runners with the tables at the far left of the screen. From this angle it was impossible to see what any person working the aid station was doing.

Ward and Meb had their own people with their own special fluids and, at least once for Meb, hat. If you were an elite athlete, which you obviously are not, would you trust other people to handle your fluids which would be so easily sabotaged? Look at what happened to W. Korir...his own team f'd up his fluids, ostensibly on accident.

Ever heard of Ken Goe?

http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2016/08/rio_olympics_galen_rupp_bounce.html#incart_river_home_pop

"The plan was to try win," Salazar said. "Now Kipchoge is the greatest marathoner in the world, and maybe the greatest ever."

So winning was a tough ask. But Rupp and Salazar fashioned a race plan keying off the Kenyan, who since 2014 has won six major marathons.

They knew the weather would be steamy. The race began in rain and finished under a hot sun.

They prepared by leaving Rupp caps with ice tucked inside them at water stations every five kilometers.

Tactically, Salazar wanted Rupp to delay a big push as long as possible.

Rules wrote:

What feed were you watching? I was watching the NBC live feed online, which had zero commercials during the entirety of the race.

Uninterrupted BBC live feed. No tape delay.

Must have had much different angles at the aid stations. NBC's didn't show any of that.

Rules wrote:

Must have had much different angles at the aid stations. NBC's didn't show any of that.

The view of the stations was from a camera on a bike. I though the videos feeds were shared of on the course mobile feeds. I don't see why the BBC who video Rupp and comment about him, and showing him, getting the hats while NBC did not. Rupp was the top American and ahead of Ward and Meb. Seems odd to not focus on Rupp.

a soaking wet hat can add almost a pound of weight and it doesn't ventilate well at all. Maybe there was no ice.

Most of the shots on the NBC feed were from the lead vehicle. You probably saw it on the BBC feed a few times. It looked like a truck with white bleachers in the back with a huge robotic arm jutting out of it. Incredibly odd looking.

Brojo's please contact Al. wrote:

I don't have a problem with Rupp having Nike Rupp Certified hats, I'm just curious how Al managed the logistics of "leaving Rupp caps with ice tucked inside them at water stations every five kilometers."

Al's obviously a lot smarter than the LR trolls so it would be great to hear from him rather than you lot.

http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2016/08/rio_olympics_galen_rupp_bounce.html#incart_river_home_pop

I contacted Al on behalf of the Brojo's and all he would say was "If the cap fits, wear it".

Also, he said y'all invited to a special post Rio celebratory party, that him, Galen and Nike are putting on just for the LR forum trolls, they're calling it the 'Mad Hatters Tea Party' as y'all seem to live an 'Alice in Wonderland' like existence.

Ha Ha, wrote:

Maybe there was no ice.

Maybe there wasn't. Oh feck, then we've wasted 17 pointless pages arguing about it.

Tokyo 2020 wrote:

So sunglasses taped to a bottle will be good in 4 years. Chuck the glasses to the maddening crowd...

Ha Ha, wrote:

a soaking wet hat can add almost a pound of weight and it doesn't ventilate well at all. Maybe there was no ice.

There wasn't, Al being smart had checked out the weather forecast in advance, knew there was a good chance of heavy rain, wanted Galen to have a dry hat every 5k so he wasn't carrying that extra weight, got it approved in advance, teed up with his pal Ken Goe to publish the ice BS and then started this thread.

All the LR trolls have been trolled by Al with assistance from Ken. Classic.

placidorapido wrote:

Tokyo 2020 wrote:

So sunglasses taped to a bottle will be good in 4 years. Chuck the glasses to the maddening crowd...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd

In the above use of "maddening" you should understand its intent in describing that Olympic marathons have a "European" maddening element a la Tour de France, in that people scream, heckle, sprint, cycle, and even hop fences to cross the course. We all remember Brazil's lead man de Lima accosted in Athens opening the door for Baldini to win gold.

The maddening crowd is that annoying type that distracts and even poses a threat, and they will not be appeased. But, a bike rider has Kipchoge's tossed hat land right on his handlebars. Imagine how the maddening crowd would respond to sunnies from an Olympic marathon by a gold medalist. Hello Ebay! Anyhoo...thanks for playing.

Someone else gets it, this gives me hope for this sight yet again!

Ha Ha, wrote:

a soaking wet hat can add almost a pound of weight and it doesn't ventilate well at all. Maybe there was no ice.

Rules wrote:

Most of the shots on the NBC feed were from the lead vehicle. You probably saw it on the BBC feed a few times. It looked like a truck with white bleachers in the back with a huge robotic arm jutting out of it. Incredibly odd looking.

Here are some points of hat exchange from the BBC feed. (Full replay still up on the BBC website.)

0:33:06 -- Rupp already has the hat. The grabbing of the hat was not shown. What is interesting to see is that a station worker, in blue jacket and brown pants, chases away a guy in a green jacket who was trying to run on the course. That means the area around the station was not crowd controlled. The guy in green didn't seem to belong in the area. There is something black inside the hat. hard to see here. The person who handed the hat to Rupp watches him as he continues to run.

1:04:12 -- A hat exchange with the hat extend out to Rupp. You can clearly see a black item inside the hat. Maybe a gel? Rupp didn't appear to eat anything during the run. The same black item appears in other hat exchanges. It is obvious that someone is targeting those hats for Rupp.

1:34:58 -- An more elevated view than the prior ones. The black item in the hat is obvious. The person who gave the hat to Rupp immediately backs away and watches Rupp run past.

It is difficult to tell much about the person handing hats to Rupp. But it is the same person each time.

Yayyy wrote:

Someone else gets it, this gives me hope for this sight yet again!

Ha Ha, wrote:

a soaking wet hat can add almost a pound of weight and it doesn't ventilate well at all. Maybe there was no ice.

Someone else doesn't know the difference between sight and site. This causes me to lose all hope for this cite.

Rulers wrote:

0:33:06 -- There is something black inside the hat. hard to see here.

1:04:12 -- A hat exchange with the hat extend out to Rupp. You can clearly see a black item inside the hat. The same black item appears in other hat exchanges. It is obvious that someone is targeting those hats for Rupp.

1:34:58 -- The black item in the hat is obvious.

It is difficult to tell much about the person handing hats to Rupp. But it is the same person each time.

I think the "black item" and the "same person each time" both need further investigation, what was this item, who was this person and how did he get to the location each time, did he get official assistance that other runners aides didn't?

So many questions, this isn't done with yet.

Rulers wrote:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/olympics/36688149

Is that some kind of secret formula gel on Galen's lips?

You missed something wrote:

Then I guess the USA needs more "spoiled brats" to win some f-ing medals.

Also, if becoming a spoiled brat would allow you to have running abilities anywhere near Rupps, would you do it?

Of course you would lol

STFU and stop being jealous of Galen MF Rupp

The entire Rupp family is gracious and cool.

The posters on this site, not-so-much.