Galen is a quite good US distance runner, but unfortunately he is tainted by association with some shady characters, and then there is this weird phenomenon of crazy fanbois that love to make outrageous claims about his abilities... all of which contributes to threads about him degenerating rapidly. It's unfortunate, and not particularly interesting.
Galen Rupp wakes up in the morning after dreaming about himself all night, puts on his headset to listen to an audio recording featuring his own voice soothing him with a Repetitious Montra extolling his divine virtues, slips on free shoes manufactured by a maimed refugee child with Zika, embarks on his soft surface am run only to return to his palace for an early am dose followed by a nap. He wakes from his nap like all do, frazzled and disoriented, and in an attempt to clear his head he proceeds to the full length mirror (the 2 way nature of which is to him completley unknown and is a fact which is very pleasing to salatsar who occupies the transparent side of the mirror regularly)
To pleasure himself before his own reflection.
These are facts
Rupp sent out a message on instagram. That is not "issuing a statement".
Who do you think think he is, the Secretary of State.
Hypothermia???
I and several thousand other runners were out there running for over three hours, including FOUR HOURS OUTDOORS PRE-RACE, lining up for a bus at the finish area then sitting around in a school field before the start. (While Rupp was in his hotel room, private car and an indoor "VIP" start area.)
Even waiting half an hour in soaking clothes AFTER the race, I didn't have "hypothermia." That's after over seven hours outdoors.
As someone underwriting Rupp's appearance fees, I am disgusted he stepped off the course.
dpoppel wrote:
I want to like Rupp. Who else do we have right now for elite men marathoners? The thing about Rupp that I haven't been able to shake is that I remember a quote from Meb after a marathon they were both in (don't recall which one - maybe Olympic trials?) Meb said something like Rupp was running like it was a track race - elbowing for room & not showing respect to his fellow competitors. Someone correct me if I'm wrong & if they have the actual quote from Meb. Besides his performances, I've been looking to see something from him or his competitors that would shed a better light on him as a person, so I could have an easier time liking him.
That was Galen's first marathon, which showed his lack of road racing experience. I assure you, Galen was not trying to impede Meb in that race. Meb did not make too big of a deal out that because it really wasn't a big deal in that it had zero effect on Meb's race.
For the record, no one that really knows Galen has ever had anything negative to say about him.
that is simply pathetic wrote:
Hypothermia???
I and several thousand other runners were out there running for over three hours, including FOUR HOURS OUTDOORS PRE-RACE, lining up for a bus at the finish area then sitting around in a school field before the start. (While Rupp was in his hotel room, private car and an indoor "VIP" start area.)
Even waiting half an hour in soaking clothes AFTER the race, I didn't have "hypothermia." That's after over seven hours outdoors.
As someone underwriting Rupp's appearance fees, I am disgusted he stepped off the course.
Is there anything you can think of that might make you and the other penguins a little bit less susceptible to hypothermia than Rupp?
that is simply pathetic wrote:
Hypothermia???
I and several thousand other runners were out there running for over three hours, including FOUR HOURS OUTDOORS PRE-RACE, lining up for a bus at the finish area then sitting around in a school field before the start. (While Rupp was in his hotel room, private car and an indoor "VIP" start area.)
Even waiting half an hour in soaking clothes AFTER the race, I didn't have "hypothermia." That's after over seven hours outdoors.
As someone underwriting Rupp's appearance fees, I am disgusted he stepped off the course.
Yeah, but you have all that extra mass on you to keep you warm. Galen and the other elites are extremely lean.
this is one of the most idiotic and inane LRC threads I've seen in my 10+ years. No comment beyond that...
yeah-pathetic-3 days later a canned statement on the 'net-at least Flanagan had the class to speak to reporters after the run though obviously it was not her day either....
Dickyfhjp wrote:
Five is the magic number wrote:
And if it had come 72 hours ago then you would have complained that he was trying to stealing the winners' thunder, butting in on their moment, to enforce his evil Nike agenda. There's just no pleasing people like you.
So. Just. Shut. Up.
When you tell me to shut up, it has the opposite effect. I perhaps now feel the need to inform you why the contempt exists for Galen. Galen is a supreme narcissist, as is Alberto. They are thoroughly unlikeable people who are only in it for themselves. Like Lance they will cheat and strategize in a thoroughly Machiavellian manner, moreso Alberto than Galen but Galen gets no free pass anymore, which he may have gotten as a teenager. When you make a deal with the devil, you see what happens. They are public figures and they have cheated to attain glory. I applaud them for having gotten away with it. Congrats. However, this type of character cannot accept adversity. That is why they cheat in the first place.
