history guy wrote:
Anyone remember what happened the last time Alberto was switching the dates of a 10,000 around? Chris Solinsky killed his boy Galen Rupp and ran 26:59. That crushed Galen (Ever sine then, Galen and Al Sal have upped their game (wink wink) and been unbeatable). I'd love to see something like that happen here.
Here's a thought and way to make it happen.
If I was an adidas employee, I'd do the following just to make a mockery of it. Call up a good Kenyan road racer and say, "Here's $5000. I want you to enter the 'race' and crush them. OH yeah, please wear this singlet. It says adidas on the front and 'Thyroid loser' on the back."
Yes, and Matt Withrow also "crushed" Galen Rupp back in the day...
But look at where they are.
Withrow has done nothing notable since then.
Solinsky has been having a rough ride back from injury and has done nothing notable in international competition.
Rupp has a 10000m Silver Medal, the 10000m record, multiple Olympic final runs, and a few US Champs victories...
And I'm just going to state the obvious and say that Rupp certainly wouldn't be where he is without Salazar. It's nice to see a coach who goes so far for his athletes.