Do upper echelon runners always have to look like elves?
Do upper echelon runners always have to look like elves?
You whiny bitches will complain about anything. Embarrassing.
Officialdb wrote:
Lmao. An elected official? He's a professional distance runner who said he only wanted to answer questions about the race. He even put up with Gault's continued harrassing questions. Galen is paid to race, he is at the race, he wants to talk about the race. You need to have your brain checked.
Best comment on this entire thread. I've been waiting all week for the judgmental LR posters to begin their idiotic comments. They may end up being correct when all is said and done, but right now they just can't wait for the process to sort out all the facts. And let's make sure we make a question dodging comment paralleled with President Drumph. Pathetic.
brighteyes wrote:
It is my firm opinion that Galen Rupp is twice the man, or human, of any of the virtue signaling pile on artists in this forum and on any other forum. Rupp minds his own business, and is a devoted Catholic, husband, and father. He is also arguably our greatest distance runner ever. Maybe he isn't but there is a colorable argument that he is. Therefore, he was bound to be ridiculed and scorned. It's an old, old story and way over the collective heads of the intellectually dishonest and emotional cowards who have sustained this ridiculous witch hunt. I am comforted to know that there is a silent majority of decent people who see this and those who have been carrying on the rumors, lies, and innuendo for years, for trash that it is and the whining cowards that they are.
He’s white, so according to Americans (aka self destructive self loathers) he is evil.
My comment of Rupp’s accomplishments meaning ZERO was deleted.’
This place eats donkey shyt.
Please, if you’re in Chicago on the course tomorrow, heckle this snake. If you can’t see the lies and deceit in his voice you are tone deaf.
Thank you Mr. Gault. Expose him more tomorrow.
Dear Dipshit wrote:
sp2 wrote:
Are you guys nuts? He was pretty awful. He looked incredibly uncomfortable and nervous. He came off like someone with a lot to hide, who's terrified that if he deviates for one second from his pre-scripted talking points, he's gonna horribly incriminate himself.
It was painful.
Jordan, OTOH, looked pretty relaxed and comfortable, and seemed fairly straightforward --though, yeah, she still didn't say too much either.
And your example (trying to say their answers are basically identical) is *ridiculous*. Were you paying any attention?
Did you seriously not notice the *gigantic* difference in the answers you're quoting? She says I haven't talked with him AT ALL, because I've been told that would be a very bad idea.
Rupp gives the horse-sh*t 'lawyerly' crap that "I've had no *sports-related* contact with him," --which is not only a pretty dishonest non-answer to the question, but also incredibly stupid, since it makes him look like he's going out of his way to both prevaricate AND suggest he's got plenty to hide, by immediately sliding into horse-sh*t 'lawyer-speak.'
That was a *terrible* performance, and probably a big hint that much worse is yet to come.
Can you imagine Galen under *oath*? Oy.
He runs for a living. He isn't a crisis manager, he doesn't have years of media training, and there is no reason to expect him to do so. Who gives a damn what this J. Gault (or you) thinks about his answers to his badgering questions. These journalism flunkies have a warped perception of their worth. They hold microphones and write words. And they're mostly retarded.
Yup. The NYT has shown us that real journalism is dead. And anyone who thinks the hackers at LRC are journalists is sadly mistaken.
In a world ruled by truth and logic you really couldn't.
In a world ruled by emotion and narratives you can do, say, and believe whatever you like.
hellonerth wrote:
qw wrote:
What didn't you like? He replied to all the questions including the stupid ones. What's wrong with you LRCers?
Anybody who is intelligent can see that Galen Rupp is being deceptive here. Sad to see this.
I'm not a fan of his but even I can see he answered really well. Only morans would make comments publicly on things that are before a court. My respect for him actually went up a point.
Lol so everyone complains that we're all racist here as we accuse all blacks and browns of doping but we also accuse all whites too. Phail much?
sanchobaile wrote:
The contrast with Jordan Hasay is stark. I was a fan of hers, and I still am.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWnxlyhcpIY
okay she speaks a lot better but why the fluck didn't you warn us against that butt crack??? I almost puked.
sanchobaile wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muNsPw9oLIIFans deserve better than these indignant, avoidant responses. He needs some help with crisis communications. This would never slide with an elected official, and while being a professional runner isn't the same as that, you do owe something to your fans if you want them to root for you through this scandal.
