Rupp is running boston, scared of running a real marathon

As much as I would have liked to see Rupp test himself in a fast marathon, running Boston makes sense and is what I predicted. When you live in a country with 3 of the largest marathons, why leave. The same thing for the Brits and Japanese, their home marathon is always the priority. Btw, Boston is arguably the most prestigious marathon in the world...it is certainly a real marathon.

Gotta bee wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

and he doesn’t seem to do much for sport or other American runners as a whole, except serve as someone to beat for the other Americans.

lmfao, Rupp the REASON American distance running is any good these days, if it wasn't for Rupp we'd be nothing still just participating. Rupp has inspired and motivated so many people here to run and compete with the Africans, and it wouldn't have happened without him, just deal with it

You’re getting Rupp mixed up with Bob Kennedy, Deena Kastor, Shalane, Kara, Webb, Ritz, Hall, Solinsky, and Teg. They all competed with the Africans before Rupp left university. I can understand your mistake, though, because they all are white.

I’m dealing with it all quite well, thank you.

ruppboston wrote:

C'mon get over seas and test yourself.

https://twitter.com/jhboston26/status/940246281741635584

As long as Salazar has his say, there is zero chance Rupp will run at a fast Euro marathon. Salazar himself was The Man until he went to Rotterdam early in 1983 ...

vivalarepublica wrote:

Gotta bee wrote:

lmfao, Rupp the REASON American distance running is any good these days, if it wasn't for Rupp we'd be nothing still just participating. Rupp has inspired and motivated so many people here to run and compete with the Africans, and it wouldn't have happened without him, just deal with it

You’re getting Rupp mixed up with Bob Kennedy, Deena Kastor, Shalane, Kara, Webb, Ritz, Hall, Solinsky, and Teg. They all competed with the Africans before Rupp left university. I can understand your mistake, though, because they all are white.

I’m dealing with it all quite well, thank you.

How many Olympic medals do all of them have combined?

Beautiful Day wrote:

ruppboston wrote:

C'mon get over seas and test yourself.

https://twitter.com/jhboston26/status/940246281741635584

As long as Salazar has his say, there is zero chance Rupp will run at a fast Euro marathon. Salazar himself was The Man until he went to Rotterdam early in 1983 ...

https://youtu.be/WQiOhfpMsac?t=638

Salazar looked HORRIBLE in that race. Soon enough Rupp will get humbled just the same I can hardly wait.

macdaddy wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

You’re getting Rupp mixed up with Bob Kennedy, Deena Kastor, Shalane, Kara, Webb, Ritz, Hall, Solinsky, and Teg. They all competed with the Africans before Rupp left university. I can understand your mistake, though, because they all are white.

I’m dealing with it all quite well, thank you.

How many Olympic medals do all of them have combined?

Just to play devil's advocate, I am pretty closely connected to the high school XC scene in MA and there is absolutely no talk about Galen Rupp ever. Kids used to be obsessed with Ryan Hall. There is some talk about Abbey D'Agostino and Shalane but that is mostly because both of them are from the same part of MA. Galen Rupp and Ryan Hall are west coast guys, one clearly inspired kids on the opposite side of the country to run and the other, while internationally more successful, has inspired nothing. Not sure what the case is across the country.

This is the right choice, especially from a business perspective. Rupp will earn more money running Boston (appearance plus top finish) and will help his brand/notoriety (Americans don't care who won a European marathon). No one cares who got second or place in The London marathon.

Back in the early ‘80’s when Salazar was running 2:08-2:09’s I could only dream of being that fast, and I was a mid 2:20’s guy and a 30:24 10k guy. I always tried to figure how superhuman was to sustain close to 3:00 per kilometer for 42 kilometers. Give the kid a break, after all most of you here cannot even break 2:30.

2:09 is not bad, if so, I dare any of you couch potatoes , amateurs go and run 2:09.

Gotta bee wrote:

there's also berlin this year lol, he can go for a fast time there later if he wants vs kipchoge, London isn't do or die and winning Boston would be great no matter what anyone says

I agree with you, winning Boston is very prestigious. I still think from a historical point of view, winning Boston and/or Fukuoka are at the top of the list. All other Marathons have evolved as a result of these races.

The speed courses like London, Berlin, Rotterdam and Chicago have become prestigious of late because of the top runners being there and producing very fast times.

Donyiyo wrote:

Back in the early ‘80’s when Salazar was running 2:08-2:09’s I could only dream of being that fast, and I was a mid 2:20’s guy and a 30:24 10k guy. I always tried to figure how superhuman was to sustain close to 3:00 per kilometer for 42 kilometers. Give the kid a break, after all most of you here cannot even break 2:30.

2:09 is not bad, if so, I dare any of you couch potatoes , amateurs go and run 2:09.

