Rupp OUT!

Yes wise choice because he can make his his marathon debut at New York City. How do you like them apples?

I still see Rupp running the 5K too. Anyone disagree with that?

The Oregonian suggested he was only running the 10K. But after World's this past August Rupp seemed enthusiastic about the 5K and he hasn't said anything to the contrary.

kramerr wrote:

LRC girl wrote:

I met Galen Rupp once. I accidentally dropped a pen on his foot. I was going to ask for his autograph, but the pen fell out of my hand. Well, by the look on his face you would've thought I dropped a brick on his damn foot. Excuuuuuuse me.

...I have nothing else to add to this...

Hahaha. Seriously?

oh that's a shame for you LRC girl - I have met him several times, my daughter got his autograph, he was very friendly and accommodating, this was right after winning the pac 10s. He is a nice person, and a good ambassador for the sport even though most of you think other wise.

bangalangadanga wrote:

Our sport is a joke because the pros treat it as such.

6 weeks of speculation.

Announcement made 1 week before the event.

Thanks...

I'm sure if he would have run in Houston had he been offered $250,000 to compete.

I guess Alberto wasn't confident in the drug program.

tghpdx wrote:

kramerr wrote:

Hahaha. Seriously?

oh that's a shame for you LRC girl - I have met him several times, my daughter got his autograph, he was very friendly and accommodating, this was right after winning the pac 10s. He is a nice person, and a good ambassador for the sport even though most of you think other wise.

Don't believe LRC girl she's just Trollin

uh because if he made the team in the marathon but didn't in anything else he would have run the marathon in the olympics...duhhh

its never a slam dunk to make the team even when you are better than the other guys. Of all people, salazar should know this.There are no guarantees.He had a short career; disappointed himself at some critical moments; and has had the life lesson of having a medical device to allow his heart to work properly. Still, he sounds like an 18 year old frequently.I really think salazar may be an idiot. Hey, Singletary was a crappy head coach, Jordan has been an awful GM, and Russell was a bad head coach.

uh because if he made the team in the marathon but didn't in anything else he would have run the marathon in the olympics...duhhh

its never a slam dunk to make the team even when you are better than the other guys. Of all people, salazar should know this.There are no guarantees.He had a short career; disappointed himself at some critical moments; and has had the life lesson of having a medical device to allow his heart to work properly. Still, he sounds like an 18 year old frequently.I really think salazar may be an idiot. Hey, Singletary was a crappy head coach, Jordan has been an awful GM, and Ruseel was a bad head coach.

You think a 26:48/60:30 guy shouldn't be confident about getting through a field where two of the top three entrants are coming off of injury, and nobody else in the field has broken 2:10? Not a certainty of course, but I think he would have reason to be confident.

Depending on how 2012 goes, I think Rupp should take 2013 to improve his speed like he did a few years ago running all those 800s and miles indoors. It seemed to make a big impact and he was a different runner after that.

Farah beats Rupp because he has run 3:33 for 1500 - a time Rupp couldn't touch. But I think if Rupp can get down to 3:34 (which isn't that crazy considering he was probably in ~12:55-56 shape this year), he will finally have the finishing speed to be a real contender.

I am not a fan of Rupp, but I have no problem with what he did - seems entirely reasonable to me, as does his/Salazar's explanations. In contrast, the critics here have offered up some pretty lame critiques.

To those saying Rupp's 10k would benefit from marathon training ... I think we can assume that Rupp has been doing essentially marathon training. The issue is with actually racing a hard marathon and the recovery that would require. By doing the training but not the race, you get most of the benefit without the need for a long recovery.

To those saying it was just a ploy to mess with other competitors ... how would it mess with people? I don't see any of the OT qualifiers altering their training whatsoever based on an announcement that Rupp had entered the race.

To those saying it was a PR move ... I don't recall Rupp or Nike or anyone promoting his running. What PR there was came just off people noticing his name on the declared list. If you wanted to get a big PR bump, it would have been easy enough for Rupp/Salazar/Nike to say something about it, even just a tweet like "Thinking about running the OT marathon."

Finally, for those whining about this ... have you ever waffled on running a race and not decided for sure until a week or so beforehand? Most runners I know have done so.

Again, I don't particularly like Rupp, but I think the critics here are, in this case, even lamer.

Huh, someone with a reasoned, thoughtful post on letsrun...gives me hope, lol.

adff wrote:

Just Wow wrote:

Rupp out of OT Marathon

http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2012/01/galen_rupp_says_he_will_withdr.html

The real story is this:

The special fabric that was ordered for a mask to block the pollen specific to Houston wasn't up to Nike specs.

There is still a chance he will run depending on the dew point allergin ratio the day of the race and whether the special fiber can be spun by Nike crossbred moths in Vietnamese rain forests.

There is also a 1 3/8 mile stretch of the course is not Rupp certified. There is a course protest filed by Salazar.

Rupp is a 100 times tougher than you, kid!

1. Plenty of runners have raced marathons and then gone on to have successful shorter races after that. It wouldn't have to be an all out effort to. You guys are clamoring as to how good he is and how it was a 99.9% chance he makes the team. So therefore he wouldn't have to go anywhere near all out to make the team.

2. It does change others and how their training. Of course the athletes aren't going to say that because they are going to go all PR and say I'm just out to run my race. But deep down we all know guys 3- 10 on their depth chart changed their training with the addition of Rupp

3. First of all it wasn't a P.R. move. PR moves are intended to help your public not destroy it. This move only destroys it. The action was intended to gain attention for himself. Just because no 'official announcement' was made doesn't mean a ploy was not set in place. They knew very well that some media member going over the entry list

3 b. An actual announcement was made, so get off your freaking high horse

Next repeating the fact that you are not a Rupp fan doesn't make your post any more credible. By doing that you completely show that you are indeed a Rupp fan as you poorly defended him and tried to act the guys ripping him.

LRC girI wrote:

No actually I am just kidding. Lube me up and stick it in!

I hope this is actually a chick and not just some famous European coach.

laffitup wrote:

Just saw the story myself. So that leaves two spots open after Hall. Who's everyone got now?

One word: Khannouchi

stuck with match.com wrote:

3. First of all it wasn't a P.R. move. PR moves are intended to help your public not destroy it. This move only destroys it. The action was intended to gain attention for himself. Just because no 'official announcement' was made doesn't mean a ploy was not set in place. They knew very well that some media member going over the entry list

It was no such thing because I haven't seen one word about it in Sports Illustrated or on ESPN. I will bet every cent I have in the bank that Skip Bayless doesn't mention one word about Rupp's withdrawal from Houston when ESPN First Take comes on tomorrow.

It has no effect on PR because no one outside of those who frequent this website knows anything about it.

A well planned and executed ploy to leverage a huge appearance fee for his debut marathon - after the games.

carrina wrote:

Yes wise choice because he can make his his marathon debut at New York City. How do you like them apples?

No need to leverage a huge fee. NYRR will already pay him well into six digits to debut in NYCM. This doesn't do anything to change that.