Rupp can run 10.XX for the 100m fresh

He couldn't do it FAT out of blocks though. I mean, even Sebastian Coe couldn't do that and you know how fast he was.

Rupp realistically is pretty darn fast. 800-1500 world class, maybe even a contender for world or OG medals at 1500.

11 flat with his endurance = 48.5

48.5, 1:45.0, 3:31, 7:27

He should be in sub 12:50 shape now with that finish last night.

Lol if he could run sub 11 with his level of endurance and no focus on that real speed he could easily do a 46 400

Timing a 100 hand timed after 'a few steps' is not fast!

Hand time from blocks can be 0.5 slower than fat, add he already moving I would defo add upto 0.7 to those times

yeah, i doubt salazar has any reason to exaggerate. he's always spot on. keep doubting rupp and watch

mo bekele wrote:

yeah, i doubt salazar has any reason to exaggerate. he's always spot on. keep doubting rupp and watch

some of the posts have me wondering why rupp doesn't train for the 800. can galen rupp run a 1:45 800 right now?

I guarantee you with a legal wind out of blocks or from a standing start he runs no faster than 11.5. I think Alberto was quoted in an article saying Galen ran 10.9 for a running start 100. Definitely not the same as a block or standing start.

As a reporter in Nairobi biased on athletics, it gives me great delight that there are American distance runners igniting great interest. Domination of distance races by Kenyans, Ethiopians and Africans in general was threatening to water down the distance races on the world map. As one of the biggest consumer of athletics, the fact that LRC message board, LRC website and other US media outlets are in the Rupp groove is only a sign of better things to come especially for 10000m that was in danger of being blown to oblivion like the WXC is headed! Kudos then Rupp for firing up the interest in US and Mo Farah doing the same in GB! It would have been sad to see the 25-lap race in particular disappear to the backwater of interest. Lest we forget, the race established Kenya in the Olympics/world map when Naftali Temu won in Mexico 1968, her first gold at the sporting showpiece and the legend of Haile G and Paul Tergat was cemented at Atlanta 96 and Sydney 2000 in you guessed it, 10000m final. Big up too to Danny and Matt! I have this feeling the 10000m London final will make another Olympic legend in the mould of Jeilan over Farah at Daegu and Haile over Tergat I&II.

mutwiri mutuota i enjoy your articles. thanks for posting!

i do believe the 10000m will be something special. All the elements for a competitive fast memorable race are falling into place with Bekele coming into form, Farah showing his brilliance, and Rupp legitimizing the claims of Salazar and his training partner, Farah. I don't think the Kenyans will fare well in the race, but i expect them to put of a good fight. I think kenya has a better shot in the 5000m with Koech, et al.

who is danny and matt? komen and tegenkamp?

3200guy wrote:

I guarantee you with a legal wind out of blocks or from a standing start he runs no faster than 11.5. I think Alberto was quoted in an article saying Galen ran 10.9 for a running start 100. Definitely not the same as a block or standing start.

if he can run that fast without blocks, how does it not make sense to posit that he could run just as fast, if not FASTER than that, out of the blocks?

There is absolutely no way that Rupp could break 12 seconds FAT from the blocks. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it is true.

But, his speed endurance at his flying 100 speed seems, of course, really good--I absolutely think, as does banagalandadanga, that he should do the 800m!

Start and acceleration around the curve is important in the 400m, as is the top speed maintained...although Rupp seems good, he is nowhere near what is required of a top 400m runner...

...but how about the 800? Seriously. That's a race that he could lead the whole way, and in which he just might be able to go fast enough to preclude anybody kicking from behind him. He's got a nice stride, and is very solid and consistent, plus, he's thinner than heck.

I know this might be ridiculous, but in some way I would even say that he could be a "Rudisha Lite". I would absolutely love to see this guy run a hard 800m. Closing the 5k in 52.x? I could see him being capable, right now possibly, of 2 x 52, for 1:44, without any specific 800m training, leading the whole way.

He may come off as a dick to some of you, but his running is impressive, and he is seeming to delvier when it counts.

Go Rupp!

Sprintgeezer wrote:

There is absolutely no way that Rupp could break 12 seconds FAT from the blocks. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it is true.

You sound like those people who say that LeBron couldn't break 60.

Coming from a dead start, blocks or not, is slower than a running start. Note that the second 100m of a winning 200m is usually faster than the winning 100m time.

I'd like to see Mo, Bekele, Rupp, Lomong & Lagat all in a 3K rabbited at 7:25 pace. You rarely see people go under 7:30 anymore but all of these guys would have a shot I believe. Stockholm?

No one asked whom you were, and you have said what we already know on this board. If you are a journalist ask, the owners of the site for a column like any self respecting journalist. The boards are for self righteous trolls like me.

Don't believe everything you read, he would be closer to 11.5 than 10.9 if properly timed in a race

mo bekele wrote:

3200guy wrote:

I guarantee you with a legal wind out of blocks or from a standing start he runs no faster than 11.5. I think Alberto was quoted in an article saying Galen ran 10.9 for a running start 100. Definitely not the same as a block or standing start.

if he can run that fast without blocks, how does it not make sense to posit that he could run just as fast, if not FASTER than that, out of the blocks?

I didn't read the above quote that Rupp ran 11.1-2 with a two-step start before posting that. Regardless, a running start of any kind is more advantageous than starting from a stationary position in the blocks.

Kanye North wrote:

Sprintgeezer wrote:

There is absolutely no way that Rupp could break 12 seconds FAT from the blocks. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it is true.

You sound like those people who say that LeBron couldn't break 60.

He sounds more like those people who say Lebron couldn't break 70.