Les wrote:
As the top American marathoners they will make far more running U.S. marathons than abroad. Internationally, they are not players and would have gotten very little in appearance fees to run Valencia. There's a reason that outside of Olympics, Galen Rupp has only run U.S. marathons. As top American, Chicago would pay him a lot to run. Top American means nothing outside the U.S.
Rupp’s 2:06 PR was in Prague.