Galen Rupp is FASTER than Mo Farah.

Go Galen!!! wrote:

GALEN vs. MO….

Mile- 3:52.11 vs. 3:56.49

Mile (indoor)- 3:50.92 vs. 3:57.92

3,000m (indoor)- 7:30.16 vs. 7:34.47

5,000m (indoor)- 13:01.26 vs. 13:09.16

10,000m- 26:44.36 vs. 26:46.57

The 10k hurts the most. Sorry Mo, you should’ve taken at least a couple of time trials seriously when you were at your peak. Pulling for Galen in Chicago!!!

Lol, I am indifferent between the two but I love how you casually leave out 1500m, 5000m outdoors, 2 miles, and the marathon. C'MON MAN!

Not to mention half marathon! C'MON MAN!

Mo also ran 1.48 for 800 when he was 19.

troll_69 wrote:

Go Galen!!! wrote:

GALEN vs. MO….

Mile- 3:52.11 vs. 3:56.49

Mile (indoor)- 3:50.92 vs. 3:57.92

3,000m (indoor)- 7:30.16 vs. 7:34.47

5,000m (indoor)- 13:01.26 vs. 13:09.16

10,000m- 26:44.36 vs. 26:46.57

The 10k hurts the most. Sorry Mo, you should’ve taken at least a couple of time trials seriously when you were at your peak. Pulling for Galen in Chicago!!!

Lol, I am indifferent between the two but I love how you casually leave out 1500m, 5000m outdoors, 2 miles, and the marathon. C'MON MAN!

True, but Mo neglected to set strong PBs at the distances that mean the most— the ones I chose for this thread! Would he have been in the conversation for the GOAT if he has done a few all out time trials at his best distances? Who knows. All we can say for sure is that he was aaaaalmost as fast as his running buddy in at least five distances. He he ho ho ha ha!

Go Galen!!! wrote:

troll_69 wrote:

Lol, I am indifferent between the two but I love how you casually leave out 1500m, 5000m outdoors, 2 miles, and the marathon. C'MON MAN!

True, but Mo neglected to set strong PBs at the distances that mean the most— the ones I chose for this thread! Would he have been in the conversation for the GOAT if he has done a few all out time trials at his best distances? Who knows. All we can say for sure is that he was aaaaalmost as fast as his running buddy in at least five distances. He he ho ho ha ha!

So are you saying Galen underachieved?

I suppose you're right. 4 Olympic Gold medals and 6 World Championship Gold medals less than Sir SloMo.

Four Olympic golds and 6 world championship golds speak for themselves

Gold medals mean nothing. You only have to race 400m for that.

Galen Rupp is almost certainly less of a cheater than Mo, too. Greatest American distance runner of the 21st century so far.

skrrt wrote:

Four Olympic golds and 6 world championship golds speak for themselves

But what do they say?

They say American distance runners are underachievers.

Mohammed Farah is the 13th fastest 1500m man, all-time while training as a 5000m & 10000m man. I see you left 1500m comparison out of your chart. No doubt if Farah would have trained as a 1500m man, he would have been in the low to mid-3:27.xx range. Too bad Farah didn't trust his ability to kick against elite 1500m men of his era.

I think they are both pretty standup dudes; both will go down in American distance running history. I personally like Rupp for his indoor records (they were some of the first videos I saw on Flotrack) it looked like it took guts. Mo is cool since he is so calm and controlled staying in the back until he kicks away at the end. Some might say this is cowardly, but it is entertaining to watch.

Oh man, if only you had told him this ten years ago! If he'd have known, he would simply have run faster than Mo and won all the gold medals

Feel like Galen raced a ton more indoors & you're leaving out the obvious outdoor events plus medal count.

Yawn.

Too bad Farah didn't trust his ability to kick against elite 1500m men of his era.

Really this is kind of my point though. Mo was obviously the best of an era but he left out some things we really wanted/needed to see to put him unarguably shoulder to shoulder with the GOATs. Mainly really fast 5k/10k. His 1500m PB was crazy good for a 5k/10k man but that shouldn’t be his best PB. And having a slower 10k PB than his training partner who has no global golds? That’s just weird. So I’m just giving Mo a hard time while also giving props to Galen going into Chicago. One of the best Americans ever and I’m pulling for him in the Marathon!

C'MON MAN!

See Mohammed Farah wrote:

Mohammed Farah is the 13th fastest 1500m man, all-time while training as a 5000m & 10000m man. I see you left 1500m comparison out of your chart. No doubt if Farah would have trained as a 1500m man, he would have been in the low to mid-3:27.xx range. Too bad Farah didn't trust his ability to kick against elite 1500m men of his era.

Why would he have run low 3:27? Do you think that Farah was a better 1500m runner than either Jakob or Tim? Because that seems wrong to me. That Monaco 1500m that produced PRs from Kiprop, Farah, Makhloufi, Centro, etc. should not be seen as some performance that Mo could have ever surpassed again. Kiprop was busted soon after. Centro and Makh (1500 specialists) never touched those performances again. Arguably the most suspicious race in modern track history at the most suspicious venue in modern track history.

First, I do not want to play the game of stating Mohammed Farah would have or would not have beat this man or that man. All I can do is go by my personal experiences and my observations of competitors and teammates over the years. I know how strange it would have felt if someone asked me to race 1500m while I was training for 3 mile XC in hs and training for 5 mile XC in college. We know Farah raced 3:28.xx while training as a 5000m & 10000m man. No doubt Farah believed he could not kick with elite 1500m man so I am not going to predict Farah would have beaten elite 1500m men.

JumpsDoctor wrote:

Arguably the most suspicious race in modern track history at the most suspicious venue in modern track history.

He's a Briton. IAAF chief is a Briton. Guess which island gets a pass

Dude. You're pulling for Rupp in the marathon, and not even mentioning Farah's better PB in the marathon. Rupp had a few fast indoor two-miles, why didn't you include his American record? Hmm, let's see...ah. Because Farah's indoor two-mile PB is faster. What about their 5000m PBs? Rupp is 12:58. Farah couldn't possibly be faster could he...oh. Nope. He's at 12:53. And not to mention the 1500m of course. That's 3:28 to 3:34 in Mo's favour.

I would say 'stop being biased', but I would stand out like a sore thumb. These message boards are full of prideful Americans that always think they're right, but can't stand being wrong.

Bad Wigins wrote:

JumpsDoctor wrote:

Arguably the most suspicious race in modern track history at the most suspicious venue in modern track history.

He's a Briton. IAAF chief is a Briton. Guess which island gets a pass

Jamaica?