Mo and Galen show up to Boston 2018. What happens? Who wins of the 2?

Mo mo2 wrote:

Mo and Galen show up to Boston 2018... who wins and why?

Galen Rupp. Easily. The reason is because he is the greatest American distance runner ever.

My feeling is that the top of Mo's range is the half, with his best event the 10k, and that he will not be nearly as good at the marathon. On the other hand, the marathon may be Rupp's best event. People harp on his slow PR, but only a handful of guys in the world right now could have closed the way he did at Chicago.

FFS, neither is even in the top HUNDRED marathoners.

"Neither" is the heavy, heavy odds-on answer.

somerandomguy wrote:

FFS, neither is even in the top HUNDRED marathoners.

"Neither" is the heavy, heavy odds-on answer.

Seems pretty strange that over 100 people passed up racing Chicago and winning a crap ton of money.

Is Mo really considered the GOAT track distance runner?

TrackCoach wrote:

Almost certainly will not happen. Any marathon that pays the appearance fee for both Mo and Galen won't have much let over for the other invitees. London for all practical purposes is the debut for the GOAT track distance runner and a non-African WMM winner will command a king's ransom. With that said, if the 2 of them just happen to end up in the same race, I will have to go with Galen, the proven marathoner. Mo's 59:32 half from 2 years ago suggest he is definitely better than his 2:08x, but I don't see Mo being able to run with the ultra elites.

So, Bekele and Geberselasie are not ultra elites? Mo's 2:08's was ran with those 2 on the race, unless they were body doubles? Pardon me, but get off the pipe coach, it's impeding you.

Don't know if the two will ever race in the marathon. Right now I pick Galen. Mo has everything to prove in the marathon.

his 3:28 1500 says hello

Mo mo2 wrote:

Mo and Galen show up to Boston 2018... who wins and why?

Distance running fans win!

Bullet_Proof wrote:

Mo mo2 wrote:

Mo and Galen show up to Boston 2018... who wins and why?

Galen Rupp. Easily. The reason is because he is the greatest American distance runner ever.

That doesn't mean much. American runners aren't very good.

2018 Boston Marathon:

Mo Farah

Dathan Ritzenhein

Galen Rupp

Andrew Bumbalough

Noah Droddy

Parker Stinson

Aaron Braun

2018 MadCity Ultra 100k:

Luke Puskedra

Evan Jager

Kyle Skaggs

Sam Crouser

Ryan Crouser

Chris Mulverhill

Luke Beevor

Chris Moen

John Isner

Dakota Jones

Kyle Visser

Jim Walmsley

Matt Flaherty

Tim Tollefson

2018 MadCity Ultra 50k

Trey Hardee

Pascal Behrenbruch

Nicklas Wiberg

Daniel Almgren

Trevor Dunbar

Chris Froome

Koen Verweij

Jorrit Bergsma

Ryan Diem

Johnny Gregorek

Nathan Davis

Daniel Stahl

Christoph Harting

Ben True

Chris Derrick

Scott Fauble

Greg Clausen

Jared Schuurmans

Timothy Ritchie

Sage Canaday

Jason Hartmann

Andrew Wheating

Chris Solinsky

Patrick McGregor

2018 Berlin Marathon

Mo Farah

Dathan Ritzenhein

Galen Rupp

2018 Chicago Marathon

Trey Hardee

Pascal Behrenbruch

Nicklas Wiberg

Daniel Almgren

Trevor Dunbar

Chris Froome

Koen Verweij

Jorrit Bergsma

Ryan Diem

Johnny Gregorek

Nathan Davis

Daniel Stahl

Christoph Harting

Ben True

Chris Derrick

Scott Fauble

Greg Clausen

Mac Fleet

Will Geoghegan

2018 Galen Rupp's schedule:

Clearwater Distance Classic 50k (January)

Boston Marathon (April)

Speedgoat 50k

Berlin Marathon (September)

California International Marathon (December)

2018 Luke Puskedra's schedule:

US Nathonal 100k Trail Champs

Clearwater Distance Classic 50k

US National 50k Road Champs

MadCity Ultra 100k

Tussey Mountainback 50miler

Miwok 100k

2018 US National Championship 100k Trail (January 6, 2018):

Evan Jager

Luke Puskedra

Kyle Skaggs

Kyle Visser

Sam Crouser

Ryan Crouser

Chris Mulverhill

Chris Moen

John Isner

Dakota Jones

Sage Canaday

Andrew Benford

Steve Finley

Carl Stones

Timothy Olson

Jared Schuurmans

2018 Clearwater Distance Classic 50k (January 21, 2018):

Galen Rupp

Luke Puskedra

Trey Hardee

Pascal Behrenbruch

Nicklas Wiberg

Chris Solinsky

Andrew Wheating

Garrett Heath

Evan Jager

Ryan Crouser

Sam Crouser

Chris Mulverhill

Johnny Gregorek

Brad Nye

Will Geoghegan

Scott Fauble

Ryan Diem

Greg Clausen

Jason Hartmann

John Isner

Tejay van Garderen

Trevor Dunbar

Christo Landry

Ben True

Chris Derrick

Tyler Brown

Sage Canaday

Mark Feigen

Mac Fleet

2018 US National Championship 50k road (March 4, 2018):

Luke Puskedra

Evan Jager

Max King

Jason Hartmann

Jim Walmsley

Carl Stones

Sam Crouser

Kyle Skaggs

Chris Moen

Chris Mulverhill

Nathan Davis

Dakota Jones

Ryan Crouser

Matt Flaherty

Tim Tollefson

Kyle Visser

Tyler Brown

Timothy Olson

Gate River Run 15k (Marck 10, 2018):

Galen Rupp

Eric Jenkins

Paul Chelimo

German Fernandez

Chris Derrick

Trey Hardee

Andrew Wheating

Garrett Heath

Hillary Bor

Eddie Garcia

Diego Estrada

Sam Chelanga

Parker Stinson

Noah Droddy

Austin Steagall

Tyler Morse

Tyler Pennel

Daniel Winn

2018 Chevron Houston Marathon:

Ashton Eaton

Nick Symmonds

German Fernandez

Ryan Vail

Bobby Curtis

Galen Rupp's race schedule:

Feb. 3: XC US champs

Mar. 10: Gate River Run 15k

Apr. 7: Cherry Blossom 10mile

Apr. 16: BAA Boston marathon

May 12: 25k road US champs

Sep. 3: 20k road US champs

Sep. 23: BMW Berlin marathon

Nov. 3: 5k road US champs

Dec. 2: California International marathon

Luke Puskedra's race schedule:

Mar. 4: 50k road US champs

Apr. 7: MadCity 100k

Jul. 8: Mountain running US champs

Oct. 7: Tussey Mountainback 50mile

Dec. 2: California International marathon

Trey Hardee's race schedule:

Apr. 7: MadCity 50k

Oct. 7: Bank of America Chicago marathon