Seriously Rojo wrote:
Let's be real wrote:
People care about them, but no one gets attention (both positive and negative) like Galen.
Exactly. NO ONE moves the needle like Galen. If he retired tomorrow the sport would become insanely boring...
If Mike Rossi announced an attempt on sub-3:10, that would unleash the sh!tstorm.
If Rupp does not run Prague, does that make him a "cancelled Czech"?
So...........is he running this or not?
snow blow wrote:
So...........is he running this or not?
That's what the whole thread is about.
Crickets chirping in the background. Tumbleweed blowing
This isn't Gault's fault, or the fault of LR, or the fault of anyone other than Rupp, Salazar, and the NOP.
It's completely insane that a US athlete who is a multiple Olympic medal winner conducts himself in this manner. I can't actually think of any other sports personality who is as cryptic, and flaky, and just all-around weird as Rupp. If this incident stood alone, I wouldn't think this, but everything this guy does is just bizarre, especially when he's such a GREAT MARATHONER but is actually barely on the JV squad given how fast the rest of the world is running.
Please, someone, point at any other individual of this stature who behaves in this way. (And you can't have it both ways. If you say "it's just distance running, this is why we're a minor sport," then you admit that his medals aren't worth a whole lot.)
Director for the race wrote:
Please peoples. Hands Rupp not runs this race.
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johnnydj wrote:
If Rupp does not run Prague, does that make him a "cancelled Czech"?
No, I think he Czeched out.
This thread has a long way to go to get anywhere near the Rupp Hat thread though, that was a classic.
FFF wrote:
Please, someone, point at any other individual of this stature who behaves in this way. (And you can't have it both ways. If you say "it's just distance running, this is why we're a minor sport," then you admit that his medals aren't worth a whole lot.)
Kawhi Leonard was pronounced fit to play by the Spurs several weeks ago but refused to play without saying why.
FFF wrote:
This isn't Gault's fault, or the fault of LR, or the fault of anyone other than Rupp, Salazar, and the NOP.
It's completely insane that a US athlete who is a multiple Olympic medal winner conducts himself in this manner. I can't actually think of any other sports personality who is as cryptic, and flaky, and just all-around weird as Rupp. If this incident stood alone, I wouldn't think this, but everything this guy does is just bizarre, especially when he's such a GREAT MARATHONER but is actually barely on the JV squad given how fast the rest of the world is running.
Please, someone, point at any other individual of this stature who behaves in this way. (And you can't have it both ways. If you say "it's just distance running, this is why we're a minor sport," then you admit that his medals aren't worth a whole lot.)
Well surprise surprise, yout got yourself a first one. Maybe he doesn’t care about attention? Maybe he has other priorities than bother what people think about him? Maybe you expect every athlete to be cookie cutter attention seeking freaks and if they are not you get bothered because they don’t conform to your needs? Please!
If he's not running, maybe it's because they realized that it is tough to race a marathon after tapering for another, then getting back into training, and then going again before a second very short taper. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he got sick or injured from the process.
Also, no reason to hate Rupp for not running this. After all, he never announced that he was running it in the first place, and believe me, Salazar always wants to talk about him prior to his marathons.
zxcvxcvzx wrote:
Also, no reason to hate Rupp...
Hey fella, we'll have none of that talk here, go and wash your mouth out with disinfectant.
Colombiano wrote:
Galen and compadre Alberto showing another hard effort on being disliked even more. Pendejos.
Why should they need to tell you/us what their plans are? Substitute any other names for Rupp/Salazar, and there would generally (sort of, kind of...maybe) be an understanding that competitors have a right to play their cards close to the chest. Because it's the evil twosome, however, they are automatically maligned and held responsible for the bile that this LR thread has churned up, as if they've tried to ef with the LR gang.
It back on. Alberto Stretti says so.
i can confirm Rupp in Prague marathon.
“I’m excited to be running in Prague and thankful for another opportunity to race. I’ve done a lot of great training in the last few months and I’m looking forward to the race on May 6,” said Rupp.
http://www.albertostretti.org/2018/04/galen-rupp-to-run-in-volkswagen-prague.html?m=1
Maybe he will redeem himself after Boston and be a 2:09 guy again.
Did anyone of you thought that the reason why NOP was not making any statements it that they were actually waiting for the Abbott World Marathon Majors to approve Rupp entry in Prague?
It is very unusual for somebody to DNF a major just to hop into IAAF Gold Label Race (Prague Marathon) two weeks later. They needed an exception for Rupp and it was only granted this week.
This the truth.