I love to run and am very passionate towards the sports. I am in 8th grade and averaged 30miles a week during the XC season and had a pr of 17:02. My training included no cross training or strength training. Does it seem like I have enough talent to become an international competitor some day? I plan on following the philosophies of the Nike Oregon Project once I get in high school and will use them as guidelines for my training.
Without reading anything you wrote, I am confident the answer is no. Are you a 1 in 150+ million people kind of talent?
Maybe, and maybe not. You never know until you try. Remember that Rupp is on a long-term, slow-steady progress plan. He has also had a special coach (Salazar) since the age of 14. So, think about peaking at age 25-30, and don't worry so much about being Rupp fast while still in HS.
Rupp isn't a 1 in 150 million talent. Maybe 1 in 5000.
rupppwnsu wrote:
Without reading anything you wrote, I am confident the answer is no. Are you a 1 in 150+ million people kind of talent?
You math is wrong. There are a lot more people with Rupp talent that 1:150,000,000. Rupp has been on a special training program since age 14, managed to avoid injury--how, exactly?--, and somehow had the money to buy special gear--altitude tent at age 14.
Kid,
If Galen asked the question at your age if he could be as good as say, Bob Kennedy, people would have told him no too...and now he has an Olympic medal. So it's really more up to the individual than those with the strong anonymous opinions.
Best of luck
The only real way to find out s to work smart and hard and make sure you stay healthy.
know-it-all joe wrote:
Rupp isn't a 1 in 150 million talent. Maybe 1 in 5000.
So there are 63,000 people with Rupp's talent walking around in America just right now, yet only 2 people have ever run under 27:00 in all of history?
I am surprised anyone would think this.
newname wrote:
know-it-all joe wrote:Rupp isn't a 1 in 150 million talent. Maybe 1 in 5000.
So there are 63,000 people with Rupp's talent walking around in America just right now, yet only 2 people have ever run under 27:00 in all of history?
I am surprised anyone would think this.
Why would you be surprised?
How many of those people have tried competitive running?
How many tired running when they were young enough to still run fast?
How many of those people had a coach around them to guide them?
Dont listen to anyone that sais you cant you can do amazing things with enough work and by being smart
Thanks guys and I do plan on using altitude tents and share the same idea of peaking at age 25-27.
I know for a fact that if I was given the opportunities Rupp was given and I never was injured multiple times I would be as great as Rupp. Id say there are potential Rupps in every county.
Buried somewhere on Flotrack, there is an interview with Salazaar talking about how he discovered Rupp. The coach of the freshman soccer team was having his athletes doing 200 reps (based on Salazaar's recommendations for conditioning work), and the soccer coach saw this kid cruising through 31 second 200s. Figured he'd give Salazaar a call about him.
So, if you are cruising through 200 reps at 31 seconds a piece. Yeah, maybe you've got the talent.
Possibly.
know-it-all joe wrote:
Rupp isn't a 1 in 150 million talent. Maybe 1 in 5000.
The 1 in 150 million is way closer than your silly 1 in 5000!
How many runners on the planet do you think have run 10000m faster than Rupp?
There is no way to know yet. You need to keep running for a few years and see how things develop. By the time you are 16, it will be clear whether you have any realisitic chance to compete at a high level. You do need some basic speed to have a chance. Can you run 400m in sub 60 now? You also don't really know whether your interest in running will persist. Things can change a lot in a few years. if you are 16, beating everyone in your locale, and skipping time with friends / girls to go train then you may have a chance.
Me here wrote:
I know for a fact that if I was given the opportunities Rupp was given and I never was injured multiple times I would be as great as Rupp. Id say there are potential Rupps in every county.
I actually did score FOUR touchdowns for Polk High in the city championship game and if it weren't for a bum leg and a sultry
red head I would have played college ball and went on to play for the Chicago Bears. The Bears might be a stretch but college ball was def on the table!
Cite the evidence bro. For all we know you might have won the Junior Turkey Trot in Springfield.
know-it-all joe wrote:
Rupp isn't a 1 in 150 million talent. Maybe 1 in 5000.
This is the most ignorant post I have ever read in my entire life.
I can currently run 31 200 repeats but that's not really cruising. I can barely run sub 70 400s :(. I am very lacking in speed and I am trying to work on it.
Sorry, but you're done - pack it in and move on to something that requires less talent..., call a 'spade a spade' as they say. The truth/reality of things is not always easy to accept, but often provides a better outcome.