Rupp 13:10.05 new PR

Give the guy some slack. 13:10 in his first 5k race of his first pro outdoor season. He far ahead of where his other white counterparts were during their progression to sub 13.

Here is the progression of Solinsky prior to his 12:56:

2009 13:18.41

2008 13:18.51

2007 13:12.24

2006 13:27.94

2005 13:37.55

Here is the progression of Tegenkamp prior to his 12:58:

2008 13:25.71

2007 13:07.41

2006 13:04.90

2005 13:25.36

2004 13:30.90

Here is the progression of Buster prior to his 12:55:

2003 13:17.81

2002 13:12.04

2001 13:23.94

2000 13:26.20

Here is the progression of Baumann before his 12:54:

1996 13:08.81

1995 13:01.72

1994 13:12.47

1992 13:09.03

1991 13:28.67

13:00 is still hard to break for non-Africans. You need to give him time to get used to these paces - perhaps for a few years - before he has his breakthrough. None of our sub 13 Americans did it overnight.

And Bob Kennedy before his 12:58 in 1996:

1995 13:03.37 Zürich

1994 13:02.93 Oslo

1993 13:14.91 Oslo

1992 13:28.18 London

1991 13:22.17 Oslo

Hell of a coincidence that procrit became easily available when bob made his big jump.

ReadMore wrote:

And Bob Kennedy before his 12:58 in 1996:

1995 13:03.37 Zürich

1994 13:02.93 Oslo

1993 13:14.91 Oslo

1992 13:28.18 London

1991 13:22.17 Oslo

Track Newbie wrote:

Please no more conjecturing - What Galen could have run in ideal conditions blah blah blah - he ran 13:10 - a bit disappointing

Oh, yeah, 13:10 and 27:10 at age 24, so disappointing.

Yeah, you should always be disappointed when you run a PR...

if Kipchoge runs 13 flat, it obviously wasn't a blistering pace.

Great job Galen! 13:05 - 13:00 is still very possible for you this year.

Seems like he should have been 13:05 at worst. He needs to step up his game.

Regardless of the glass half-full people here, Galen Rupp ran an excellent, best non-African time, once again. This youngster is showing consistent improvement and has taken one more baby step in American move-up to the Africans. Other than this new group of Americans, who is doing better? As an aside, cannot wait till Andrew Wheating gets into his first pro race in Europe. Based on what his teammate AJ Acosta did today, Wheating may shock a few people in the coming weeks.

No surprise that you are bored...three posts one after the other... Congrats for the fabulous race by Rupp.... America move one step closer....Wait till Wheating electrifies the Europeans in the 1500 this summer.

Rupp ran 13:37 in high school. That was a number of years ago. He is professional and has only improved 27 seconds in all those years.

Agree with the poster who said he needs to step up. After all the others who have gone sub-13, his race was very disappointing. Dang, Sydney Maree ran 13:00 or 13:01 how many years ago? And he never had all the goofy, high-tech gimmicky equipment that Rupp has at his disposal.

I look at this from the Lebron James perspective. Will this time and Rupp's gradual improvement over the years bring him a World Championship or Olympic medal at some point? Probably not. He needs to step it up given the mega contract he has especially in these uncertain economic times. The shoe companies are not messing around these days.

I just watched this race on Universal----while a decent time, Rupp really fell apart over last 500m----also, does anyone know why he kept looking to his right the last few circuits down the homestretch------prob getting instruction but looked very odd

He was looking for Steve Magness

Actually, I think Solinsky is getting a huge pass on this board. Seemingly people are forgetting that he is a 5K runner who was on record as saying the Pre meet would be the pinnacle of his season. Rupp on the other hand is a 10K runner dabbling in the 5K, he has August and September targeted as the peak of his season, and basically ran the same time as Solinsky at PRE when you factor in the slower pace.

Oldtimefan wrote:

While I think this is a good performance by Rupp, I can't help that the LR posters are giving it a much better review than Solinsky's nearly 2 second faster time at Pre.

What is the Letsrun forum? It's a place where a terrific (and still terrifically promising) American runner runs a 13:10 PR at 5000 meters and gets badmouthed, low-rated, and dissed by a bunch of kibbitzers who hope someday to break 15:00.

That is pitiful.

A PR is a PR. Every single runner on this forum is happy to run a PR. (If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. Use your real name and respond with the statement, "When I run a 5K PR, I'm bitterly disappointed and realize that I have failed everybody."

I mean really. Get a life.

Even before opening this thread I new that oregon fans were gonna find a way to make this a 13:00 under different conditions. Congrats Rupp on your 4th season as "obviously a 13:00 shape runner." Wow, that's longevity.

[quote]kudzurunner wrote:

A PR is a PR. quote]

Yes and no.

Yes, a PR is good because you ran faster than you ever have before. But what if someone only takes 0.1 seconds off their 5k PR each season, year after year. Should they really be jumping up and down over that kind of progression, even if they technically ran a PR each season?

Track Newbie wrote:

Rupp ran 13:37 in high school. That was a number of years ago. He is professional and has only improved 27 seconds in all those years.

Agree with the poster who said he needs to step up. After all the others who have gone sub-13, his race was very disappointing. Dang, Sydney Maree ran 13:00 or 13:01 how many years ago? And he never had all the goofy, high-tech gimmicky equipment that Rupp has at his disposal.

Obviously not a track "newbie". This is King99 in poor hiding away from his normal trialswatcher name. What a f'ing moron. Until today his "outdoor" pr was only 7 seconds faster than it was in HS. God he just opened with his first real 5k and you make ignorant statements like the above. Everyone knows based off his 27:10 that he has something better than 13:10 in him. He's run 27:10, that trumps anything he's done so far, and other than newly crowned solinsky, best American time EVER. Get a fukcing clue!

kudzurunner wrote:

When I run a 5K PR, I'm bitterly disappointed and realize that I have failed everybody