You heard it here 1st! Given Galen's current fitness (strength) and that he recognizes that he has to do something special in the 5K to determine his 10K-Marathon versus 5K-10K decision, he will set an AR in the 5K. It's hammer time, not tactical ... he knows he's in great shape w/nothing to lose.
Literally zero chance this happens.
Winning time likely 13:38-13:52
Galen's not wasting his time with a 5K split effort ... he\'s also not going to allow what happened during the World Indoor 3K to occur as well. Folks will be hanging on for dear life.
He'll run whatever Al Svengalizar tells him to run. If Al tells him to run from 1200 meters to 1400 meters in 25.67, he will. If Al tells him to run to a 70 meter lead and carry his child the last lap, he will. He trusts Svengalizar implicitly.
Lickety Split wrote:
Galen's not wasting his time with a 5K split effort ... he's also not going to allow what happened during the World Indoor 3K to occur as well. Folks will be hanging on for dear life.
He wasn't in the World Indoor 3k.
Wasthere wrote:
Lickety Split wrote:Galen's not wasting his time with a 5K split effort ... he's also not going to allow what happened during the World Indoor 3K to occur as well. Folks will be hanging on for dear life.
He wasn't in the World Indoor 3k.
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Correct, I'm implying that it won't be "sit & kick"
two guesses this time wrote:
Literally zero chance this happens.
Winning time likely 13:38-13:52
Really going out on a limb
My bust .... meant Saturday versus Sunday for 5K
Lickety Split wrote:
My bust .... meant Saturday versus Sunday for 5K
EZ prediction: Rupp, Hill, Jenkins
Mead, True, Lagat .... their minds are fried after DNF.
risktaker wrote:
two guesses this time wrote:Literally zero chance this happens.
Winning time likely 13:38-13:52
Really going out on a limb
LOL,
Hey call 'em as a I see 'em.
I'd be surprised if he got top 3. I'd say he gets 4th. I'm not a hater, I actually hope he wins!
LtM wrote:
If Al tells him to run to a 70 meter lead and carry his child the last lap, he will. He trusts Svengalizar implicitly.
If Rupp picked up one of his children en route to winning an OT race and crossed the finish line carrying them, I would never buy anything but Nike until the day I die, and encourage all other runners to do the same.
Rupp is a 24 carat prick.
He did this in '08. Declared for the 5k, ran the heats and qualified them scratched the final. Him and Rohatinsky. They f@%ked 4 people that week.
Now he is doing it again. He is not going to triple.
AlSal does not give a rats azz about any other runner.
"Five thousand meter final isn't a social dance class."
-former record holder
Frankly I think rupp should be resting and focusing just on the marathon.
He wouldn't be running the 5K unless he knew that he was in the best shape of his life .... he doesn't want to waste this extreme level of fitness he's enjoyed this year. Particulalrly not at Hayward Field.
LtM wrote:
He'll run whatever Al Svengalizar tells him to run. If Al tells him to run from 1200 meters to 1400 meters in 25.67, he will. If Al tells him to run to a 70 meter lead and carry his child the last lap, he will. He trusts Svengalizar implicitly.
Bingo!
I am confused about one part of your statement.
I do not think that Galen would need to carry a human child or stuffed animal for the last lap...if that was what Alberto decided as the optimal scientific last lap strategy.
The human child and the stuffed animal could both be taped to Galen with lots of Nike KY (in evil black Darth Vader NOP color (colour)) Speed Duct Tape... and he could easily run the entire Olympic marathon in the heat without any of them getting loose (not like Paula Radcliffe's nose tape and suspicious blood test results).
Oh Paula.
Ridiculo!
Ridiculous. However Salazar did say that Rupp would only run the Olympic 5,000M if he did something incredible in the 5000M trials. I take that to mean Rupp is going to at least attempt something incredible. That would probably mean some combination of front running and a blistering finish.
Lickety Split wrote:
You heard it here 1st! Given Galen's current fitness (strength) and that he recognizes that he has to do something special in the 5K to determine his 10K-Marathon versus 5K-10K decision, he will set an AR in the 5K. It's hammer time, not tactical ... he knows he's in great shape w/nothing to lose.
ryan foreman wrote:
Ridiculous. However Salazar did say that Rupp would only run the Olympic 5,000M if he did something incredible in the 5000M trials. I take that to mean Rupp is going to at least attempt something incredible. That would probably mean some combination of front running and a blistering finish.
Lickety Split wrote:You heard it here 1st! Given Galen's current fitness (strength) and that he recognizes that he has to do something special in the 5K to determine his 10K-Marathon versus 5K-10K decision, he will set an AR in the 5K. It's hammer time, not tactical ... he knows he's in great shape w/nothing to lose.
It's going to be crazy .... Galen's going to take the top spots under 13:00
LtM wrote:He trusts Svengalizar implicitly.
Who is Svengalizar? Never heard of him before.
Lickety Split wrote:
You heard it here 1st! Given Galen's current fitness (strength) and that he recognizes that he has to do something special in the 5K to determine his 10K-Marathon versus 5K-10K decision, he will set an AR in the 5K. It's hammer time, not tactical ... he knows he's in great shape w/nothing to lose.
Although I don't think he's going to get a AR, I do think he's going to take it out
Think of it like this, he's 95% he's going to do the 10k/Marathon double, and with the marathon training in his legs, it would be very hard to pop a fast last 800m to hang w/ guys like Heath/Lagat/Hill/True if it's tactical
Why not take it from the gun, time trial it, and make everyone hang on for dear life? Even if he doesn't get top 3, he most certainly entertains the crowd...
I think he runs 13:10-13:15, how many Americans have shown they are in that type of shape so far this year? Mead (13:04), True (13:12), Paul Chelimo, Shadrack Kipchirchir
Heath had a better year last year, Lagat, Lomong are passed their prime, Jenkins hasn't shown he's in his 13:07 form from last year
Regardless, we saw how the U.S. Army boys ran in 10k, the watch out for Paul Chelimo!!