Galen is a good analyst - who would have thought?

The best one on the broadcast.

Galen even being passable in a speaking role is a shock.

Galen actually being really good in a speaking role is utterly stunning.

Good for him. And good for us, if the networks are smart enough to use him more.

Good is an understatement. I was very impressed. Very good energy and insight. A breath of fresh air for sure.

How was Galen's chemistry with Des?

Also impressed.

He was a natural . Hope he wants to do more of this. Great addition and a way to see more of him and in a positive way

I've never had the impression that Galen is dumb, just that early in his career he was pretty shy of the spotlight. After being the premeir American distance runner for a decade and a half, it makes sense that he's started to get more comfortable when it comes to that.

Well, there's a first time for everything.

He was good announcing NXN last year too.

I did. Anyone that pays attention would have thought. It's losers that look to complain about everything didn’t think.

He should have been in the booth with Jon and Carrie instead of Barrios. That was downright embarrassing for ESPN to have him there.

I did too. He's had some good interviews post-Salazar where he's shown more of his personality. I don't think he's ever going to be the one to wax poetic about "thundering down the Brandenburg Gate" but what's great about him is that he easily puts himself in the place of the runners he's talking about without needing to be prompted much.

And he speaks of Tola and Yimir in the same ease as he would of any Western runner. There's no pause before names or saying he looks stronger "than the other one." [sorry, Barrios, you mean well] Rupp is really fluent with everyone's backstories.

I would REALLY enjoy Rupp as a distance commentator.

Although it can be a bit hard to know for sure because he keeps himself out of the public eye for the most part, from what I have seen he seems to really be a student of the sport and I’d be surprised if he doesn’t end up coaching or involved in track/distance at a high level even after retiring.

They did not interact because they were on the lead vehicles and not in the studio.

Rupp was excellent and will probably be in demand when his competitive days are behind him. However, I wonder if Kara has a deal with NBC that would effectively prevent Galen from getting an NBC gig.

So they avoided each other all day, go figures. Des still not on speaking terms with Galen.

His analysis is even Rupp certified.

This is a good take. Rupp may be the only guy out there for whom the top East Africans guys are not faceless and interchangeable.

He often had a lot of good, long interviews with Flotrack and runnerspace back in the day. Unfortunately, most of those are behind a paywall now. It wasn’t until 2016-ish where he started to keep to himself more.

He’s not into shallow social media posts. Nike fortunately doesn’t make him obligated to post them and I’m fine with that.