Not reAlly dude wrote:
I wish he finished but lots of better runners have dropped out. I have seen Haile G drop from lots of races. Bekele dropped out of world cross and the world championships 10000. I also saw him drop out of a 1500.Wilson Kiprop dropped out of the Olympic 10000. Lagat dropped out of a 5000 last year.
Rupp did not start a 10000 in Eugene but ran another race. He stopped after falling in a diamond league 5000. He lost a shoe and won an NCAA 5000. He also fell and finished the NYC half.
Right. Rupp is in very good company.
Personally I greatly admire Rupp, Salazar, and the entire NOP. They keep raising the standards for everyone else and in quite benevolent ways. It is rare for coaches to share everything they are doing this, and Salazar does this routinely. I have great respect for him.
Rupp did the right think to drop out of the race. Perhaps his shoe was laced wrong and pinching his foot. I have stopped in the middle of runs numerous times to sit down, take my shoes off and readjust them, or to remove a rock from my shoes. A couple of times my shoes were bothering me in races, I sat down, tossed my shoes off and continued on barefoot.
Anytime someone feels a chance of an injury coming on, especially going into a sprint, should know the best thing is to stop instead of risking the end of a season, especially in such a low level race, this wasn't even a championship.
Of course if Rupp was okay he is fine doing a workout later on. I'm very interested in these post race workouts and think they are great. I never considered doing workouts after races in my serious racing days, but am doing them now and enjoy them.