You are just making yourself look more and more sad and pathetic, but I won't tell you to stop... I'll just make more popcorn.
All I know is Mike Rossi can run a faster Boston than Rupp
Dickyfhjp wrote:
Gee whiz wrote:
For crying out loud. It’s a perfectly gracious, timely, and succinct statement, yet you people are tearing him apart over it. I think some of you are actually psychotic.
Idiot. It sounded phony and it came 72 hours too late. What the hell is wrong with Galen? If he were a teenager I could understand, but seriously, Galen cannot deal with it when things do not go his way. He is exceedingly immature. Sone if this is no doubt due to the fact that he, like Lance, cheated to succeed and they both have such poor character.
All of you jock sniffers should just relax, the world does not care only few sniffers on this site that like to complain.
Most of DNF elites did not issue statements for the obvious, not needed, bad day.
Reporters that asked Nike PR got what they needed on Galen,which was nothing.
The story was Yuki and Desi, far bigger than any of expected elites as we have seen in global press and news story. I didn't hear a single byline asking about Galen.
His v@g is still sore... what a weakling. Should not have bothered to make any statement.
It would be a dream come true for the majority if Rupp were shamed from the sport along with his pedophile coach
belial wrote:
I don't know why Rupp congratulated the winners -- Desi has been poisoning the well against him and other runners and never congratulates him on any of his historic performances. Reciprocation is required for any good-faith interaction, so Rupp made a mistake here. He should have said nothing -- which is still more gracious than his haters since they typically cast aspersions instead. Same for Hasay. They need to stay in their lane and pay their attackers no mind.
Couldn't agree more, there is way too much aspersions casting going on, it's like an aspersions free-for-all, heaps of aspersions everywhere.
May I ask, are we savages? Godless bug- eyed superstitious primitives that we need to undermine an one in order to reassure ourselves? We must not forget that these aspersions we're casting are not harmless words, that they hit the aspertively inflicted victims like literal bricks.
Trollminator wrote:
His v@g is still sore... what a weakling. Should not have bothered to make any statement.
If he had a v@g, he would have finished the race.
Also, I found some live footage of Rupp and Salazar post race:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHS_ntIvY4M1. He tried something that he was almost capable of. I don't see it as arrogant at all as much as raising the bar. 2. Finals week in winter quarter at UCSB, Freshman year in 1993. Complex situation. I had 3 science finals and a paper that week and it just so happened that during the week before, mice traps were placed in our rooms because mice were getting in our dorms at San Rafael Hall through the ivy. I was essentially up 3 straight nights with studying and inherent fright about the possibility of mice in the room If you want to consider chocolate covered espresso beans and coca cola as substance abuse, go ahead. I did not need Adderall, Uptime, No-doz and Red Bull or Nitro had not been invented yet. By using me in an example and being wrong in your assessment of my metabolism or stamina, you have also shown how people can be erroneous about Rupp. One more point in Rupp's favor.
Squelchmcray wrote:
Stoppit Smith wrote:
Look, we all have our suspicions about Nike Oregon Project. Many gather that Alberto Salazar has rubbed them the wrong way. But Rupp is Rupp. We label him for his failures but the fact that he even TRIED a triple in the Olympics involving a marathon, as well, is nothing short of amazing.
Mike
Nice try Michael.
The fact that he tried a triple involving a marathon shows an incredible amount of arrogance.
Have you ever tried to stay awake three consecutive days without sleeping unassisted by substance? You probably haven't, in fact you wouldn't even consider an attempt, and if you did, yo would struggle most likely unsuccessfully.
Take the same scenario: 3 days no sleep but you can use Aderol. Not only would the aderol assist you physically, but it would give you the confidence to attempt something so absurd without thinking twice
But then that leads me to question the soundness of YOUR judgment. Did you do that with adderall?
If you did, then judging Rupp makes no sense for you.
MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
As I've said numerous times on these boards, nothing Rupp does will please the haters.
If we wins a race, the haters will claim the field wasn't deep and/or the time was "slow"
If he doesn't win, well, he can't run fast and/or against competition
He finishes Boston on a horrific day weather-wise..feeling like crap/hypothermic and death slogs it to the finish.. places 10th and he gets killed on the boards
He drops out of Boston(of which all elites do) and he's not mentally tough and gets killed on the boards
Hell, I firmly believe that if Rupp won London this year, against this field AND set the WR, the haters would STILL have something bad to say.
Just stop.
+1 Great Post.
Banana Bread wrote:
I bet Bekele is at home now, literally laughing at this thread.
Yeah right, Bekele has nothing better to do...sure, umhu.