GALEN RUPP SPEAKS!

No it isn't. Do you have a list of American born runners that are begin ignored because they are not of Western European ancestry? Just because you are racist, does not mean that most Americans are.

Dude be honest.

Any of those guys can match Galen Rupp at any distance. They all are far far away from Rupp greatnesses. Period.

I know the guy is not very likable, but let’s admit he is much more talented than any other American not called Bernard Lagat.

Well he won Prague marathon in 2:06 and the Rome Half in ~59:40, and I think those count as European ...

Oh Please wrote:

Well he won Prague marathon in 2:06 and the Rome Half in ~59:40, and I think those count as European ...

With Kipchoge on the decline we are likely to see Rupp medal again in Tokyo

wow so good job wrote:

team Unruly Bush wrote:

North American Born! These guys must read Letsrun.

However, it would surely matter a great deal if distance running had been utterly dominated by white North Americans for decades and suddenly a Kenyan was winning elite races.

That would be a VERY INSPIRATIONAL STORY about BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS and PROVING ANYONE (ANYONE!) CAN COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, no?

Sounds like youre mad, bro, that Galen Rupp is North American GOAT

Fake news. Rupp destroyed Tegenkampy at the US 10k champs and 10k olympic trials. You know, the race where everyone is trying desperately to beat Rupp. And they lost. And Tegenkampy was known to have a superior kick. And he still lost.

Ryan Hall is jealous that Rupp is better.

Lagat is laughing at you.

It's a really weird distinction to make "north american born." Its even a step weirder sounding than "american born."

This says a lot about so-called "North American" records -

"This includes the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for the World Athletics member federations Athletics Canada or USA Track & Field. All bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by a governing body."

Interesting that we also have an AR which is officially recognized and includes bests from athletes who compete for a member federation of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (A geographical area known as "North America").

I find it odd that they take intermediate times from the road, i.e., Ryan Hall's 30km split in the marathon and not on the track, i.e., Frerich's 2000m split from the her 9:00.85 3000m steeplechase which is listed on IAAF results yet is not noted alongside Garcia 6:14.66.

Standard Setter wrote:

I find it odd that they take intermediate times from the road, i.e., Ryan Hall's 30km split in the marathon and not on the track, i.e., Frerich's 2000m split from the her 9:00.85 3000m steeplechase which is listed on IAAF results yet is not noted alongside Garcia 6:14.66.

I think the barrier rules are different in a 2k steeple. They do take split times on the track if the rules are met - do you not remember Kejelcha going for both the indoor 1500m and mile records in the same race?

This is the year he needs to break the 1/2 or full American record. Maybe Nike will set up something for Galen. Obviously he is going to race something. Perhaps running Boston? They talked a lot about Boston in the interview.

Bullet_Proof wrote:

wow so good job wrote:

However, it would surely matter a great deal if distance running had been utterly dominated by white North Americans for decades and suddenly a Kenyan was winning elite races.

That would be a VERY INSPIRATIONAL STORY about BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS and PROVING ANYONE (ANYONE!) CAN COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, no?

Sounds like youre mad, bro, that Galen Rupp is North American GOAT

I'm not mad at all. Just find it lame that acknowledging a white guy performing well in a sport dominated by Africans gets side-eyed, whereas a black guys performing well in sports/positions dominated by white people (see: Tiger Woods, PK Subban, Freddy Adu, any black QB) get valorized for breaking barriers.

Related: Yao Ming, Jeremy Lin as Asians in black-dominated sport.

well maybe not since you used to dominate when there wasn't competition from enough countries and got strangled when they came up

but guys like boling, lemaitre and jakob get mad hype even before serious achievements, and it only intensifies when they get medals

combest is still well known for his 6.52 years later

wow so good job wrote:

Bullet_Proof wrote:

Sounds like youre mad, bro, that Galen Rupp is North American GOAT

I'm not mad at all. Just find it lame that acknowledging a white guy performing well in a sport dominated by Africans gets side-eyed, whereas a black guys performing well in sports/positions dominated by white people (see: Tiger Woods, PK Subban, Freddy Adu, any black QB) get valorized for breaking barriers.

Related: Yao Ming, Jeremy Lin as Asians in black-dominated sport.

your surprised that the media and sponsors are choosy about who they promote as a 'breaking barriers'?

Stop looking for logic and fairness in what happens around the world. You'll save yourself a lot of grief

whaa whaa big victim

Bad Wigins wrote:

Where was Ryan Hall born?

In a manger somewhere in the Middle East, allegedly.

Ryan Hall wasn't born at altitude as many believe, but in a Seattle suburb.

team Unruly Bush wrote:

North American Born! These guys must read Letsrun.

+1

& this is just some local run shop.

Rupp has a silver, a bronze, a 2:06 marathon, a WMM win. Maybe just lead with that? It's impressive no matter where he was born.

i like to run wrote:

old dude wrote:

+1

I’ll do you one better: WHY is Galen Rupp?

The White Guy. The annoying white guy who routinely drops all the "2:03-2:04 guys" when they race.