Rupp's Race Proved NOTHING

LM wrote:

Eddie Monster wrote:

Almost 3 years later and Jesse looks as if he had a crystal ball.

Are we reading the same post?

Rupp is running much better than he was in 2011.

...If by much better you mean a few seconds or so faster in the 5k, yeah. I agree. But in all reality this guy was surprisingly on par.

This is one of the few long bumps I've been pleasantly surprised with. Good work, Eddie.

jesse was a friend wrote:

Rupp has now run 5 seconds faster at 5000 than his coach did 29 years ago. Rupp has gone from 13:37 in 2004 to 13:06 today. This is a nice steady improvement. Rupp is likely in close to 13 flat shape. Rupp is much closer to his ceiling than the fanboys suspect. They never suspected it with Alan Webb in 2007 either. Rupp will likely never run much better than he is running in 2011. This is the way it is, and the morons will accuse me of being a hater.

This dude was pure genius. Haha.

Too lazy to look through the whole thread. Did "jesse was a friend" give Rupp his post-London props?

jesse was a friend wrote:

I don't hate Rupp. IF Rupp wins a medal at Daegu or London, I'll be the first to assert that this is a stupendous achievement. It is not likely to happen...

showmeshsa wrote:

Too lazy to look through the whole thread. Did "jesse was a friend" give Rupp his post-London props?

jesse was a friend wrote:

I don't hate Rupp. IF Rupp wins a medal at Daegu or London, I'll be the first to assert that this is a stupendous achievement. It is not likely to happen...

Props, for what? Rupp did not win a medal of any kind for the 5k; the focus of this thread.

Ventolin said Rupp could run 12:45.