Rupp vs. Africans - Brussels 10,000 - New AR Coming

Good post and I agree - Solinsky's national record was paced for the most part by Rupp, and one can only assume his is in much better condition at this point in time

Solinsky, enjoy the last couple of days as American record holder!

Citizen Runner wrote:

B) If the meet doesn't have pace setters lined up take the field through 7k or so at steady ~27 minute pace, it's likely that Salazar and company will arrange for them independently.

Great point. If Rupp is feeling good and they want to go for it they very well may have arranged for someone to do pacework. I wouldn't be too surprised though if they are just wanting to get him into a race and see how it unfolds without a pace goal. That to me actually has more value in terms of preparing for the olympics next year, even though I'd like to see Rupp go under 27:00 and push the AR forward.

Perspectivation wrote:Great point. If Rupp is feeling good and they want to go for it they very well may have arranged for someone to do pacework. I wouldn't be too surprised though if they are just wanting to get him into a race and see how it unfolds without a pace goal. That to me actually has more value in terms of preparing for the olympics next year, even though I'd like to see Rupp go under 27:00 and push the AR forward.

He got that experience at worlds this year, now he needs a legit fast race to give him the confidence that he can kick with the 26high guys. Really, without a fast race this season could equally well be looked at as his best ever and a total bust. He set a minor 5k pr, but that was in a time-wise poor race, his main shot to really do something objectively great, at Monaco, was derailed by Merga's a$$holery, and he got dusted in the kick in the 10 and the 5 at worlds. A legit good race would be nice.

All this talk about a distance race...

How about the hinkstapspringen or the polsstokspringen?

Except merga did not push rupp to the ground. Rupp got clumpsy and fell into a another kenyan guy. I saw the race.

my guess is it ends up being a tactical race, and rupp finishes somewhere in the 27s

There's really no reason Rupp would enter the race just to run 27:10 or slower again. He wants the AR to cap off his season. Assuming he has some pacers for part of the race, I say he does it, barely.

cool wrote:

Except merga did not push rupp to the ground. Rupp got clumpsy and fell into a another kenyan guy.

Rupp is Kenyan?

Citizen Runner wrote:

It's pretty unlikely that anyone in the field is going under 27 seconds. Sub 27 minutes is a distinct possibility.

...Rupp...fell into a another kenyan guy.[/quote]

Rupp is Kenyan?[/quote]

Rupp wishes he were Kenyan. No doubt about it. He would be faster, better, stronger, and less prone to falling and not finishing.

nydwW!! wrote:

...Rupp...fell into a another kenyan guy.

Rupp is Kenyan?[/quote]

Rupp wishes he were Kenyan. No doubt about it. He would be faster, better, stronger, and less prone to falling and not finishing.[/quote]

You do know there are a lot of Kenyans that can't run 27:10, right?

You do know that, compared to Americans, there are a lot of Kenyan's who can run 27:10, and better, right?

Rupp will run 26:56.24 for second place

Sagarin wrote:

There's really no reason Rupp would enter the race just to run 27:10 or slower again. He wants the AR to cap off his season. Assuming he has some pacers for part of the race, I say he does it, barely.

There would be if he needs the experience and confidence of running with and finishing with the top guys in an unpredictable and uneven race, which the olympics will surely be.

Either way it should be a treat. It is not about a time and he's in it to win it so to speak or it turns out to be a time chaser and the AR is under threat of being lowered.

Anyone else notice that this is eerily similar to the race where Ritz broke the 5k AR? Basically all africans and one white guy (don't think the norwegian, frenchman, and japanese guy will factor in at all), Bekele in the race, fairly little publicity?

The Norwegian will not factor in since he is not running (not that it would've made a difference)