What will the Ruppman Run for 5000 this Weekend???

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12:59.25

I'm very interested to see if Solinsky can improve on his 5K the rest of the year. A lot of people were just saying Pre was an "off day" for Solinski. I'm suspecting that he peaked at Stanford and Oslo and it will be another year before he improves.

Jefe in the CO wrote:

pushyshovey wrote:

Solinsky jacked that guy, right before he put on the same concrete boots that he had a PRE.

I'm thinking people are going see the stanford 10K as bit of an outlier, perhaps the result of a surge of adrenaline.

Ohh wait, that theory was laughed at.

Was it laughed at before or after his 12:56 in Oslo?

12:57

I'm guessing 13:10ish.

Pushit 2 The Limit wrote:

http://uka.org.uk/results/20100710_gateshead/Timetablemvc/EntryList/4303@eventID=107&EventOrder=28.html

Quality field fo sho.

Hard to know if any of these races will actually go in teh 12:50 or better range. Wouldn't be surprised to see a race at 13:00 pace with a fast last 600 and 12:55 winning time.

That said, Rupp 12:57.

Well, provided the runners stick with the pacesetters, Rupp to finish 5 seconds back from the winners. In other words, he'll stick with the pace and lose 5 seconds in the final 600.

Do we know if Farah will push for a fast pace, or go for a win? He's been running well, if memory serves. Would anyone consider this to be a "home" meet for him? Any other Brits looking to make a statement?

12:07

Pushit 2 The Limit wrote:

http://uka.org.uk/results/20100710_gateshead/Timetablemvc/EntryList/4303@eventID=107&EventOrder=28.html

Quality field fo sho.

Hard to know if any of these races will actually go in teh 12:50 or better range. Wouldn't be surprised to see a race at 13:00 pace with a fast last 600 and 12:55 winning time.

That said, Rupp 12:57.

Well, provided the runners stick with the pacesetters, Rupp to finish 5 seconds back from the winners. In other words, he'll stick with the pace and lose 5 seconds in the final 600.

Do we know if Farah will push for a fast pace, or go for a win? He's been running well, if memory serves. Would anyone consider this to be a "home" meet for him? Any other Brits looking to make a statement?

Rupp runs very few poor races. The video of last years 3k looked like it was a bit windy out. So he may not get the ideal conditions that Lagat and Solinsky got to go sub 13 a few weeks back. That said he ran 13:14 indoors and was coming off a virus of some sort so I'm going to say that balances the wind he may face this weekend and say he runs a solid PR but misses sub 13, say 13:04 to 13;08. Which is really a GREAT effort. Lets not forget he is a few years younger then the solinsky, teg, ritz group and that he doesn't have the greatest speed. I think he is just shy of sub 13' at the moment, perhaps as someone else said later this year but certainly he'll be in sub 13' sub 27' shape next year, though he may not get the chance to run those times as it will be a championship year.

Rupp doesn't have the greatest speed?

He ran 1:49 and 3:57 indoors his senior year at Oregon, and 3:39 outdoors. He's probably got the best speed out of the three others you mentioned.

Oh yeah, and another 1:50 during outdoors.

Rupp = 13:10 +-5

Is this meet webcast anywhere?

If Rupp runs 13:07, or 13:10, that is still an outstanding result.

I'd say hes pretty motivated after getting shown up by Sol he might get under 13 but its a pretty big jump for him too.

1- I believe he will PR.

2- He will run between 12:59 and 13:08, depending on the conditions, pacesetting, etc.

3- My prediction: 13:03.48

Trackstar77 wrote:

I never thought I'd say this, but this is one time where I would appreciate a ventolin analysis as well.

moron

Solinsky has run 3:37 and teg has run 3:34 and both of them haven't had to put the focus on the shorter stuff to get there that Rupp has. Don't forget Rupp ran 27:30's before he broke 4' in the mile. His strength is his strength.

Rupp just DNF'd!!!!