Rupp is apparently extremely fit and will race to win, meaning he will avoid pacing duties for Solinsky. Rupp's win will also send a message to Solinsky. Rupp for the win, Solinsky qualifies 2nd, but is it Nelson or Curtis for 3rd?
Rupp is apparently extremely fit and will race to win, meaning he will avoid pacing duties for Solinsky. Rupp's win will also send a message to Solinsky. Rupp for the win, Solinsky qualifies 2nd, but is it Nelson or Curtis for 3rd?
Can you tell us if Solinsky is doing the 5000 or 10,000 (is it completely determined yet?)?
Rupp and Sol are 'declared' for both the 5 and 10 (so are Teg and NElson)...I think Bobby Curtis will hold on for 3rd in the 10000. He ran a good road 10k a few months ago and he won't be thinking about running the 5000 the following night
He is registered in both and has yet to pull out of the 10K, so at this point I am assuming he may not scratch? As the AR holder it would be a shame for him to not compete in the 10K.
Yep Rupp with his blazing speed is going to sit and kick on Solinsky.
Mask of Galen wrote:
Yep Rupp with his blazing speed is going to sit and kick on Solinsky.
Yep because all these Bolt vs. X threads have taught us that all you need is that blazing speed to win races.
Speak for yourself.
Solinsky is going roll rupp in a joint and smoke him, just like he did at Stanford.
Assuming Solinsky's fitness is equally as good as Rupps. Regardless of who leads the pace will be fast enough to separate the men from the boys, leaving just 4 or 5 over the remaining 2K or so. Having slightly less speed than Solinsky, Rupp will not likely wait until last 800M to move, but instead will probably go much earlier...
Aron Braun is gonna have the race of his life and get third place behind rupp and Nelson. I'm assuming Solinsky is only doing the 5.
Even with his statement about lacing them up to win, I could see Solinsky running as easy as possible to get third and sure up a spot on the WC team and then going for it in the 5000 the next day.
If he then gets a spot in the 5000 he would give up his 10,000 spot to the the 4th place finisher.
Maybe he runs the first two laps hard to put a scare in Rupp and then drops back.
I will be cheering for Rupp and Solinsky but am going to go out on a limb, here. Rupp OR Solinksy will get in top three and the winner will be a surprise.
of course the grass pollen counts were extremely high today. if the counts are high for the 10,000, Salazar is petitioning USATF to allow Galen to compete via treadmill proxy. if this goes through, be prepared to see a holographic Galen on the track.