So if Galen Rupp had run Amsterdam, he would have been at best 3rd and maybe 5th?

Rupp split 1:06/ 1:03 in Chicago under warm weather, he certainly could have run faster than meb. As for the better medal. it was thirteen years ago, when the field was much weaker in the marathon, while Rupp had to compete with the great Kipchoge and a far deeper depth of field.

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George213 wrote:
Rupp had to compete with the great Kipchoge and a far deeper depth of field.

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You cannot predict how a runner will do in a time trial race (i.e. pacers for a majority of the race and then fairly consistent pacing to the end) versus a championship style race. Rupp handled a pretty big surge at 35k in Chicago. That is a totally different skill from being able to consistently tick off 14:40-50s for 5k all the way with a very slight pickup at the end. Rupp can run a 27 10k on the track any day of the week. Why wouldn't he be able to cruise along at 14:40-50 per 5k in a marathon? The answer is that we just do not know until Rupp runs a fast race with pacers.

so now you guys will make excuse about watered down only when it fits your agenda....

you a$$ clowns said an olympic medal means more that a fast time, and meb has a better medal than rupp....stop making excuses!

your same worthless argument can be for meb.....were was all the 2:06 guys when meb got silver? you cant make bull sh*t excuses that rupp got a worthy bronze, cause all those 2:03-06 guys didnt make the olympics. then tell me that mebs silver was super weak sauce cause it was 13 years ago....in that case you f*ck stick, then every single olympic medal before your lord and slow as balls savoir ruppy poop ran, was weak watered down and pathetic.

you hear that frank shorter? zatopek? mimoun? bikila? wolde? lopes? and yes you too wanjiru!! you guys are all losers cause you ran your gold medal runs years ago! rupps sh*t colored bronze medal is worth more than anyone who ran before him!!

his is the 2nd coming...no f*ck that, he is better than Jesus Christ!

Of course he would have won. In Chicago, Rupp just beat the world record holder in the marathon, so he's practically the world record holder already. He's at least in the top 3 greatest marathoners and the other 2 rivals were not running in Amsterdam.

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Saywhat2 wrote:

Yeah but Kiuri lost 2 a slow Rupp in Chicago.

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Predictably this thread has lost its way. The question isn't whether Meb or Rupp is better (if you must know, Rupp has had the better career overall and Meb has had the better marathon career to this point), but what place Rupp would have been in Amsterdam.

Hard to say until he is in that kind of a race. He would have likely been in the thick of it in the late stages.

umm no not a chance....

they came through 62:50, ruppy poop would be 3 min behind, that would have put him 26th place or so

ruppy poop would have tried his last 4.4 mile surge and accomplished very little coming home to a 12th place finish...nice im so glad we didnt waste LR space on all the updates and traffic to see ruppy poop go 66/63 again....

all though his fanboys would still jizz and say "his last 4.4 miles was almost as fast as cherono's!!!!!"

yeah and cherono had the CR and ruppy poop would have gotten 12th....if you go super liberal about it he might have gotten 9th, in 2:07 high.

give it up fan boys, rupps best was 9th, most likely 12th

I don’t like Rupp, but I’m not dumb enough to think his half split in Amsterdam would’ve been the same as his half split I’m Chicago.

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Medals baby wrote:

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checked the splits wrote:

Has anyone besides me analyzed the results/splits? No way Rupp is better than third in it - maybe the. Here's why.

1. The times were fast.

1. Lawrence Cherono (K) : 2:05:09 (CR, PR)
2. Norbert Kigen (K): 2:05:09 (PR)
3. Abraham Kiptum (K): 2:05:26
4. Mule Wasihun (E) : 2:05:36
5. Laban Korir (K): 2:07:01
6. Stephen Chebogut (K): 2:07:30
7. Tesfayer Abera (E) : 2:07:39
8. Abdi Nageye (NED/Somalia) : 2:08:16
9. Joseph Aperumoi (K): 2:08:26
10. Rira Seboka (E) : 2:08:51

2. The close - off of a fast pace - was way better than Rupps. Remember, the first half was 62:51 and then they closed like this:

Cherono ran his last 12.2 k in 14:30-14:33-6:09

Rupp off of a 66 first half, ran his last 12.2 k in 15:22-14:25-6:12.

