Why Galen Will Eventually Medal at WCs or Olympics

he can never win a medal because he is just too soft. He thinks he can kick with the front but he cant. he has to get over that and run smarter

"Why Galen Will Not Medal" and Nigel "Tuftman" wrote:

-he won't be sniffing top-5 until he's in sub-13/sub-27 shape at least. 12:50/26:50 for the medals.

-not tough enough to handle it

-this is as good as it gets...he might make some small improvements … but he is close to the plateau.

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12:48

Tough as nails.

Plateau my ass.

Wrong. For a 10,000M runner it actually is. Its pretty well established that the peak of a 10K runner is about 29. Stop worshipping East Africans like they know all. First of all I question some of their ages. Second of all, look at the vast majority of great runners at an early age and you find in one way or another they eventually get injured before they reach their prime. As a result they never get the chance to take full advantage of their prime. They disappear or they move up to the marathon. But Rupp has kept mileage to a minimum and consistently worked to establish speed and maintain speed. He stays healthy so he can continuously build off of each higher plateau he reaches. He's well poised to take full advantage of his prime when he reaches it. I don't think anyone really does this except maybe Lagat.

casual commentary wrote:

25 is not very young

maybe. in the meantime the USA won 25 medals at Daegu. so we hope rupp medals some day but we have others that we can count on.

daegu 25 medals wrote:

maybe. in the meantime the USA won 25 medals at Daegu. so we hope rupp medals some day but we have others that we can count on.

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You're right. Maybe. And that's why as the OP I said "my $0.02" after originally stating why Galen WILL medal. (I got a little carried away and wanted to generate some interest & rebuttals.) It seems to me that Rupp trains and is coached very wisely. He and Sal take a very long view, which I think will reap big dividends. But anything can happen. Just a year ago everyone was pronouncing Solinsky the new savior of American distance running. Rupp could be in the same place next year.

As for medalists we can reasonably hope to count on in the 5K and up, seems to me we've only got Lagat, Rupp and Solinsky. Teg hasn't gotten back into the game and Ritz has been out for a good bit now.

You are so right. Man I wish I had your wisdom

Thank you, Your Momma, for outing coach d for the fool he is. He couldn't have demonstrated a better post for outing himself for the ignorant track fan that he is. I am proud of so many Lets Run posters who actually know what they are talking about, and laid it on the line with posts...before Rupp ran that new AR. If he has an ounce of intelligence coach d will disappear into the wordwork, though he'll likely come back under a new moniker. I am laughing my ass off that Rupp did what most everyone realized he could do. With Centro and now Rupp showing the way, the USA has officially become competitive with the North Africans. Congrats to Al Sal and Rupp and Nike for staying the course.

That still doesn't dismiss the fact that Princess Diana died while speeding through Paris in the back seat of a Mercedes-Benz while working on the saugsage of her Semitic Arab Muslim boyfriend.

no medal so who cares ????????????

1st and foremost lest's hope Galen qualifies for the Olympics. The trials are in Eugene where the pollen count will be kinda high. Once at the Olympics I think Galen will go to the lead at around 8000, stay there to 9000, hang with the leaders, actually take the lead again with 500 to go and fade to 4th in the final 100. Oh so close.

so why all the fuss anyways. what for.

be happy that Jenny Barringer-Simpson got the 1st caucasian U.S. born Gold Medal since Orange High School, Orange County, California's Mary Decker won the Gold Medal 28 years ago at Helsinki WC.

Then he'll go home discouraged, start working in a bar, give up running for awhile until Sal and his wife convince him to return, after which he'll start winning races, and then . . . .

Wait a sec, something sounds familiar here.

you speak with beer confidence

couple beer every seem staight forward

will join you after I get some of the deck painted

Rupp should move up to the Marathon. I think he has an excellent chance of medaling there and next to none at the track races.

ryan foreman wrote:

When Solinsky's healthy? That is a weird thing to say. If you want to go down the road of "when (someone) is healthy" than forget about Solinsky. Teg, Ritz, Jager, Webb are all better 5000M runners than Solinsky if they stay healthy. But they don't. Rupp and Lagat do. Deal with it.

I like this post.

Galen has one year. He must medal or be close to it at the olympics next year or he has to start thinking marathon. End of story.

Rupp should Zatopek-triple in London.

Very unlikely Rupp will medal. He got dropped over the last 400 at worlds off a slow pace and then got dropped over the last 400 off a fast pace at Brussels. Heck he isn't even the best in his own training group!

Its not gunna happen.