Iniitally Rupp was going for the WR in 2-mile. Then he was doing the mile-2mile double. Now it's back to the 2-mile but no record attempt.
We learned that and a lot at the press conference today where Matthew Centrowitz won the day in our book with a bunch of great jokes.
Other info besides the big news with Rupp: Mary Cain trained as a 1500/5000 runner this fall but has moved back to the 800/1500 training and that's why the women's 2 mile WR attempt is off.
Next big LetsRun thread: "Rupp DUCKS out of mile"
Salazar couldn't get the doses right?
I was at the Armory on Thursday when the Oregon Project was doing their workout, and it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Thursday afternoons are high school practice days, and there was a high school relay meet right after the practice session ended, so there were many more high school runners than normal. Galen Rupp was warming up in the hallway downstairs, right next to high school runners and no one even noticed him or the other NOP members downstairs. However once they went upstairs to do their workout, every eye was on them. It was so cool to see them all spiked up and doing their workout right next to high schoolers. After (and sometimes even during) their workout, they were all swarmed with requests for pictures and autographs and graciously accepted the vast majority of them. It was certainly something those kids will never forget, and quite a sight to see. While this might have been a hindrance to their workout (as stated in the article above regarding Galen Rupp), it was a very special opportunity for those kids and props to the NOP members for handling it so well.
trackrunnerrr wrote:
I was at the Armory on Thursday when the Oregon Project was doing their workout, and it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Thursday afternoons are high school practice days, and there was a high school relay meet right after the practice session ended, so there were many more high school runners than normal. Galen Rupp was warming up in the hallway downstairs, right next to high school runners and no one even noticed him or the other NOP members downstairs. However once they went upstairs to do their workout, every eye was on them. It was so cool to see them all spiked up and doing their workout right next to high schoolers. After (and sometimes even during) their workout, they were all swarmed with requests for pictures and autographs and graciously accepted the vast majority of them. It was certainly something those kids will never forget, and quite a sight to see. While this might have been a hindrance to their workout (as stated in the article above regarding Galen Rupp), it was a very special opportunity for those kids and props to the NOP members for handling it so well.
What was the workout?
It was a pretty fast 2 mile tempo followed by
5 x 1 mile (400m rest in-between)
Timed it at 4:21, 4:20, 4:20, 4:16, and 4:01
Wasn't following the workout completely, but they were all starting at the 100 mark of the 200 meter armory track so I would assume maybe 300's or 500's. After all of their reps they jogged for a bit. Jordan Hasay and Galen did their workouts alone, Centro and Levins did theirs together. No Salazar in sight.