weather not rupp-certified

Well, Rupp needs a lot of things to go right for a record attempt. Whatever works.

Unless he announces that he actually is going for the american record, they should move nothing around for him. Talk about being picky.

More like talk about being smart. Why waste such a hard effort if more conducive conditions are available? That Salazar is a smart one.

I'm a huge rupp fan but he should learn a lesson from god himself, timmy tewbow. Do you think tebow would ever pussy out on a race because of allergen levels being off the chart??? HELL NO, tebow is a winner and if rupp wants to be a winner he should go run at stanford. Tebow could run a 400 in 47 seconds in snowstorm while dragging an oxen if thats what he had to do to set an AR. I was fine with it when rupp was debating between which meet to run at but this is getting ridiculous. We can't baby him. What is he going to do if its raining in london 2012, ask the officials to change the schedule and push the 10k back a day? Sack up galen, big timmy got drafted cause he has heart, show you have some too.

great coach wrote:

More like talk about being smart.

Maybe too smart.

All the uncertainty can't be a good thing for Rupp.

And fussing so much about the conditions isn't going to help cultivate his mental toughness. It seems to send the message that "we don't trust you to pop a great time unless every factor is working to your advantage."

I appreciate Galen's tenacity and competitiveness in races, but why make such a spectacle about a damn race? Either run it or don't. You're not Usain Bolt or even ranked top 10 in any event at the world level. Quit bitching about about a little wind, rain, or allergens in the air. It's mid spring in Oregon, what did you expect? It's unfortunate that you're not going to have 2000 people lining the infield like it's a track workout at Nike, I'm sure you can manage. Go to Stanford, have your rabbits take you through 4 miles on pace, and then go to work. Don't worry, if you break the record in Palo Alto I am sure there will be some sort of parade upon your return. You'll get the recognition and attention you and your coach so desperately crave.

My god, go f***ing run at Stanford. It's May 1st on Saturday, you can go break the record in Europe if you don't get it then. But at least you can race a good field in an actual race rather than some stupid ass contrived event.

Also, allergens? How big a pussy are so many of our good runners? Geb whines about allergies, how the f*** can you call yourself an elite athlete when the same thing that messes with pimply faced high schoolers can affect your race? Pathetic.

So they want to setup a special race with UO runners and local pros? If Rupp runs an AR he will probably almost lap the #2 guy twice. Is he really fit enough to do that on his own? That would have to be worth a 26:45-26:50 in Europe. I don't think he's got that kind of juice so I'm predicting he runs like 27:45 if they do the special race with no real competition.

The kid has spent most of his life between Eugene and Portland...and Salazar is b*tching about pollen in Palo Alto, California? There aren't enough trees here for that. Wasn't the biggest complaint about having the '08 trials in Eugene the high pollen count? C'mon Alberto...

HELL NO, tebow is a winner and if rupp wants to be a winner he should go run at stanford. Tebow could run a 400 in 47 seconds in snowstorm while dragging an oxen if thats what he had to do to set an AR. too.

If running the 400-oxendrag were an event, you can bet 47 would be the record; those things are HUGE

I would bet that it will be dead calm in Palo Alto tomorrow night. Sure, the forecast says gusts to 20 mph tomorrow night but once the sun goes down I think the wind will die.

Sounds like rupp has to hit the vagina weights.

great coach wrote:

More like talk about being smart. Why waste such a hard effort if more conducive conditions are available? That Salazar is a smart one.

Exactly, we should all be so lucky to have so experienced and as accomplished an individual as Alberto Salazar caring to be this detail oriented over our careers.

I think Salazar over-analyzes things, but we'll see how it works out. The Register Guard also reports that Salazar thinks Rupp needs another day as they just got back from Albuquerque. http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/index.php/track-and-field/comments/will-rupp-run-the-10000-at-oregon-relays/

Why is he b*tching about pollen levels in Palo Alto? Runners always complain about it in Eugene, isn't it worse there?

Eugene weather forecast, 44 deg low, 5-10 mph...it would be 50 at race time probably and wind will be minimal due to the stadium. Wow, I would like to see Salazar coach a college team on the east coast where wind in april is considered calm at 15 mph.

If I was Meb, and galen broke my record after all this fuss and rearranging the meet for the him, I would feel cheated.

Just go WIN at Stanford. As people have posted above, you can get the record in Europe this summer. If you sit on Nelson or Farah and kick, you'll still be close to the record. No one likes a candy ass, even if they are capable of AR's. Webb's mile record would have been so much better at a golden league meet than some lame belgian high school meet. Don't be that guy

NFW wrote:

I appreciate Galen's tenacity and competitiveness in races, but why make such a spectacle about a damn race? Either run it or don't. You're not Usain Bolt or even ranked top 10 in any event at the world level. Quit bitching about about a little wind, rain, or allergens in the air. It's mid spring in Oregon, what did you expect? It's unfortunate that you're not going to have 2000 people lining the infield like it's a track workout at Nike, I'm sure you can manage. Go to Stanford, have your rabbits take you through 4 miles on pace, and then go to work. Don't worry, if you break the record in Palo Alto I am sure there will be some sort of parade upon your return. You'll get the recognition and attention you and your coach so desperately crave.

THIS