DUCK ALERT: Rupp is DUCKING the Diamond League while his rivals (even Farah) are racing it

Congrats for totally avoiding the question. What races would you have Rupp enter that make any sense in the context of his wider goals?

You can't.

I'm with you that I'd love to see Rupp race more, and we will later in the season. Your contention that he is avoiding the DL is based on half a season - the less important half at that.

categorically wrote:

Congrats for totally avoiding the question. What races would you have Rupp enter that make any sense in the context of his wider goals?

You can't.

I'm with you that I'd love to see Rupp race more, and we will later in the season. Your contention that he is avoiding the DL is based on half a season - the less important half at that.

I'd say either of the first two stops, or Birmingham.

But your wording says it all: "the context of his wider goals."

One might think that for an elite runner, racing other elite runners more than one or twice per season is part of the program. It is for everyone else at his level.

sc42 wrote:

Off the top of my head, other London medalists that have run few if any Diamond League races this year:

...

Ezekiel Kemboi

...is running his THIRD 2013 DL meet tomorrow.

Moron.

Meanwhile, RUPP has just one slow international race under his belt outdoors.

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

sc42 wrote:

Off the top of my head, other London medalists that have run few if any Diamond League races this year:

...

Ezekiel Kemboi

...is running his THIRD 2013 DL meet tomorrow.

Moron.

Meanwhile, RUPP has just one slow international race under his belt outdoors.

I'm not sure Rupp is "Ducking" anything more than I'm "Ducking" certain stock trades. If the trade isn't set up to my liking, I don't place it yet or maybe at all. I'm in it to win it, not to place trades simply because I'm able to. Rupp/Salazar have the same strategy to running. Be at your best when it counts most. Period.

It's not something losers grasp easily.

shipsekk wrote:

I'm not sure Rupp is "Ducking" anything more than I'm "Ducking" certain stock trades. If the trade isn't set up to my liking, I don't place it yet or maybe at all. I'm in it to win it, not to place trades simply because I'm able to. Rupp/Salazar have the same strategy to running. Be at your best when it counts most. Period.

Thank you for the fascinating look into your boring life, and for your cliches.

Kemboi raced his third DL meet yesterday and dominated, by the way.

Pretty poor example of a London medallist "not racing the Diamond League" from the moron who listed him.

I'm with you that I'd love to see Rupp race more, and we will later in the season. Your contention that he is avoiding the DL is based on half a season - the less important half at that.[/quote]

Hey here is only a month to go. How come Al Sal has Mo running pretty frequently

I really want to run well in WC's but he needs to do some races as preperation to do well there. Maybe he has had some niggles?

ATTENTION: All Rupp / Nike / Salazar / Oregon / NOP haters

a repost of mine from another thread

anyone that knows about salazar's training plan knows what he is doing right now

2 peaks per year

i.e.,

after his indoor season ended in mid march

2 weeks off

2 weeks easy jogging

4-5 weeks moderate training with races here and there

normally he would now begin his 8-10 week period of hard, quality training but being a US athlete he had to interrupt this to qualify for the world championships, meaning easy week before US champs, week of US champs, easy - moderate week after US champs

this interrupts that 8-10 week block of training that he does before peaking.

a non-US athlete like Mo can continue doing that block of training but galen could not and so is finishing it now in july

he will be ready to race for the win in moscow

then will run very fast races on the circuit after worlds

it has nothing to do with "ducking" competition

it is just how his training is and is part of his preparation

because galen and alberto both know that actually what happens in paris, or london, or monaco doesn't matter

and that at the end of the day an athlete is judged by what they did in the championships

see - Lasse Viren

flame away

mods feel free to lock the thread now

I don't read bold. Could you please repeat with legible fonts?

that's real retarded, sir wrote:

I don't read bold. Could you please repeat with legible fonts?

nope

ukathleticscoach wrote:

I really want to run well in WC's but he needs to do some races as preperation to do well there. Maybe he has had some niggles?

Hm. There WOULD be a coverup...

Makes no sense given Farah's schedule.Next BS answer?

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

Makes no sense given Farah's schedule.

Next BS answer?

moron

i am not surprised a pea brained imbecile such as yourself can't understand

idiot

farah is not a US runner like rupp

imbecile

therefore did not have a big interruption having to qualify for the worlds team

moron

and so is further along in his training than rupp is at the moment

idiot

learn something

rupp wasn't in top shape for pre and still not there for usatf compared to last year. if healthy that indoor 3:50.9/7:30 shape should be improved upon by moscow and say berlin in september, maybe some ar's. maybe even sub 13 shape by monaco or london in july.

"Someday in the future, children, there will be a letsrun.com where idiots don't feed trolls like "Salad-tosser" for 6 pages of posts."

someone had to do it wrote:

farah is not a US runner like rupp

therefore did not have a big interruption having to qualify for the worlds team

14:55/28:30 is not a "big interruption" for a 13:00/26:50 guy.

Next BS excuse?

A Duck wrote:

"Someday in the future, children, there will be a letsrun.com where idiots don't feed trolls like "Salad-tosser" for 6 pages of posts."

Someday in the future, children, there will be a letsrun.com where idiots don't constantly post homophobic slurs, because they get therapy to work out their issues with homosexuality.

Seriously. Get help.

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

A Duck wrote:

"Someday in the future, children, there will be a letsrun.com where idiots don't feed trolls like "Salad-tosser" for 6 pages of posts."

Someday in the future, children, there will be a letsrun.com where idiots don't constantly post homophobic slurs, because they get therapy to work out their issues with homosexuality.

Seriously. Get help.

You are so lame, Salad-tosser. Salad-tosser is not a homophobic slur, it is just what you are.

My guess is that Farah ran Birmingham for the appearance money. He would have guaranteed a sell-out and huge TV ratings.

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

14:55/28:30 is not a "big interruption" for a 13:00/26:50 guy.

Next BS excuse?

imbecile

heat/humidity make intrinsic effort much greater

idiot

negative split race

moron

have to back off for making team week before

idiot

then week of race

imbecile

then easy/moderate week after championship week

that is 3 weeks interrupting their 8-10 week hard training period

of which you've shown you know nothing of

fu.cking idiot

learn something

moron