oh please wrote:
malmo wrote:Misplaced anger.
I still don't see it happening.
I don't either, but not necessarily because he couldn't finish top 3 in the 10000. I just don't think that he can do it in a race where he has to hit the standard (27:45?). If it's a 28:20 race I think he still has enough wheels to get third.
Lagat has a better shot at the standard in the 5k, but the US has several excellent runners capable of 13:10. If Rupp is out of the 5k hopefully the race is not a jog fest.
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Its really just to early to tell. Last year it seemed like he chased records early in the season and kind of burned out by the time the us champs roled around. If he sticks to the usual plan I think he could definitely be one of the three in the 5000m. I honestly think that he could make it in the 10000m because the us has like zero good 10k runners, aside from rupp and true. If he did make it the 10k on the other hand then he wouldn't do well at Rio. Kamworer is going to push a HARD pace at Rio. I wouldn't be surprised if they went sub 27. The Kenyans tried it at Beijing this last year but slacked at the beginning. Its going to be a race of strength and I don't think lagat has that strength.
Star wrote:
I wouldn't feel too confident about getting top 3 if I were Rupp, a True or Hill with Lagat in he race.
Presuming Rupp does well at the marathon trials, I'd expect him to run only the 10 and the marathon at the Olympics. He'll probably run both 5 and 10 at the trials and would likely be top 3 in the 5k, but I can't see him tripling in the Olympics.
Steeplechase.
Citizen Runner wrote:
He'll probably run both 5 and 10 at the trials and would likely be top 3 in the 5k
Rupp was not top three in the US for 5k in 2015.
He should only run the 10k, and focus on that. The 5k is not his event any longer.
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