The one thing that makes me not worry about how he did was the fact he was fine in the after race interview and up beat. That doesn't sound like someone freaking out about a mile race.
Who knows what he did this week in workouts and what the goal of the race was.
I'm sure he will be fine, much to the sadness of those on these forums.
Not to worry wrote:
The one thing that makes me not worry about how he did was the fact he was fine in the after race interview and up beat. That doesn't sound like someone freaking out about a mile race.
He's temporarily off AlSal's classified secret-sauce program. The stress levels have dropped--not moping/worrying as much.
X Cuzes wrote:
800 coach wrote:He probably just finished off a....
Fanboy excuses are hilarious. Only Rupp is allowed to have "off" days.
What is hilarious is when you young kids have no idea what is going on. The good athletes are ready when they are suppose to be ready and not ready when they are not suppose to be ready. Rupp has always been ready for the big races, and so now you are going to get all excited about a nothing race well before the taper starts.....cute.
NOP Skeptic wrote:
Dope Patrol wrote:In this situation it sort of is relevant because we generally have a good idea of what Rupp can do in the mile when he's in 10000 shape. Furthermore, Rupp at his best should be able to close a 10K with the final mile in the ballpark of what he ran yesterday. Not a good sign at all.
Mo Farah doesn't get gold medals because he can run a 3:28 1500m, he gets medals cause he has excellent aerobic ability, can get to the last lap with less stress than the other runners, and is a great tactician
That, of course, is absolute nonsense. In the 2007 10000 WC Sihine was clearly in better shape than Bekele (he was almost able to run away from him), but still Bekele was able to outsprint him. I don´t think Tadesse´s "aerobic ability" was any worse than Bekele´s, but he wasn´t any match for Bekele in the end of races.
This is probably by far the best post in this thread, although we will only know in hindsight after Worlds. But it makes a heck of a lot of sense. I believe the issue with Rupp is the virus he had early in the year. That got him behind in his training. So he had to try and make it back up. To do that he sacrificed not racing European DLs to train. But he still wanted some race before Worlds just to practice kicking in competition. And ideally a race he didn't have to travel to so as not to take away from his training.
800 coach wrote:
He probably just finished off a 125 mile week with some killer workouts. He's in Portland, so that may have been his 5th or 6th mile rep under 4:15. Relax...he'll be ready.
Retard alert wrote:
NOP Skeptic wrote:Mo Farah doesn't get gold medals because he can run a 3:28 1500m, he gets medals cause he has excellent aerobic ability, can get to the last lap with less stress than the other runners, and is a great tactician
That, of course, is absolute nonsense. In the 2007 10000 WC Sihine was clearly in better shape than Bekele (he was almost able to run away from him), but still Bekele was able to outsprint him. I don´t think Tadesse´s "aerobic ability" was any worse than Bekele´s, but he wasn´t any match for Bekele in the end of races.
The main objective of my post was to disprove the theory that if the race comes down to the last lap in a 5k/10k usually the person with the fastest 1500m/Mile PR or raw speed wins
You can't just look at under distance races to heavily, yes, Farah's 3:28 makes a difference but it isn't the sole difference; there's probably 10 guys in the world than can make it to 9600m in the 10k at Beijing, but if they're hitting the wall before the last lap, a 3:30-3:34 1500m PR is hardely revelant
The above poster said, "Furthermore, Rupp at his best should be able to close a 10K with the final mile in the ballpark of what he ran yesterday. Not a good sign at all." I refuted that saying that an under distance race such as the mile doesn't limit his closing mile potential in Beijing for the 10k, and that Rupp has run races where he's closed faster than he's run for the specific race distance
he's flat,because hes no longer doped up to the gills.
he's not sharp.
got beat by a fraction by Mead who has 13"02 5K.
they will be backing off the mileage and sharpening now.
they better get in another short race in a week or so.
yourmom.com wrote:
I'm calling it right here folks! Pay attention! This was alllllll a ploy!!!!!!!!
Albalazar KNOWS the whole world is watching so he PURPOSELY run The Golden Boy into the ground with workouts this week so that the only mark he's recorded recently is a sucky one! He's playing CHESS!!!! Now no one will pay attention to G-man Ruppinator!!!
