Asking for a friend wrote:
Name one runner that improved after working with Salazar???
Cam Levins.
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Good for Galen.
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Hoey Pharms wrote:
5th - 27:59 at Wharf to Wharf. Santa Cruz to Capitola.
Although it's good to see Galen back running and racing, the question is WHY? What are Rupp fans expecting to see? Is he going to win a WMM? Is he training for L.A. 2028? Realistically, it will be very difficult for Galen to return to the form he once had, in fact , it will be very difficult for him to get close to the form he once had. At age 39, and the injury history he's endured, I would say it is a near impossible feat for him to be a competitive elite runner again. No matter how he feels mentally, he physically can't train at the level he's accustomed to. Once your daily motivation priorities shift from "I'm gonna crush today's workout", to "I hope I don't get hurt", or adjusting training workouts to accommodate injury risk, you're DONE! The question for Galen is, what's next? Coaching? Nike employee? Can Galen be an effective coach? Does he have the communication skills necessary to be an effective coach? If Rupp can translate his vast running experience into elite coaching, he may find a new career in the sport.
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Better.. wrote:
Rffr wrote:
Galen will be 40 next May. Galen would now struggle to defeat the top women on the track. This is what happens sometimes when one gets injuries and ages out of one’s prime. Also maybe he misses the Salazar secret recipe.
Bekele ran 2:04 at 41 twice.
You must not be very bright. Your post has nothing to do with mine.
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EarthWind&Farts wrote:
Rffr wrote:
Galen was 54 seconds behind a 28:19 guy who won, so Galen would be battling to defeat Beatrice Chebet.
Big dawg… I get you may be disappointed with his first race back in almost 1.5 years, but battling to defeat Beatrice Chebet is wild. You do know what the women’s 10k world record is on the track and the roads right?
I am not disappointed. I am not sure what your point is beyond that.
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Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
Asking for a friend wrote:
Name one runner that improved after working with Salazar???
Cam Levins.
to pile on to a dumb question, Rupp, Kejelcha, Sifan
Mary Cain got worse and gave up running entirely
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Asking for a friend wrote:
Name one runner that improved after working with Salazar???
Did you mean after they stopped working with Salazar? Because Farah, Rupp, Hissan, Murphy, Rowbury etc all became a lot better when they started working with Salazar.
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jacka1983 wrote:
Sifan slowly declined to Olympic gold?
No doubt Sifan is by far the most successful ex-NOP, but it's true that the absolute peak of her career was 2019 Worlds
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I feel like it's hard for some on this site to grasp the idea that some people just love to run
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Big T wrote:
The_Real_Bullet_Proof1 wrote:
Who TF is Barrett Dahl?!
let me get this straight. Barrett criticizes Salazar, but Dahl has not won the Boston city Marathon. Dahl has not won the NYC marathon. When Dahl wins a marathon major, or the Olympic trials in the mile because it’s his best event - then I will listen to him.
keep whining, earring boy.
Was that purely rhetorical, or do you not recognize LRCs greatest troll?
He's got nothing on Trollie Mcsockpuppet or Flagpole. They are the champs. You must be new.
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#6 finisher Xavier Smith has been moved up to his rightful fifth place spot.
You know why…….
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Course was altered this year due to bridge construction, and almost certainly short - everyone's watches got ~5.9 miles, and this altered version was seemingly not certified (at least that I can find searching online)
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Race Official wrote:
Notice: This result does not count. You know why........
Because the course is not Rupp certified? The LRC old heads should be laughing pretty hard at this one.
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CoachB wrote:
Race Official wrote:
Notice: This result does not count. You know why........
Because the course is not Rupp certified? The LRC old heads should be laughing pretty hard at this one.
Nope. That's not the reason why....
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Asking for a friend wrote:
Name one runner that improved after working with Salazar???
mo Farrah declined
rupp declined
clayton Murphy declined
sifan slowly declined
engels, rowbury… I can go on and on
whatever they were doing was either illegal innovative or borderline illegal
SIFAN GOT BETTER YOU DIPSHI!T.
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Asking for a friend wrote:
Name one runner that improved after working with Salazar???
mo Farrah declined
rupp declined
clayton Murphy declined
sifan slowly declined
engels, rowbury… I can go on and on
whatever they were doing was either illegal innovative or borderline illegal
Beyond how dumb this is and wrong you are, Cam Levins. How many 2:05 marathons has he run while a member of the NOP?
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Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
Asking for a friend wrote:
Name one runner that improved after working with Salazar???
Cam Levins.
No. Literally all his PRs are under Salazar. Except the marathon, which he hadn't run yet under Salazar, so doesn't really count as improvement.
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Hoey Pharms wrote:
5th - 27:59 at Wharf to Wharf. Santa Cruz to Capitola.
Results - Wharf to Wharf Race 2025 — Race Roster — Registration, Marketing, FundraisingWinner 27:04. Artur Medveds, 25 years young, international Latvian runner, 7:49, 13:43, 28:19.
Artūrs Niklāvs MEDVEDS | Profile | World AthleticsIf you check his WA profile, his improvement from 4:14.00/1500 (2017) to 28:19.49 (2025) is phenomenal.
Btw, most people have no knowledge about the tiny country of Latvia, a former Soviet state, neighbor with Lithuania, Estonia etc
Going by this I'm guessing Rupp is in 29:00/1:03:00/2:12:00 possible shape at different distances.
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