Is Galen Rupp waiting to long to move to the marathon?

The mile? Really? Leo is sponsored by Hoka One One and won Olympipic silver. Ryan Hall won the Olympic Trials once and has made a living off it for years. How ads have you seen Cenro in on TV?

XCrunner3545 wrote:

Obviously he represents the best chance for an American born runner to win a WMM, as well as the Olympic gold medal.

I disagree and think he has NO chance to do well in the marathon.

Sesamoiditis wrote:

The mile? Really? Leo is sponsored by Hoka One One and won Olympipic silver. Ryan Hall won the Olympic Trials once and has made a living off it for years. How ads have you seen Cenro in on TV?

Exactly. No one cares about the mile either. Track is dead. [Again, relative to the greater American population].

Even non-runners appreciate the "difficulty" of a marathon. It's currently the marquee running event, as evidenced by 50,000+ finishers at NYC. That's probably more than the total number of Americans that participated in a track race the entire year.

Rupp does not have to even win a major (See popularity of K. Goucher, S. Flanagan). Rupp getting 3rd in a NYCM debut would bring him more "general fame" than an AR in the mile. No doubt.

And if a "true born American" does well in the roads, it can help boost popularity of the sport (See also R. Hall).

XCrunner3545 wrote:

Another example of AlSal being a bad coach if you ask me...

Rupp is the number one 10,000m runner in the world right now.

Not bad.

He has a true shot at an Olympic Gold medal on the track to add to his Silver.

Not a real shot at any medal in the marathon.

I agree with Death of 10k. Your comment was nothing but a poor trolling attempt.

The number one 10k runner in the World is Farah. Rupp is in the top five.

The mile AR is not going to do anything for Rupp.

No one knows who Webb is, besides people on this board.

Farah won't be running the 10k in Rio, and by then Rupp would beat him in it anyway.

I just wonder if we're going to see the same pattern with Rupp as we did with Farah. And by that I mean *consistently* running 53.x last laps at the age of 29-30 when he couldn't do it at a younger age.

My main concern with Rupp is his tactics. In a fast race, he's fine. In a bunched up race where there are 8 guys still in the race at the bell, I start biting my nails.

The Waterboy wrote:

Rupp could get 3:46 if he spent a year training for it.

HAHA!!!!!!

"Rupp would beat him in it anyway"

LOL at Rupp fanboyism.

Galen is 28 years old and will be turning 29 in May. History and current belief would tell us that his peak on the track has just passed or he is entering the last 1-2 years of it.

However, some people are in belief that early 30's is the new peak, especially of non-african born runners.. Athletes continue to improve into their 30's pretty regularly now and I'm willing to bet that that trend continues.

Galen also seems to be in a program that continues to develop his speed as well as his endurance. With access to some of the best doctors, medicine, and recovery tools at his disposal, he will continue to improve on the track.

Nick Willis is a perfect example of this as he's recently run 3:29, 3:49 & 7:36 at 31 years old and that's with injuries opposed to Galen's slow progression. I bet Galen is still competitive on the track at 32-34 years old and will continue to PR through Rio. Especially at 3k-10k.

HAHA plus add major ROFLOLs. More blantant Rupp fanboyism.

HardLoper wrote:

The Waterboy wrote:

Rupp could get 3:46 if he spent a year training for it.

HAHA!!!!!!

Oh Please wrote:

I'm a member of a casual running group, people that stared in their 30s or 40s and many who just want to "BQ." Virtually none of them know who Shalane Flanagan was when she got bronze in the 10000. All of them know who she is after she ran NYCM and Boston.

biased sample

if you asked HS/college track runners you might get a different answer. They're more likely to know Webb, Rupp, Solinsky...

if you joined a triathlete group would you be telling us Rupp should move to triathlon?

Rupp is a different type of runner than every other american professional. He was essentially "bred" from high school for long term development.

For him to swing to the marathon now is dumb. He is really coming into it for 5-10k races and being a championship medal contender.

I'm not riding the Rupp bandwagon, I am just trying to state what should be some simple logic.

Well think of it this way Mark kiptoo ran 2:06.16 at age 37 and won the Frankfurt marathon in 2:06.49 at age 38, and Kiptoo says he thinks he can run a 2:04, and Rupp is a lot better than Kiptoo, also Salazar has said Rupp's career was carefully planned so it would have longevity, I think Rupp will be great in the marathon (sub 2:05) until age 35-38, and it would not surprise me if he was still under 2:08 until his early 40's, and dare I say it he could be the first 50 year old under 2:10.

Remember Salazar has groomed Rupp for the marathon since he was 15 years old, what he has done at 3000-10000 is only part of the building blocks to the goal of creating the worlds greatest marathoner, so 15th fastest 10000 runner ever and yet the target distance for his career is the marathon, his career is basically just beginning.

Rupp is a very high mileage runner; 14 years and counting. He will not continue injury-free. He will slow down.

Say What!?!??? wrote:

HAHA plus add major ROFLOLs. More blantant Rupp fanboyism.

HardLoper wrote:

HAHA!!!!!!

HAHAHA...what are you proposing? That Rupp could only run a 3:47? What is 3:50 indoors worth to you? And that was without training only for the mile specifically. Fanboyism is fantasizing he could run well in an event he's never tried before and that his coach has failed to produce good runners for. REALITY is proposing that he could run 2 seconds faster than what is his indoor time is equivalent to, given a year of specific preparation.

And even if he couldn't braek Wbb's record, he still ahs ba better chance at that than winning a marathon major, which was my point in the first place. What he has a BETTER chance of doing, even if he couldn't do either of them.

Salazar is the best middle distance coach in the US. Rupp should stick to the 10 until Rio, then move up to the marathon where he'll become best American but still minutes behind the Africans. As an aside, Rupp always looks so damn exhausted after a race I can't imagine him running a fast marathon.

Forgive all the typos