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  • longjack

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    9 years ago 07/05/2014 5:49am EDT
    re: couldashoulda

    couldashoulda wrote:

    Pessimist wrote:

    I don't want to seem like a pessimist, but I don't think Rupp will get the record. He can't be in THAT much better shape than 12:53, and if that's the case, then things need to go almost perfectly.

    vento^3 says he is in 12:40-12:41 shape.

    http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5896004

    if everything is perfect, maybe. you know vert is talking super optimal times with no waste what so ever.

    but moe dropped the near-perfect one in the 1500 last year.

    It was the A+ game in the only race with the right pace in the last 10 years?

    if everything is close to but not quite perfect, then 1247 is the number.

    of course, the most probable result is that an A- Rupp with so-so pacing (pacing has been crap these days) will drop a 125mid.

  • Joke

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 07/05/2014 9:11am EDT
    re: couldashoulda

    couldashoulda wrote:

    vento^3 says he is in 12:40-12:41 shape.

    http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5896004

    Ventolin's "analysis" is in the realm of pure fantasy more often than not. Need I say anything more than 1:39/3:24?

  • Darrell F

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 07/05/2014 9:21am EDT
    re: Joke

    Ventolin gives athletes a big range of what they can do, Rupp for example he will say something like 12:40 to 12:55. So then if he runs 12:42, he will say he predicted it.

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    sp2

    Member since 06/20/2012.

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    9 years ago 07/05/2014 9:52am EDT
    re: longjack

    It sounds to me like conditions are gonna be far from optimal.

    72 degrees, super-humid, a little breezy, maybe some rain, and intermittent storms doesn't really sound too conducive to running records.

    If the leaders still want to shoot for a 12:50 pace, I'd think it may turn out that no one's able to hold it, and a bunch of guys die pretty badly, which'll be a major let-down.

    If it turns out conditions are a little better (a bit cooler, and rain and wind are not a factor), and they DO feel like it's realistic to push that extreme pace, then I'm wondering what the heck True does.

    Galen knows, in ideal conditions, he's capable of going at 12:50-12:55 and having a decent shot to hold it, but True does NOT realistically expect that he's ready to hold quite that pace.

    So what does he do?

    Go with it anyway, and ride that train as long as he can, and back off at some point and see what happens?

    Or ignore the lead pack, and go a second slower (62-63, instead of the near-insane 61-62 these guys are talking about), even if that means running by himself?

    He probably should be talking with a bunch of the other guys, and working out some cooperation.

    I'm sure not everyone in that group is ready for 12:50.

    I'd say going with the big boys at 12:50 pace is courting disaster, and pretty likely to lead to a major meltdown.

    He's obviously a smart guy. I assume he's thought this through.

    Should be interesting.

  • Jokes amirite

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 07/05/2014 10:18am EDT
    re: sp2

    Is everyone on this thread A Duck?

    I say Rupp has a 20% chance of breaking 1255, a 5% chance of the AR and no chance of sub 1250.

    People here seriously consider him pulling out a 9 second pr off of 1258? That is just not possible.

  • Mirror, mirror, on the wall

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 07/05/2014 11:20am EDT
    re: Le Foot

    Le Foot wrote:

    I'm sure you just wanted to go off on your moronic Galen Rupp rants again, because you're the dumbest poster on LetsRun, even dumber than that Nutella1 guy, and that's saying a lot.

    But wait, You're the dumbest poster of all!

  • Not a duck

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 07/05/2014 11:23am EDT
    re: Jokes amirite

    Jokes amirite wrote:

    Is everyone on this thread A Duck?

    I say Rupp has a 20% chance of breaking 1255, a 5% chance of the AR and no chance of sub 1250.

    People here seriously consider him pulling out a 9 second pr off of 1258? That is just not possible.

    I agree with you.

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