.....if he was brought through 'the system' as all other runners in this country are?.....if he wasn't 'discovered' by Al in high school (as a junior?)?
THIS IS NOT A 'BASH GALEN' THREAD; just a thought. A fellow runner and I were discussing this on our Sunday long run this morning.
So, what do you think? Would he be a sub 28:00 runner at this same point in his life?
he'd be just another in a long line of 'should have beens' running 30:30
I've wondered about this, too. Is it just a huge coincidence that Al and one of the most talented American runners ever came across each other in that one school? Or does the fact that Al was able to take one boy out of his small school and turn him into a champion show that there are many potential champions out there? I think it's probably the latter.
he is a science experiment in uncle al's lab
there is lots of untapped talent out there, but rupp is a product of uncle al's lab.
what are the chances - hypothyroid, asthmatic, elite runner?
amazing - just imagine how fast he would be if he were not hypothyroid and asthmatic!
ScienceExperiment wrote:
he is a science experiment in uncle al's lab
there is lots of untapped talent out there, but rupp is a product of uncle al's lab.
what are the chances - hypothyroid, asthmatic, elite runner?
amazing - just imagine how fast he would be if he were not hypothyroid and asthmatic!
Don't all great distance runners have hypothyroid?
Or is it just the runners under AlSal's influence?
Nothing to see here.
He might be a 28:00 runner, but probably not faster. All the advantages (coaching, technology, etc.) he's had has to have given him :30 over the 10K distance.
Galen would have turned out great anyway. There was a girl on the girl's team named Michel Wilson and she litterly CAUSED Galen to be a good runner. No matter what type of training he was exposed to he was predestined by Michel Wilson to become what he became.
Yeah, it's hard to disagree with the 30 second thing. I think it'd be more than that really.
What's the story with Michel Wilson?
he'd be a hell of a lot faster if he was runnign under johnson and wetmore up in boulder
Galen ran under 14:30 for a 5k on the track as a high school sophomore running under 40 miles a week. He would be great no matter what.
Yeah, but 28:00 would still probably be considered 'great' for a kid his age.
I wonder what times, if not achieved by the end of his career, would be considered a 'disappointment' after the path he's taken?
How fast would Galen be if he were a quadriped?
...and on EPO
Here's another question. What if some of the long line-up of high school kids in Kenya who drop sub-14s at altitude were given all the advantages Rupp has?
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