My extremely incredibly uninformed wild guess is that he doesn't work with a new coach (at least in a permanent sense, still take advice from coaches and hear their two cents) up to the rest of his racing year in 2020, retire afterward. Depart without saying anything.
rupp is good for 203 marathon, right from the get go.
205 is like his average good day.
so if he goes in a major marathon and no one shows up, he can win.
or if the top 3 guys, by fluke don't bring their A game, he can win.
but the 10k, you have to be in 2640 shape at least and close with a 53, which is a tall task,
and still no guarantee of a medal.
basically Rupp, can get the AR and maybe a bronze in the OG.
same as last OG.
you do understand that Rupp ran with Kipchoge nearly all the way in the last OG.
of course you forgot.
this speaks no doubt of 203 ability.
duh.
Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_
1st, gold medalist(s) Eliud Kipchoge Kenya 2:08:44
2nd, silver medalist(s) Feyisa Lilesa Ethiopia 2:09:54
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Galen Rupp United States 2:10:05
longjack wrote:
rupp is good for 203 marathon, right from the get go.
205 is like his average good day.
so if he goes in a major marathon and no one shows up, he can win.
or if the top 3 guys, by fluke don't bring their A game, he can win.
but the 10k, you have to be in 2640 shape at least and close with a 53, which is a tall task,
and still no guarantee of a medal.
basically Rupp, can get the AR and maybe a bronze in the OG.
same as last OG.
you do understand that Rupp ran with Kipchoge nearly all the way in the last OG.
of course you forgot.
this speaks no doubt of 203 ability.
duh.
Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_
1st, gold medalist(s) Eliud Kipchoge Kenya 2:08:44
2nd, silver medalist(s) Feyisa Lilesa Ethiopia 2:09:54
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Galen Rupp United States 2:10:05
and there is a scenario, that if Rupp, perhaps had not run the 10k or had more gas on the day,
could have covered Kipchoge till it was too late, unleashing a finish that he could not match, however better he would have been.
that dear sir's and madame's is why rupp is running the marathon.
and rupp will be coached by Al Sal, through a second party coach who knows the system, this coach "socializes" with Sal. to get the nuances right.
and no you can't police that.
Supertramp wrote:
No way he doesn't get coached by Salazar still. When have the rules stopped them before?
Salazar is Rupp's "advisor" now, not coach.
theRanMan wrote:
When you say a 'number of near-elites' I recon you include me in that pool.
Btw, no merican can beat him at 42k either.
I reckon no American better than near-elite at marathon, including Rupp.
I gave him my crowdsourced 2 cents already, he has the fastest 10,000m time in the world since 2014, that's his event. He was elite at that.
We know NOP had minions who would stalk these forums. We should assume Rupp has at least one loyal minion left who will read this stuff and maybe pass along all the advice they see on it.
Bad Wigins wrote:
I will coach Rupp. He could also be crowd-coached by every poster here. Worst case he could enter the tutelage of Inferior Coach JS, who has given stock advice to a number of near-elites of Rupp's caliber.
First bit of advice I have: give up the marathon, you're never gonna win at anything but B-level US races and olympics. You were doing great on the track, and there's probably still no American who can beat you at 10,000.
I'd loved to see him coached by JS!
He looks to be able to spin on runners who stagnate.
Of course it's not magic which is usually his trademark, but I have to admit that it actually looks magical.
I hope Rupp can pull it together for the trials and run a good race. Time for Rupp to get out of Oregon all together and put that in the past. Move to Belgium and get coached by Jos Herman!
Hermens?? LoL Another suspect….
Stopme99 wrote:
I've tried to find information on who is in charge of his training. I know he's talked to Julian as mentioned in one of his interviews. He also indicated that he's talked to Al Sal in a non-running format.
With the trials only a couple months away, I wonder who he will go with?
Galen is getting a bible delivered to his house each morning that has a hollowed out portion containing a note outlining the days training plan and a bottle of Androgel. He has no idea who is sending this but follows it religiously.
Bad Wigins wrote:
I will coach Rupp. He could also be crowd-coached by every poster here. Worst case he could enter the tutelage of Inferior Coach JS, who has given stock advice to a number of near-elites of Rupp's caliber.
First bit of advice I have: give up the marathon, you're never gonna win at anything but B-level US races and olympics. You were doing great on the track, and there's probably still no American who can beat you at 10,000.
Only two coaches in this running world can coach Rupp sub 2:03 , Renato Canova and Jan Stensson ( coach js ) !
Who?
