galen rupp was forced to drop out of his 1 mile race today at the bronco invitational in boise idaho because of an asthna attack, his coach alberto salazar said rupp had been sick with the flu for 3-4 days this week, salazar had all his other runners get flu shots so they would not also come down with the flu, the winner of the 1 mile race ran 4:15.
QUESTION
what is the point of having rupp run in a mile race where there is no competition (unless like today an asthma attack) why would salazar have a star runner run a nothing race AFTER his star runner had been sick all week????