Bravo to Jonathan Gault and the other reporters for asking the questions and at least attempting to not let him get away with ducking.
Let me what you expected or wanted him to say at a press conference on the eve of a marathon?
Btw, I thought this was one of his best interviews -or at least a typical Rupp interview.
another perspective wrote:
He's been Test Subject #1 for dozens of "grey area" doping tests over the last 15+ years so of course those questions will be hard for him to answer. He's not a brash A-Hole like Lance Armstrong that will just get in your face and be a d-bag when answering doping questions. Due to his shy personality and all the micro-doping he's done during his career, it's going to be tough on him ever giving a comfortably rehearsed answer to those type questions going forward.
Winning post.
I don't know how you can watch this interview and remain a fan of Galen Rupp
Remain???
think much wrote:
NERunner053 wrote:
I dunno why people need to try to come up with some sort of defense for him. AlSal was just checking out how to get around doping regulations to not use it on his star pupil? Yeah, okay. & now he's in Chicago and he gets asked a tough questions & he goes straight into the talking point. He was clearly coached. This isn't an interview. Any question he doesn't like has a well-crafted response to it. He re-used a couple multiple times in a less than 10 minute span.
Let's get this correct, the regulation was created to police saline solution drips for hydration issues. Not any drug or "dope," and no "Dope" was tested, except your brain. An amino acid is a protein precursor, he was testing a recovery method he'd studied and got the minutiae of the amount of solution wrong. And there's a lot of minutiae in the WADA manuals.
No need to try to bring FACTS into the equation here. Remember who comments on these boards 99.99% of the time: former D1 runners and coaches who never made it (see Rojo & Wejo) - so now they trash and belittle any successful US Distance runner, particularly the most successful - Galen Rupp.
It's really sad. And really holding back the progression of the sport.
Just watched it. Nothing wrong with the interview. Ya he's not as charismatic as Hasay, but we knew that already. Did you expect him to become Mr. Personality all of sudden?
What I found remarkable about Hasay's interview is that she said she hasn't had any contact--personal or professional--with Salazar since the ruling because it wasn't clear what's permissible under USADA rules.
Hint: USADA can't dictate who you get to be friends with or associate with personally. And, if somehow they acquired this power, we would be morally required to rebel against it.
As far as Galen's interview... boring as usual. That doesn't alter the reality that he's one of America's most dominant (whether doped or not) distant runners.
As a spectator, I'd like more frankness, but he probably wants to remain non-committal.
Also, I really found Kipchoge's interviews distasteful. Maybe it's because English isn't hist native language, or maybe it's a cultural thing, or maybe it's just him, but the whole crap about #nolimits and the empty rhetoric surrounding it? Hard pass. It wasn't the moon landing, it's not a symbol for boundless human potential, it's a cool time trial that may demonstrate humans are slightly faster than what many may have believed yesterday.
Granted I only read page 1 wrote:
another perspective wrote:
He's been Test Subject #1 for dozens of "grey area" doping tests over the last 15+ years so of course those questions will be hard for him to answer. He's not a brash A-Hole like Lance Armstrong that will just get in your face and be a d-bag when answering doping questions. Due to his shy personality and all the micro-doping he's done during his career, it's going to be tough on him ever giving a comfortably rehearsed answer to those type questions going forward.
Winning post.
No. USADA said no. No evidence of actions requiring a sanction on Rupp. There is no such thing as a Grey area ,it is just stuff made up in your mind . If you want "Grey Area" , that would be NAZ Elite pretending 2018 Ban doper Chipangama wasn't part of the team. Even though Josh Cox said " Coach Rosario is going to Rio to coach him. Josh Cox owes the running community an apology.
The mods here suck donkey dick wrote:
My comment of Rupp’s accomplishments meaning ZERO was deleted.’
This place eats donkey shyt.
I was the one that tagged your post for deletion .