That is not the issue here. Rupp is a great runner, nobody disputes that. However, he has the potential ability to run 2:05-2:06 and the window of opportunity will close quickly. Father time is undefeated.

Who knows, maybe he cares zero about running a really fast Marathon. Maybe winning and making as much money as he can to support his family after his running days are over are what drives him.

But as another poster stated, if he was a real gamer he would want to race Kipchoge and the big boys while he is in his prime.

Uhh, ever heard of Rupp racing Kipchoge in the Olympics? I'm actually a Rupp fan, but he's not gonna beat Kipchoge at the marathon. And I think he has a 2:05 or so in him on an ideal course with pacers.

broken arrow wrote:

Rupp is at his peak now and giving up the chance to race Kipchoge who is the very best and would give him a great chance to run fast. Perhaps not to win the race, but that is not entirely out of the question, also the drama to race his former training partner, Farah would be interesting as well.

Running Boston if the weather is perfect, temperature wise can produce a fast time (given that there is not a substantial tail wind). But Boston weather is very fickle in April and the runners are always at the mercy of the weather. Whereas London almost always has great running conditions.

Perplexed why is not going for it in a non Olympic/World Championship year?

he'll probably focus on WHM

two quick thoughts that relate to all this:

1) I don't think he has any grand ambition to be as popular as Shalane, Hall, Kipchoge, etc. If he had been, he'd have used his ample opportunities to milk his successes in three PR department. He seems pretty comfortable with his current level of fame

2) People seem to forget he already HAS raced Kipchoge at the marathon, namely in Rio. I do, however, wonder what his takeaway was from that -- that he got handily beaten by the world's best and is of inferior stock when it comes to the marathon? Or that he held tough for very long and managed a great 3rd place just days after a 10,000 meters (and thus, maybe is closer to Kipchoge than the Rio results might indicate)?

FWIE, I recall that, after Chicago, he did say that he looked up to Kipchoge and respected and learned from his mental approach.

this is the problem with you LRers

FL vs NXN......is like boston vs london/berlin

LRers' say "but but but boston has the history, so what its slow blah blah blah"

but then for FL....."the course is slow and even though the history is there, the prestige is def at NXN now"

just like someone said about the two, FL is baby nationals now, and boston is baby marathon. rupp might get some fan fare for it, but it will die out prestige wise soon enough just like FL. berlin and london will be the big ones the world cares about, and rupps 2:09 will be just what it is....SLOW

vivalarepublica wrote:

Gotta bee wrote:

lmfao, Rupp the REASON American distance running is any good these days, if it wasn't for Rupp we'd be nothing still just participating. Rupp has inspired and motivated so many people here to run and compete with the Africans, and it wouldn't have happened without him, just deal with it

You’re getting Rupp mixed up with Bob Kennedy, Deena Kastor, Shalane, Kara, Webb, Ritz, Hall, Solinsky, and Teg. They all competed with the Africans before Rupp left university. I can understand your mistake, though, because they all are white.

I’m dealing with it all quite well, thank you.

no sorry, kids these days don't even know who bod kennedy was fro one, bringing women in also shows how blind you are because how many guys aspire to be like female runner?(no I'm not saying women are lesser just the facts), and how many Olympic medals does webb, ritz, hall, teg and solinsky have? or major marathon medals?

It's been 4 pages already and nobody has stated the obvious:

Rupp is currently tied for the points lead in the WMM Series XI prize money ($250k for first).

He's tied with Daniel Wanjiru, Geoffrey Kirui, and Eliud Kipchoge. If Rupp wins Boston, he's virtually guaranteed to at least tie for first in WMM, if not win it outright.

https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/news-media/latest-news/abbottwmm-expands-prize-structure-introduces-charity-program/

It makes sense to go for the Boston and WMM win this year and move on to chasing times in 2018, then use 2019 to practice tactics/set up for the 2020 Olympics where he should be aiming for gold in the marathon. Then after 2020 (when he will be 34), he can chase times or go for the WR or whatever would satisfy all the crybabies at letsrun.

Kipchoge is 33, Mo is 34, and Bekele is 35. Are they past their primes? Rupp is 31. Why does everyone think the "window for fast times" is closing on Galen but everyone creams their pants about a potential WR whenever Mo, Bekele, or Kipchoge run?

Great points. Olympics 2020 seems like the long term goal. WMM bonus would be nice as well.

Now you can see the Boston Marathon Documentary at home. We’ve made a deal with Lionsgate for distribution in 96 countries for downloading and after Dec 19th, streaming. The film can be downloaded on iTunes, Amazon GooglePlay, Xbox FandangoNow, Playstation, and Vudul. After you watch it you will understand why runners want to run Boston.

Tom

ps, there is no truth to the rumor that the IAAF will ban this movie in Boston by declaring it a performance enhancing film. None whatsoever, so don't worry. It is OK to watch.

The American public, and most of the American media, doesn't care who wins in London