Why is Galen Rupp so evasive on questions about his training?

Banned in 60 Seconds wrote:

Galen is socially awkward and doesn't have the ability to delete threads when the questioning gets tough for him?

Nice attempt. The truth is that Jonathan doesnt have any right to know.

inane wrote:

im tired of beating around the bush with these rupp questions. we all know why he's evasive with training questions, and with interviews in general. Matt Hart wrote a book about it in case anyone is interested. I am tired of the whole "nothing to see here" attitude around him just because you all want a hero to worship.

Ironic. Tired of beating around the bush, yet your post doesnt explicitly state why he is evasive with training questions. If you are tired of beating around the bush, then why not remain congruent and state what you mean?

Because he is coming back from a serious injury!

He knows that if he shared his training a bunch of letsrun idiots would start talking about BS Daniels VDot paces and tinman lactate intervals garbage.

This guy ran 13:37 in high school.

It’s like that scene in a goodwill hunting when will solves the equations easily and the professors say it can’t be correct. He goes on to say how easy it is for him and how hard it is to watch a bunch of desperate lesser-thans f*ck it all up.

There is literally no one in the history of USA distance running that can do everything Rupp has done- so why would he want to climb down to share his training with a bunch of plebeians only to see them flail around critiquing it and trying to relate it to the 4 mile tempo run they ran once when they were in 14:50 5k shape.

He’s smart. I appreciate how he handles himself.

Old news. Runners are egotistical and think giving insight into training would let our secrets when really it isn’t that complicated. Pricks like Rupp just think they are more important than they are

jamin wrote:

I was trying to see if there are any LetsRun interviews with Darya Klishina and I happened upon the following Galen Rupp interview.

Go to around 2:30 - 4:45, where Jonathan Gault is asking Galen about altitude training. No specific answers about anything; won't answer, even in broad terms, the question of what elevation he keeps his altitude-simulated house at. What's the deal?

https://youtu.be/twabF2bQqDE?t=148

There are no secrets in his training and I`m quite convinced it hasn`t changed drastically after Salazar.Some parts the same as in my DANCAN system but different how we handle the recovery between reps( and he has a kind of microcycles and I a linear system with "inbuilt periodization"). One part of A.S philosophy is the same also ; " The human body likes continuity, it responds well to repetitions. " Note what A.S tells about "toughness" in this article of his system. 100% recovery days is important now and then for real "toughness" ;

remember back in late 80's early 90's back page of runners world would have an elite interview with an example of a weeks training. I knew an elite female marathoner and her coach from a long run group, and he said that when they asked for her week of training he reduced it by about 25% because he was worried young people would try to copy it and overtrain.

wazzu1452 wrote:

He's a private person who just happens to be the best American born distance runner in history.

No gold medals. No world records.

Not the best.

Wow, this young Rupp interview is different:

* eye contact

* talks specifically about a workout he did the other day (1200, 800, 400 @ 2:57, 1:55, 0:53)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qed47Rb4hOM

wazzu1452 wrote:

In an era where all these runners have Instagram pages and post what they wear out and what they had for breakfast it's refreshing to have a guy who just refuses to play along.

He's a private person who just happens to be the best American born distance runner in history.

He does not like or trust the media. If you are not a left wing virtue signaling jacka$$ the media will destroy you.

Better to be evasive....

He isn’t refreshing, he’s boring.

He could be immensely marketable if he had a personality along with his track record.

Star wrote:He isn’t refreshing, he’s boring.

He could be immensely marketable if he had a personality along with his track record.

You might have stumbled on the answer. Dude's gotta save something for his memoirs if anyone's to buy them. Let's hope he also get a good ghostwriter.