So Cherono ran 62:51-62:18
Rupp ran 66:11-63:09.

From 30k to the finsh, Cherono ran 35:12. Rupp ran 35:59.

So even the fourth placer closed 20 seconds faster than Rupp from 30k. Yes, Rupp started his close later but at best he'd be third? I mean the top 2 basically closed their last 7.2 k the same as Rupp in a race that was 4 minutes faster.

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Rupp has had a better career than the entire field at Amsterdam COMBINED.

/EOT

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Any yet the top 10 all have faster PRs than him. In track and running time means everything. Sure, championships mean a lot but time is paramount.

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That's why Alan Webb is regarded the world over as the best miler of the past decade, yes?

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oh ok big guy

why dont you go get the 4 marathons ruppy poop has run and lets see the splits ok?

and then you will see he is not going to go out in 62 any time soon

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seasoned ranker wrote:

I don’t like Rupp, but I’m not dumb enough to think his half split in Amsterdam would’ve been the same as his half split in Chicago.

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mindweak wrote:

yet another fan boy that makes excuses.

Olympics are WATERED DOWN.

Stefano Baldini, gold medal 2004....what did he do outside of athens? oh and silver that year, meb...who has a faster PR than rupp, and yet you guys are all swallowing ruppy poops jizz and claiming he is better than med

so what medal is better? silver or bronze?

"but but but but kipchoge was in the rio marathon"

"but but but cant compare olympics to olympics"

your argument is about as f*cking worthless as the sh*t that spews out of vent/canc***os mouth

so when you do compare times to the EXACT SAME F*CKING COURSE you still make excuses

med ran faster cause it was sooo hot for ruppy pooop

then we have chicago and you all claim it was too hot to run fast, yet the girls CRUSHED IT..

no you can compare courses that have comparable course records and Chicago has one of the FASTEST times, 2:03:45 i believe and amsterdam is now 2:05:02....that is a difference, amsterdam might be as slow as NYC....so when ruppy poop runs 2:10 there more excuses.

for f*cks sake get off his nuts....he isnt as good as Meb. until he runs a faster PR than every other american he is 2nd place to meb in terms of olympics and 2 place to hall in big city marathon running, thats the truth

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i think you are confused homeslice

meb is better than rupp, he has more golds, more silvers where it "counts" oh and a faster PR

so if you cant understand that, well then i htink you must suck down the ruppy poop jizz as well

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mindweak wrote:

i think you are confused homeslice

meb is better than rupp, he has more golds, more silvers where it "counts" oh and a faster PR

so if you cant understand that, well then i htink you must suck down the ruppy poop jizz as well

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mindweak wrote:

i think you are confused homeslice

meb is better than rupp, he has more golds, more silvers where it "counts" oh and a faster PR

so if you cant understand that, well then i htink you must suck down the ruppy poop jizz as well

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how long do you have to argue and be an idiot?

meb won NYC and Boston, and his boston was faster that ruppy poop how hard is that to figure out?

you and the other c*ck sucking fan boys keep making excuses for rupp.

rupp got 2nd at boston, so we get all sad and make excuses for rupp and why he didnt win or run as fast as meb....so what the hell about the guy who won? he had the SAME EXACT F*CKING conditions as rupp and he won...man you people are annoying

meb got silver at the olympics, he had the same conditions as everyone else in that race, no one made excuses for him there. but rupps bronze is supposed to equal Gold for some reason cause it was so hot....boohoohoo you little annoying b*tches. well guess what 2 guys still beat your lord and savior ruppy poop, but somehow those conditions only effected ruppy.

face it until he runs fast and i dont see that happening you guys are in the land of make believe with your Dictator Ventilcalc***o

facts? you must be the same moron or you are just as f*cking dumb and lazy

ready mr facts boy

Ruppy poos

Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro

World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2017 Chicago Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2017 Boston Marathon

PR 2:09:20

Meb

Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens

World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2009 New York City Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2014 Boston Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2004 New York City Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2005 New York City Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Boston Marathon

PR 2:08:37

so how the F*CK is ruppy poop better again?