Is Rupp growing younger?

i hear what you're sayin, but he sure as hell looks like he's 12

gaylen... missed the cut wrote:

Why is Rupp continually referred to as "youngster", "just a kid", etc. Isn't Rupp 20? Isn't Rupp a junior is college? Wasn't Rupp pro at one time?

If he was African, everyone would be claiming he was an age cheat, even with his relatively mediocre performances.

Rupp gets cut way too much slack.

We get it. You hate Rupp. Stop starting new threads.

gaylen... missed the cut wrote:

Why is Rupp continually referred to as "youngster", "just a kid", etc. Isn't Rupp 20? Isn't Rupp a junior is college? Wasn't Rupp pro at one time?

If he was African, everyone would be claiming he was an age cheat, even with his relatively mediocre performances.

Rupp gets cut way too much slack.

Hey, I guess we can't make fun of him for a bad performance, so lets shit on him this way. Last time I checked, not many American 20 year olds could run as fast as him, and he looks younger then he is, not like a pbag African who comes over, jumps on welfare, claim that theyre 19 when theyre really 29, and he's not on EPO. Douchebag.

exactly. shut the f*** up, hater. get a sack and go for a run yourself. i'm sure you were one of those crybabies saying how bad american distance runners are...well, you've got a fine stable of horses now...and this is how you talk about one of your promising up and comers? give me a break.

he is 21 and he was the youngest runner in the 10k last night

You pussies sound like the trailer trash who defend Paris Hilton.

How do you know Rupp doesn't use PED's, is it because he's your hero?

Lame.

Let me know when the king of hype breaks 26.45. Or wins something of note.

I'm sure you will.

some random 5k guy wrote:

he is 21 and he was the youngest runner in the 10k last night

OMG, only 21, he's just a pup! Merely a child!

Are you kidding me? He looks quite physically mature, with a very large frame for a runner. In fact, he looked older at 19 than I did at 22. Then again, I'm a skinny guy who took awhile to physically mature.

I get the impression based on the way he talks, his maneurisms (sp?) and his latest "gansta sign" exhibition that he secretly yearns to be a white rap or hip-hop star.

You think the "O" for Oregon he flashed was a "gangsta sign?" Geez, let the kid have some fun...

street cred wrote:

You think the "O" for Oregon he flashed was a "gangsta sign?" Geez, let the kid have some fun...

Just a kid tryin to have some fun. Just a little boy goofing around, nothing serious here.

Where gruppy is concerned, we'll keep the bar low.

gaylen... missed the cut wrote:Why is Rupp continually referred to as "youngster", "just a kid", etc.

Vern Troyer wrote: Just a little boy goofing around, nothing serious here.

Where gruppy is concerned, we'll keep the bar low.

Ha - GRupp the man-boy! Reminds me of:

Vern Troyer wrote:

You pussies sound like the trailer trash who defend Paris Hilton.

How do you know Rupp doesn't use PED's, is it because he's your hero?

Lame.

Let me know when the king of hype breaks 26.45. Or wins something of note.

I'm sure you will.

because so many americans have broken 27.........

he is excelling, stop hatin on him

wonderin wrote:

because so many americans have broken 27.........

he is excelling, stop hatin on him

Why the hell would you care whether or not I am a Rupp fan or not.

Sure Rupp is starting to excell, under the low bar set for American distance runners.

No matter how fast he runs, unless he gets a major personality overhaul, he will always be a kook.

I'm not going to tell you to stop your boy-hero lovefest either. I would hate to lose out on insecure weenie-boys to make fun of on letsrun.

gaylen... missed the cut wrote:

with his relatively mediocre performances.

Mediocre relative to what?

A fairly high percentage of people who are at the extreme end (either top or bottom) of an endeavor are going to be a little "out there."

why shit on a guy who just ran a solid race?

and why is being 21 not young? i'm pretty sure he's the fastest American at that age in the 10k ever...

legit. people posting this time of the day just to shit on someone who is mind body and soul better than they are is just pathetic.

don't want to jump on the 'jealous' boat, but there are few other explanations for why people rip on him so much. that, or his tan long legs make some of you closet homos uncomfortable :-p

Vern Troyer wrote:

No matter how fast he runs, unless he gets a major personality overhaul, he will always be a kook.

And anyone who pretends to know enough about a guy they've never met to accurately judge his personallity is a major dick.