Then... The Great White Rupper will show up OUT OF NOWHERE in Beijing and effing FLYYY TO THE PODIUM!!!
More or less this and I said it, as have others, but we need to keep reminding the letsrunners of this. (But that said, I also though some of Mary Cain's off performances in the spring were also due to a heavy training block, but she's obviously off form).
paularatchet wrote:
I hard he did 12x1k at 235 then 6x400 in 57 the night before(Friday). Then he took off in a car is high I followed. Him and Levin's did workout after the race at a nearby track. 4x1600 in 422 413 409 403 for rupp with Levin's a few meters back then last 2 reps
yyy wrote:
Words on the street is that he had a 6*1000m session on Thursday (average 2:30 with 60 secs float) and 15*400m Tuesday(57 with 30 sec flow) prior to the race.
ROTFL.
Yah buddy wrote:
Agreed. Two weeks out from Moscow in 2013 Rupp ran 3:52.1. He got smoked over the final 400 to 2 seconds outside the medals.
This looks bad. Very, very bad.
ryan foreman wrote:
I believe the issue with Rupp is the virus he had early in the year. That got him behind in his training. So he had to try and make it back up.
"The virus he had"???
What "virus"???
All that was every said was Salazar mumbling "virus" as an excuse for Galen's over-hyped, under-performing indoors. WR attempt LOL.
Unless he had mono (unlikely) this excuse is nothing more than hand-waving away a mistimed cycle...er..."peak."
Why does Rupp do that weird thing with his arms when he starts intervals?
ryan foreman wrote:
This is probably by far the best post in this thread, although we will only know in hindsight after Worlds. But it makes a heck of a lot of sense.
I believe the issue with Rupp is the virus he had early in the year. That got him behind in his training. So he had to try and make it back up. To do that he sacrificed not racing European DLs to train. But he still wanted some race before Worlds just to practice kicking in competition. And ideally a race he didn't have to travel to so as not to take away from his training.
800 coach wrote:He probably just finished off a 125 mile week with some killer workouts. He's in Portland, so that may have been his 5th or 6th mile rep under 4:15. Relax...he'll be ready.
I heard it was a 150 mile week. 5x1mile in 4:15 each, with the last in sub 4:05. 4x per day with 5x twice a week.
FloTrack workout viewer wrote:
Why does Rupp do that weird thing with his arms when he starts intervals?
I was thinking it's so Alberto know when to start timing him.
Anyone else know?
Go Galen Go wrote:
FloTrack workout viewer wrote:Why does Rupp do that weird thing with his arms when he starts intervals?
I was thinking it's so Alberto know when to start timing him.
Anyone else know?
Can Alberto not see when he crosses a line? Maybe he should wave his arms in the air like a tool when he finishes an interval, too?
If this is the case, I can see how Alberto underestimates Rupp's all of interval times.
Rudiger wrote:
Judging by the earlier posts I thought he had finished dead last by a few seconds. What did the guys ahead of him close in 56-57? Not particularly impressive either if you were expecting blazing splits.
With Rupp, its always hard to judge anything from his first race from an extended break. There's always the chance this year is different but history tells us he'll be fit and sharp enough come worlds.
A question: Can anyone explain what purpose a race like this serves? We're still a few weeks out from worlds and his kick by no means has to be finely tuned yet. Is it just breaking through for better workouts until then?
Knowing Rupp and AlSal, there was likely no pointing for this race or any letup in workouts before toeing the line, despite anything they might say to the contrary. Rupp may have very well run a workout earlier that day.
He'll run well in Beijing and then more slop will be tossed around this board by the LR neckbeards.
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Cam beat him earlier this year too. Maybe Galen is losing his edge, because he's not chasing down Farah. Some people don't know how to run fast unless they have a good partner to train with. They sort of spin their legs really fast, go to the arms, but don't really get anywhere. i could see someone getting use to that form over time, and have it show up in a race.
This thread is a great example of why so many people hate NOP fans...
They blindly support Rupp and obnoxiously post about him.
So sad. Rupp is a proven doper and the NOP fanboys ignore that