shaggy da wrote:
What's funny is that most everyone actually believes that rupp ran this workout, I don't.
Rupp totally wussed out on running a short, flat, easy course, with virtually no competition. Realizing that the "too many ruts" excuse made him look like the giant pansy that he is, the brilliant AlSal fabricates this nonsense.
I hope rupp gets canned in the coming weeks, collegiate running will be far better off.
And you will still suck!
hold up
can we just talk about how Rupp missed a race and a chance to represent the team he is allegedly still a part of to run this race because AlSal didn't like the terrain???
Wheating ran!! and Wheating has twice the potential in track and field that Rupp has (and please don't mention the obvious that Rupp and Wheating run different events. I know..but Wheating still has better chances of overall success.)
this kid is babied big time. and by a personal coach. If i were his teammates i wouldn't stand for that
either go pro or be on the team. Fairweather teammates are no fun. you can't have it both ways.
Shaggy wrote:
i am confused...referencing the original article...are they 30-40's or 40-30's?
The are 30-40's. The article was confused.
yao mang wrote:
I'm a hater of the "Ballerness" persuasion, but holy eff that is an incredible workout. Maybe 10k AR this spring?
For the record:
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Post of the day!
I've never seen that picture before. Love it.
josie defodder wrote:
hold up
can we just talk about how Rupp missed a race and a chance to represent the team he is allegedly still a part of
The ironic thing is that he is on the team and you are not. So maybe it's time you get a life. A real one.
J.R. wrote:
The are 30-40's. The article was confused.
oh, that sounds even harder.
Pre's use of this workout is discussed in "Run With The Best."
maybe its time you stay off these message boards if you aren't into them.
so get a life. a real one.
lol wrote:
maybe its time you stay off these message boards if you aren't into them.
so get a life. a real one.
What are you talking about. I love this board. Just not you.
It's always been called the '40/30 Drill'. You start with a 40 sec 200m...
Not sure how Galen did his workout but Dellinger ALWAYS had us start with the slower 200m. That's how it should be done.
The U of O track is a piece of crap? The track used for the olympic track and field trials? Seriously? Are you high?
Oregon Duck charade? National champions? Suck it.
Get over it the jealousy son.
I am just your average runner. I have never claimed to be anything else. I run between 40 – 50 miles a week. A few weeks ago a ran a 34:21 10K. This summer I ran a 33:45 10K.
After reading this post, I went out today to try the 40/30 workout. I made it a solid two laps – I was dying on the third lap. My splits – 40.3/30.1/39.8/29.9/43.7/32.2
No matter your opinion of Rupp - 24 laps is a solid performance.
I am curious what other Letsrun posters can do (after actually running the workout)
Someone dig a few holes on the national course so Rupp can forgo competing.
GoDucks1 wrote:
The U of O track is a piece of crap? The track used for the olympic track and field trials? Seriously? Are you high?
Get over it the jealousy son.
I thought the same thing....wasn't sure if the guy was kidding or high
I travelled to the race to watch Galen and the defending champs run. We loaded up a bunch of guys from the local HS team and they were stoked!
They were pretty bummed when Galen was a no-show and the Ducks just cruised through the 4-miler...
The women ran hard and were the talk of the team.
The article in the Oregonian about Galen's workout and Salazar's decision to pull him from the race was embarrassing. The worst part was the fact that the article on the race itself was non-existent. The "big" news was Galen's workout. Shouldn't a race involving hundreds of athletes get more ink than one guy's workout?
I am a fan of Galen and the Duck's but this is rediculous.
Not high... just sarcastic.
Of course the U of O track is top notch... that's the hilarious thing - Rupp didn't work out at his world class University track, he worked out at the NIKE track instead (100+ miles away).
the U of Oregon XC team is not a charade. The idea that Rupp is part of the team IS. The kid is a great great runner... and a XC & Track mercenary.
Sarcasm often does not translate over the internet, so I will put it in a straightforward way:
If you don't think that this situation is ludicrous, ridiculous, and embarrassing - then you are living in your own Oregon-dream world.
OregonBummed wrote:
I travelled to the race to watch Galen and the defending champs run. We loaded up a bunch of guys from the local HS team and they were stoked!
They were pretty bummed when Galen was a no-show and the Ducks just cruised through the 4-miler...
The women ran hard and were the talk of the team.
The article in the Oregonian about Galen's workout and Salazar's decision to pull him from the race was embarrassing. The worst part was the fact that the article on the race itself was non-existent. The "big" news was Galen's workout. Shouldn't a race involving hundreds of athletes get more ink than one guy's workout?
I am a fan of Galen and the Duck's but this is rediculous.
From the way you talk about it: "...they were pretty bummed when Galen was a no-show and the Ducks just cruised through the 4-miler", it doesn't sound like it was that exciting or meaningful a race to write about. Wouldn't you agree? Your expression shows it. And obviously Rupp's workout is bigger news because that's what everyone is talking about and not the fact that great runners ran predictable times against mediocre competition in some inconsequential meet.
An above poster(on another page perhaps) considered the possibility of Rupp getting the 10k AR this spring/summer. In the spring of '07, Rupp ra 27:33, running the second 5k significantly faster than the first 5k of the race, so he probably could have ran somewhere in the mid 27:20's if he had paced himself better. Considering that was almost 18 months ago, I think it is a legitimate consideration to think that Rupp might be able to break the 10k AR in 2009. They said last year he ran 21 laps of 30-40's, and this year he's run 24 laps of the same workout.
i understand his decision not to run. the guy's been having problems with his foot, and his coach, being cautious (perhaps a bit over cautious i admit), decided not to risk it on the course. this really doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me though. everybody just gets pissed off because galen has fallen into an incredibly fortunate situation.
on that note, i'm really, i mean really, tired of hearing all these people say "WAAAAA he has an altitude tent", "WAAAA he has alberto", "WAAAAA he does things that pre didn't". please.
do you mean to tell me that if alberto salazar, former WR holder in the marathon, was your HS coach and told you, "hey, you can be the best at this" you wouldn't do what he told you to do? of course not. you high and mighties would say, "no. pre didnt do that." and btw, the rupps aren't rich. there was a really good article a year or so ago talking about the financial struggles his family goes through trying to make sure he gets to do the things he needs. now, obviously once he leaves uo this spring, all of those will go away, but in the meantime, his family is enduring a rough 5-year path. on top of all that, if you watch any of his interviews or ever get the chance to talk to him, you will find that he is one of the most sincere people in the sport. he's just a kid. a super-talented kid trying to be as good as he can at what he does.
I never heard of Pre skipping out on a big race because of concerns for injury...
just imagine how fast guys like solinsky, teg, curtis, would run with all the shit rupp has. they have none of that stuff. solinsky and teg are finally going to try to train at altitude soon i hear. rupp is more of a pro than the pros. that doesn't seem right. i wonder how goucher feel about being second fiddle to a college runner.
