What would a healthy and fit Rupp had run at the Marathon Project? If guys who were 2:11 and 2:12 guys coming into the weekend ran 2:09 what could Rupp have run? 2:04?
What would a healthy and fit Rupp had run at the Marathon Project? If guys who were 2:11 and 2:12 guys coming into the weekend ran 2:09 what could Rupp have run? 2:04?
LOL @ "a fit Rupp". Rupp is literally the poster child for coasting on talent.
IG Farben wrote:
What would a healthy and fit Rupp had run at the Marathon Project? If guys who were 2:11 and 2:12 guys coming into the weekend ran 2:09 what could Rupp have run? 2:04?
Yes, 2:04
There's an unclaimed spot open at 2:01:40, I think Rupp more than qualifies.
2:05
But he would of needed to have his own pacers. I don’t think they could of found pacers for him. Also it would of likely caused those 2:09 to go too fast and blow up.
I think 2:07. Much like at the Oly Trials would hang with the field for 15-20 miles before cruising away late.
He'd probably run a 2:06:20, if he had his own pacers probably a low 2:05:00. The Chandler course was the same distance as Rupp's marathon in the Czech Republic, and both courses were flat. Most Americans don't get on a flat course for a marathon very often.
If it's so easy to run faster than 2:05:38 (The official U.S. AR) for him on that course, then why didn't he show up and do it? I imagine there's a pretty hefty bonus from Nike if he could break that American Record.
The answer is that it's no guarantee, running a fast time on the Chandler course is still a difficult task, people don't just show up and have a guaranteed PR, some evidence would be all of the people who were multiple minutes off of their PR over the weekend.
And an event like the marathon, where you only run one or two per year, it's easier to steadily run PR's every 6-12 months rather than going out and running a 100 meter PR every weekend year after year.
How much exogenous testosterone has he been using in this hypothetical?
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