He did great but maybe not all-time great
He did great but maybe not all-time great
dont believe the hype
If by plateaued you mean improved every year in nearly every distance he races, then yes you are correct!
It just seems to run 13:37 as prepster and maybe 7 years later run not much faster - he just has not improved much
I think this was a breakthrough race.
Mixing it for 4200m.
Keep hanging with Solinsky, smart thinking.
London still 2 years away.
I'm still seeing progress if some dickwads here aren't.
Think bigger picture, if you can.
Perhaps when you are excellent at something it becomes harder to improve? Think of sprinters, the difference between 9.8 and 9.9 is enormous, it takes years of training. This is why a 4 hour marathoner can improve by an 30 min+ in one year, while going from 2:04:30 to 2:03:59 is insane.
I am not Rupp basher - but just seems he is not improving to elite level - he is wondeful runner - but not going to be running 26:40 any time soon
Screwball Legs Hirsch wrote:
I am not Rupp basher - but just seems he is not improving to elite level - he is wondeful runner - but not going to be running 26:40 any time soon
And when he runs 26:40, you'll be saying the same thing "I am not Rupp basher - but just seems he is not improving to elite level - he is wondeful runner - but not going to be running 26:10 any time soon."
We get it.
He will never run 26:40 - never - I hope he does but really doubt he will do it
I think people keep forgetting how young Rupp is and that the more you improve the smaller the improvements.
Rupp is, what 24 years old? He has shown steady improvement throughout college and I suspect he will have the last laugh on a few idiots who don't know the difference between talent and weekend runners.
Rupp is good and he will improve but to me he's not mentally tough enough to win a major 5k elite race or championship style race. Solinsky ran well today but again I stress that his closing speed needs a lot of work.
Are people really that clueless about how far Rupp has progressed? He is in sub 13 shape right now. Bet on it.
Dumb troll or uninformed troll, I can't tell. Maybe both.
Never said he wasn't in sub 13 shape dude. All I said was that he doesn't have what it takes to win a world class 5k race. Hell he can have a 12:49 5k p.r for all I care and never win a medal. Theres probably dozens of kenyans who have sub 12:55 credencials who have never won a 5k medal. Fast times arent everything you know.
Screwball Legs Hirsch wrote:
It just seems to run 13:37 as prepster and maybe 7 years later run not much faster - he just has not improved much
The last 30 seconds is the hardest
I'd be pretty happy to plateau at 13:00 and 27:10
Careful observer wrote:
Rupp is good and he will improve but to me he's not mentally tough enough to win a major 5k elite race or championship style race...
How do you infer this?
Malmo has this right. Maybe not on the numbers, but I know he is making a point. I don't think Rupp will run 26:40 either , but the point is well made.
What does the guy have to do to get credit? He was a realtively highly trained HS guy who I used to observe that a bit too often "cherry picked " spots and rarely dominated his peers.
But he was being taught to run fast. You know? Until a year ago we all thought 13:10 was pretty friggin good, it STILL IS. It does look like he was ready to go 13:00 yesterday with 3 to go.
13 flat? That is really really excellent running, now he did not run that, but it does look like he could.
27:10? same thing, he will probably go under in the future, would that have been automatically predicted for someone who could probably run 28:30-40 HS?
Not so sure about that.
He showed some major stuff running for all those Points at Indoors for Ducks and Outdoors.
Not sure what else he has to do.
Rupp vs Solinsky
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