STOP SAYING RUPP HAS NO RAW SPEED

Distance Maniac wrote:

In the clip, AlSal indicated the 8.4 equated to an 11.0 100. I beleive AlSal any day of the week.

Only if performed as a training time, from blocks, from a starters command. If started from standing using first movement or from a rolling or flying start, it could mean as much as 1 second slower than claimed.

And I doubt that USATF would consider Salazar to be an authority on sprinting comparable to what we saw in Level II.

How about if you just have him run a 100? Oregon fans might not like the result.

Well he works with Michael Johnson. That guy kind of knows what he's talking about.

OLE READ THIS READ THIS wrote:

STOP SAYING THAT RUPP IS FAST! HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM RACE AN 800?

yes he ran a 149 while at oregon you retard

rupp was my teammate back in high school. before track season, we would always go to the all comers meet and here are some of his sprint times

100m - 11.42s

200m - 22.65s

400m - 48.02s

Mr. Dumah wrote:

rupp was my teammate back in high school. before track season, we would always go to the all comers meet and here are some of his sprint times

100m - 11.42s

200m - 22.65s

400m - 48.02s

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Nutcase Coach d said: "Only if performed as a training time, from blocks, from a starters command. If started from standing using first movement or from a rolling or flying start, it could mean as much as 1 second slower than claimed."

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All I have to say is YOU are the most retarded poster on this board.

compared to most Africans, he does not look smooth. In fact

he looks heavy and inefficient.

ggg wrote:

compared to most Africans, he does not look smooth. In fact

he looks heavy and inefficient.

Top heavy too if I might add.

I like to cook

He's fast, get over it. It puts the lie to the idea that long distance runner = slow twitch. Any elite 10Ker is a much faster sprinter than average.

Coach d also said there are colleges that wouldn't recruit a 3:48 1500 guy out of high school. Yes, he is a genius.

Let's compare his speed by trying to put it into perspective considering his range:

800m: 1:49.87

1500m: 3:39.14

Mile: 3:57.72

3000m: 7:42.40i

5000m: 13:06.86

10000m: 26:48.00

HM: 60:30

For an athlete who never really focuses exclusively on the middle distances, except for doing time trials for the sake of seeing where his speed is at, I would say he's shown pretty good range. And all that by the time he was 25. Some of his best performances, including his best leg turnover, may have yet to come. So whether he's running 8.x for 75m or 1:49 for 800m or whatever, the speed he has developed and is continuing to develop seems to me to be above par for the average elite 10k/HM runner.

FDA warning: Consuming raw or undercooked speed may be harmful to your health.

he is slow compared to KB. Farah and the other Africans he is supposed to beat at London. Heck, his 1500m PR is 4 secs slower than Teg/Solinsky. But perhaps he can run faster now after his 26:48???

Just for anyone who would actually consider this to be true, Coe ran a 12.2 100m (along with a 25.1 and 56.5) when he was 14 (source: Martin and P-Coe's book).

Field Geezer wrote:

If Sebastian Coe couldn't break 12 out of blocks I don't see how Rupp could do 11.2!