Walmsley vs Rupp ***SHOTS FIRED***

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I am Sam wrote:

ref nib 1 wrote:

Can anyone translate into English what this guy is trying to say?

Why don't you ask 'this guy' himself?

Despite you either being the same troll, or just as stupid let me dumb it down for you anyway.

Esoteric .....an English adjective "not understood or known by many"

Walmsely is planning to run at Comrades, which has been held in South Africa since 1921, except for WWII years.

It is the largest Ultra in the world, with 24,000 in yr 2000.

South Africa has the highest participation rate of active club registered road runners, in particular marathoners.

It has the highest attendance at a Park Run in the world

Park Run was founded by South African expats in London

Comrades is anything but 'esoteric'.

However, calling your baseball games "world series' does not make it world wide

Don't worry, thank me later

Ultras are for hobby joggers. If you call yourself an athlete of any kind, I’d hate to have to change the “light pole to light pole” race we grew up with “let’s race 100 miles”.

Ultra is a sport that essentially gets 0 talent. Walmsley had a great day this weekend and still got cooked. Walmsley, the world’s best, is probably not in the top 1000 marathoners in the world,

This is the sole reason why no one cares about ultra. It’s a hobby, not a sport.

John Macardle wrote:

Western States isn't running.

That's right.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

This clown sounds like the President.

"He's not a great guy. Nobody likes him. He's got a lot of great traits and he does amazing, really great things. But he's not a great guy and nobody likes him."

Well said.

What will all of the Walmsley supporters say when he doesn’t win or do well at Comrades?!

They are a bunch good at justifying disappointment, that’s for certain.

round and round wrote:

What will all of the Walmsley supporters say when he doesn’t win or do well at Comrades?!

They are a bunch good at justifying disappointment, that’s for certain.

What will I say?

Same thing I always say about all professional athletes when things don't go their way: "Well, it was still a hell of a lot better than I can do"

ThreadKiller wrote:

zoomx83 wrote:

Welcome to earth.

No one cares about Walmsley. He runs in an event no one cares about.

He finished over a mile behind Rupp He doesn't get to fire shots. When he can run within 2 minutes, or be with Rupp in sight of the finish line he can talk.

Rupp's PR puts him over a mile behind the WR, and other Americans are hoping to be fast enough to be two miles back.

See how that works?

It absolutely works, Rupp would not be caught criticizing a far superior runner especially if he'd just got humiliated in a race. Check what Rupp said when he finished off the podium in Chicago, something along the lines of "I did my best and they were still better". That's how you take defeat. I don't even like Rupp at all, but after you've talked a big game like Walmsley did and you got absolutely destroyed you should keep your mouth shut. He got plenty of undeserved air time in the lead up to the trials, he didn't need any more of it. He really thought he had a shot to win last year and then ancient Abdi came and dusted him. In fact Jim was so far behind there was no dust left for him to eat.

try getting out of your mothers basement and see the world wrote:

Gen a fir wrote:

It's highly likely that Rupp doesn't know who Jim Walmsley is, so I doubt that this passive-aggressive nonsense will even register.

Why do people keep saying Rupp doesn’t know who Walmsley is? Why wouldn’t Rupp know who won WS100 the last two years? Does Rupp live under a rock?

I wouldn't know who Walmsley was if I didn't follow LetsRun. I'm sure Rupp doesn't follow LetsRun.

After you make a post showing that you are dumb enough to think that someone ran 2.2 extra MILES in a marathon by not running the tangents then you should keep YOUR mouth shut.

Classless statement by Walmsley. All he needs is a trucker hat and high socks to complete the ultra douche look.

Frankly, rooting for for both of them, love this sh#%!

Walmsley displayed more honesty and authenticity in that statement than Rupp has in his entire career.

I agree 100% with what he said. Never been a fan of Rupp. His longtime coach was busted for doping, and so much shady stuff happened at NOP. Are we just supposed to sit here and pretend that all didn't happen now that Al Sal is out of the picture?

If it were getting a beer, or going for a run, I'd rather do both with Jim than Rupp. What the heck would Rupp even talk about? The ideal temperature of his backyard pool for aquajogging?

I could hardly sleep last night because I was wondering who you would prefer to have a beer with. I'm sure everybody else does too. Thanks for letting us know.

Now I think I'll watch my recorded Trials race again and watch Rupp win. Did you hear? He's going to the Olympics AGAIN! How many times is that for Rupp?

If you have a beer with Jimmy, ask him if he thinks he"ll ever make it to the Olympics. Thanks.

"Runners Like Him" The article and every fanboy tries to make his attempt about some hippie ultra guy breaking into the marathon instead of a 13:50 guy who graduated college in 2012 running 1:04/2:15 (totally achievable times for someone of that caliber with the proper training).

I am Sam wrote:

[quote]jobros wrote:

....an ultra that has been going for 100 years, that attracts over 20,000 competitors , including internationally know runners, in the country with the biggest road running participation on an official club registered level in world and on a fun run level the biggest Park Run attendances in world...

...is anything but esoteric

Well said. Americans, especially, seem to think that the world should revolve around them and their All Americans/Marine Corps or whatever, and that everything else doesn't matter. This guy and his narrow knowledge is a good example of that type of American.

This. Ultra is a joke. Stick to jogging, walmsley

Tell me something that is truly international that you americans are the biggest at....

World wars. Now sit down and be quite.

try getting out of your mothers basement and see the world wrote:

Gen a fir wrote:

It's highly likely that Rupp doesn't know who Jim Walmsley is, so I doubt that this passive-aggressive nonsense will even register.

Why do people keep saying Rupp doesn’t know who Walmsley is? Why wouldn’t Rupp know who won WS100 the last two years? Does Rupp live under a rock?

Not under a rock, but Rupp trains extremely hard, shows up and does his job at insanely consistent rate, then goes home to his family and lives his life. I'd be willing to bet he has no idea who Walmsley is.

runnerdave wrote:

I could hardly sleep last night because I was wondering who you would prefer to have a beer with. I'm sure everybody else does too. Thanks for letting us know.

Now I think I'll watch my recorded Trials race again and watch Rupp win. Did you hear? He's going to the Olympics AGAIN! How many times is that for Rupp?

If you have a beer with Jimmy, ask him if he thinks he"ll ever make it to the Olympics. Thanks.

Sorry, how many world records does Rupp have?

How many course records?

Rupp is a great runner. He's like a well engineered toaster oven. Does the job. Holds up well. Not that interesting to listen to. Doesn't inspire anybody to do anything. Just.. works.