Rupp solo 1:01:20 half marathon today in Portland

Low 59, I reckon.

What shoes did he race in?

Video wrote:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BUbeMs8btA0

So how did that course set up work out once there were a bunch of runners going in both directions on that narrow strip?

What terrible race.

No one tried to stay with him. Not even from the start

Far from a Ryan Hall fan boy, but I think we may not be giving him enough credit if we think Rupp can easily beat his AR in the half after running a 1:01:20 solo... Remember Ryan ran his 59:43 solo as well.

Dez1234 wrote:

What shoes did he race in?

Um ... Nikes

Can anyone find the online results? I just want to see how much Galen won by and how funny it looks to see the disparity.

Nikeman wrote:

He won the Holiday Half on a cool rainy morning to qualify easily for the Olympic Trials marathon

Wow, he ran much faster than I expected. Obviously, the time is not that big of a deal for his talent level, but I assumed he would use it as a training run...looks like he actually ran it. Btw, it is not easy to run that far and fast all by yourself.

No results yet but second place was 73-74min, so he had a bit of a gap.

agc5k wrote:

Can anyone find the online results? I just want to see how much Galen won by and how funny it looks to see the disparity.

It was a bicycle. Had he been sucking the exhaust of a combustion engine the time would have been one minute slower. (which begs the question, why aren't bicycles used in all road races)

Dah wrote:

Far from a Ryan Hall fan boy, but I think we may not be giving him enough credit if we think Rupp can easily beat his AR in the half after running a 1:01:20 solo... Remember Ryan ran his 59:43 solo as well.

Yes, but it's not like Rupp is just anyone. 26:44 for 10k is a pretty decent time.

A great half marathon a successful marathoner does not make. If you have any doubts, consider Zersenay Tadese.

peekay wrote:

He just goes out and runs this in a nothing race...shows how much better he is than the current US marathoners, at least at the half.

My guess is that running a half at the end of 2011 worked in the 2012 preparations so they are just doing it again and he has no intentions of making his marathon debut at the trials. But if I'm wrong I would be shocked if he didn't win the Trials marathon.

61:20?? Dam* that's a quick time for a race like that.

Is the course certified? Portland races are often short.

I'm not joking either. I'm convinced the RDs make them short in order to have a "fast" course that everyone wants to run.

Pints to Pasta is a prime example of this. Definitely short.

The original "CrawFish Crawl" was also short until they got called on it...

DS wrote:

I like how he did the "punch the ticket" sign when he crossed the finish line. I'm thinking he runs the trials, jogs the first half in 1:06 and then blasts a 1:03 negative-split to win.

I hope he runs it. He'll be 30 by the time the 2016 Rio Olympics roll around. It's not like he's going to improve on his 10,000 silver from 2012. He might be able to get his 5,000 and 10,000 PRs down a little further, but the clock is ticking. He should run the marathon trials, see what happens. He can always still do the 10,000 trials too. Dude isn't getting any younger. Probably close to peak marathon shape and age after he runs a couple.

Slow to be slow wrote:

No results yet but second place was 73-74min, so he had a bit of a gap.

agc5k wrote:

Can anyone find the online results? I just want to see how much Galen won by and how funny it looks to see the disparity.

It's weird because 73-74 min is a bad*ss time and super awesome and respectable, but Galen makes it look so slow.

Yea, and Hall's AR is pretty spot on the equivalent of Rupp's 26:44 AR. So, it would take his best on a very good day to beat it. He's capable, but it will take a few things falling into place and an actual focus on a half marathon.

portland runner short courses wrote:

61:20?? Dam* that's a quick time for a race like that.

Is the course certified? Portland races are often short.

I'm not joking either. I'm convinced the RDs make them short in order to have a "fast" course that everyone wants to run.

Pints to Pasta is a prime example of this. Definitely short.

The original "CrawFish Crawl" was also short until they got called on it...

Yes. The course was USATF certified last week. The organizers had to scramble to get it certified once they were informed that Galen was running. So, in essence, the course was "Rupp-certified".

No duh. I what model?