That is why they fail.
ersrgdfh wrote:
They don't think about him...
I don't think Rupp will be one of the greatest marathoners but I also don't see any reason why we won't be competitive or continue to improve.
Beautiful Day wrote:
Yeah.
All those guys who have run 2:02-2:06 will instead run 2:08-2:12. And Rupp, who has hardly broken 2:10 will run 2:06. Right.
1. Rupp bet Meb at the trials. Okay.
2. Rupp won a bronze because each country could only send 3 athletes. Okay.
3. Rupp faded as usual at Boston and still hasn't run fast enough to top the world record from the 60s.
The dude is not a marathoner, though he's run a fair half. That's okay. Lots of guys are fast in the half marathon, and not at the full 26.2. He's pretty much trapped, though. At some point, he either has to win another one, or run a time that your standard sub-27 10K runner might run. Or, just stop running marathons. That's the obvious answer.
I don't really like Rupp but I hope he does run a 2:06 just so you will finally shut the f*ck up.
Beautiful Day wrote:
Yeah.
All those guys who have run 2:02-2:06 will instead run 2:08-2:12. And Rupp, who has hardly broken 2:10 will run 2:06. Right.
1. Rupp bet Meb at the trials. Okay.
2. Rupp won a bronze because each country could only send 3 athletes. Okay.
3. Rupp faded as usual at Boston and still hasn't run fast enough to top the world record from the 60s.
The dude is not a marathoner, though he's run a fair half. That's okay. Lots of guys are fast in the half marathon, and not at the full 26.2. He's pretty much trapped, though. At some point, he either has to win another one, or run a time that your standard sub-27 10K runner might run. Or, just stop running marathons. That's the obvious answer.
Ah yes, definition of bad-ass when he threatens people or in the way he talked to Gabe's husband.
Beautiful Day wrote:
I don't really like you but I hope this pathetic board can stop with the Rupplove despite non-stop Rupp-certified talk yet somehow hold this overarching belief that's he's among the world's best when he's probably not even among the 30 fastest so far this year, and stop with the hate of his coach when his coach is the definition of bad-ass.
http://cms.rockymountain.com.b...be793f.jpg
This. Says it all in a nutshell.
another whitey wrote:
Kirui had no idea what Rupp's name was in Boston.
How many Kenyans knew who Kirui was before Boston?
Their opinion wrote:another whitey wrote:This. Says it all in a nutshell.
Kirui had no idea what Rupp's name was in Boston.
All of them. He trains with the other Kirui who has won a few big races.
Samuel DeChamplain wrote:Their opinion wrote:How many Kenyans knew who Kirui was before Boston?another whitey wrote:This. Says it all in a nutshell.
Kirui had no idea what Rupp's name was in Boston.
You wanna bet he WON'T best coach Al Sal's 2:08:54 (since the 2:08:13 at NYC was SHORT)
TrackCoach wrote:
Every thing points to at least 2:07; I don't know how anyone thinks Rupp won't be competitive. Perhaps he'll never be great by world standards, but he's already pretty darn good already unless you think a 26:44 10K, 2 Olympic medals, multiple USA Marathon Championships and a WMM 2nd place was all a fluke. He now has a shot at running a fast time, I can't see why anyone would count him out.