Who are the top 5 marathoners right now?

1) Jane Seo

2) Chandra Bozelk0

3) Kip Litton

4) Mike Rossi

5) Martin Franklin

marathon guide wrote:

I have it as:

1) E. Kipchoge

2) G. Rupp (won Chicago, 2nd Boston, Olympic medal in tough conditions)

3) D. Wanjiru (won London 2017, Amsterdam 2016, 2:05)

4) G. Kirui (won Boston, 2017 WC, 2:06)

5) S. Moen (won Fukuoka, 2:05)

Rupp hasn't even run within two minutes of his teammate Osako. Osako definitely belongs ahead of Rupp on the list.

survey says wrote:

marathon guide wrote:

I have it as:

1) E. Kipchoge

2) G. Rupp (won Chicago, 2nd Boston, Olympic medal in tough conditions)

3) D. Wanjiru (won London 2017, Amsterdam 2016, 2:05)

4) G. Kirui (won Boston, 2017 WC, 2:06)

5) S. Moen (won Fukuoka, 2:05)

Rupp hasn't even run within two minutes of his teammate Osako. Osako definitely belongs ahead of Rupp on the list.

Major marathon wins and Olympic medals count. Some guys are better time trialers some are better racers.

runn wrote:

Major marathon wins and Olympic medals count. Some guys are better time trialers some are better racers.

If he's such a great racer, then why does he duck the races where the serious talent goes, such as London?

I didn't see Kipchoge at Chicago. lol

April fools wrote:

Have some of you lost your minds??? How is Galen Rupp ranked ahead of Bekele?!

This is why -

gasd wrote:

April fools wrote:

Have some of you lost your minds??? How is Galen Rupp ranked ahead of Bekele?!

This is why -

https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/athletics/10000m-men

Weird, I went to the link you provided and it had a 10,000m race. What on Earth has that got to do with the title of this thread?

don't understand wrote:

Weird, I went to the link you provided and it had a 10,000m race. What on Earth has that got to do with the title of this thread?

Maybe he posted the wrong link? I don't get it either.

I don't get it either wrote:

don't understand wrote:

Weird, I went to the link you provided and it had a 10,000m race. What on Earth has that got to do with the title of this thread?

Maybe he posted the wrong link? I don't get it either.

Kind of obvious to the non-confused...that 10000 where he crushed Bekele and the recent fastest (or 2nd?) ever last 5k of a marathon in Chicago points to him being ahead of Bekele in the Marathon.

Also, if Bekele was a top dog then he would have been running in the biggest show on Earth--the Olympics just like Rupp and Kipchoge had.

Also, how many DNFs is Bekele up to now? 5? How any DNFs for Rupp?? Right, that would be=0

Woah. Some people put Rupp in the top 5??? I guess he might be in the top 50, but top 5? I am not getting it. A 2:09 guy in the top 5.

I mean a semi anonymous guy just ran 2:03. That s at least 2 order of magnitude above Galen.

From the shadows wrote:

Woah. Some people put Rupp in the top 5??? I guess he might be in the top 50, but top 5? I am not getting it. A 2:09 guy in the top 5.

I mean a semi anonymous guy just ran 2:03. That s at least 2 order of magnitude above Galen.

Rupp has yet to time trial a race so his times will not be up to par with other top marathoners. He is the best tactical racer in the marathon right now as well as the fastest over 10k (Bekele's track times were too long ago). I can see him winning almost any tactical marathon out there right now.

Speed is not everything, winning is.

Glorfindel wrote:

From the shadows wrote:

Woah. Some people put Rupp in the top 5??? I guess he might be in the top 50, but top 5? I am not getting it. A 2:09 guy in the top 5.

I mean a semi anonymous guy just ran 2:03. That s at least 2 order of magnitude above Galen.

Rupp has yet to time trial a race so his times will not be up to par with other top marathoners. He is the best tactical racer in the marathon right now as well as the fastest over 10k (Bekele's track times were too long ago). I can see him winning almost any tactical marathon out there right now.

Speed is not everything, winning is.

A good racer knows how & when to use speed.

Meb hid from Berlin because he knew he could never do well there, he is slow.

That's right, runners and sprinters HIDE from each other. I've seen these games many times and men do it more often than women.

From the shadows wrote:

Woah. Some people put Rupp in the top 5??? I guess he might be in the top 50, but top 5? I am not getting it. A 2:09 guy in the top 5.

I mean a semi anonymous guy just ran 2:03. That s at least 2 order of magnitude above Galen.

Hahaha. Yeah, where did your suspicious semi anonymous 2:03 guy end up in the real races??...Olympics, Boston, Chicago, NYC??

Yeah, i thought so...

1. Kipchoge

2. Kirui

3. D Wanjiru

4. Kamworor

5. Rupp

6. Kipsang

Sal Capetillo spanking from Wetmore wrote:

1) Jane Seo

2) Chandra Bozelk0

3) Kip Litton

4) Mike Rossi

5) Martin Franklin

+1 marathoninvestigation dot com

agreed...... wrote:

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

you are a fool

Why, because you can't refute a word of what I just said?

That's what I thought.

What marathoner in the 70s would be able to beat Galen? Frank Shorter with his 27:45 and 2:10:30 PRs? What a joke. Galen would dust him in any situation. Fast, slow, hot, cold, it doesn't matter.

survey says wrote:

marathon guide wrote:

I have it as:

1) E. Kipchoge

2) G. Rupp (won Chicago, 2nd Boston, Olympic medal in tough conditions)

3) D. Wanjiru (won London 2017, Amsterdam 2016, 2:05)

4) G. Kirui (won Boston, 2017 WC, 2:06)

5) S. Moen (won Fukuoka, 2:05)

Rupp hasn't even run within two minutes of his teammate Osako. Osako definitely belongs ahead of Rupp on the list.

Yeah let's put Osako ahead of Rupp even though Rupp crushed him in Boston this spring. Please explain to me how you think Rupp is only capable of 2:09 on a fast, rabbited course even though he ran 2:09 with a blistering 10k finish. That would be like if someone closed a 5:00 mile in 60 seconds and you argued they weren't capable of breaking 5 in an even paced race.

george oscar bluth wrote:

1. Kipchoge

2. Kirui

3. D Wanjiru

4. Kamworor

5. Rupp

6. Kipsang

Actually I'd understand flipping Kirui/Wanjiru or putting Adola on honorable mention with Kipsang.

I've another question...

If it was December 2013 and Stephen Kiprotich just won the World Championships marathon, a year after winning the Olympic marathon, would he not be in your top 5 marathon runners rankings because his PR was only 2:07:20?