Is everyone prepared for Rupp to win Boston?

anacondarunner wrote:

I hope this post doesn't get deleted. I can't be the only running fan who feels this way.

Haha, yeah right, as if your Rupp hating post has a snowball’s chance in hell of being deleted.

Question: How did you feel about Hall’s thyroid medication?

epicTCK wrote:

joho wrote:

Meb winning Boston was American enough for me. Rupp winning will only be a small footnote in running history.

yeah freaking hate all these people who are like "AMERICAN WINNING BOSTON!!!" and its like bruh meb just did that a handful of years ago

...it turns out thatMeb does not count at LetsRun.com for certain reasons that will not be mentioned in an 'official' way at the forum.

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Go Galen.

Update Galen and Coach Alberto:

1) Galen also had a recent episode of...MALARIA.

Ouch.

Is it possible that an episode of "anemia caused by MALARIA" could cause a dramatic decrease in aerobic endurance performance...such as running a marathon race???

Answer:

1) No.

An episode of "anemia caused by MALARIA" can actually improve aerobic endurance performance in marathon runners.

For example:

The pace was fast, faster than planned, too fast even for the men paid to drive it for at least 20 miles. The last of the rabbits was gone after 15 miles, leaving the runners trying to win Sunday’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon to carry it for themselves.

Eight men pushed on at the front, going still faster in optimal weather conditions, putting a possible world record in play even as the lead pack thinned to four and then, at 23 miles, to just Kenyans Dennis Kimetto and Emmanuel Mutai.

After a 23rd mile covered in a stunning 4 minutes, 32 seconds, the leaders’ time translated to a finish that would have been a second faster than the world record another Kenyan, Wilson Kipsang, had set in Berlin two weeks ago.

Kimetto would say he was unaware of all that, entirely unaware of records or the clock until he crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds. For him, it was all about the stirring battle with Mutai, who hung on until the start of the 25th mile before winding up seven seconds behind.

Kimetto’s time would be the fourth fastest ever on a record-eligible course. He missed the world record by 22 seconds but crushed the course record of 2:04:38 set by Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede last year.

As fast as he ran Sunday, it pales in comparison to the pace at which Kimetto, 29, has gone from a non-running subsistence farmer in Eldoret, Kenya, to one of the world’s best marathoners, good enough to earn $100,000 for winning Chicago and a $75,000 bonus for the course record.

On the exhaustive track and road running data base, tilastopaja.net, Kimetto’s competitive record is blank until 2011, when it shows a lone race. Speaking through a Swahili interpreter, Kimetto said he had been growing maize and tending a few cows until he began running about four years ago.

Kimetto said he had been running about four miles a day when a chance encounter with Geoffrey Mutai, a Boston and New York marathon winner, led to an invitation to the demanding Mutai’s training group in a remote area, Kapng'tuny, some 40 miles from Eldoret.

Kimetto's agent, Gerard Van de Veen, said Geoffrey Mutai had noticed Kimetto running in the streets and was struck by how easy his stride looked.

In 2012, Kimetto broke the world record for 25 kilometers by 32 seconds and then was second in the Berlin Marathon in 2:04:06, a marathon debut record. This year, he had won February’s Tokyo Marathon in 2:06:50.

"It's amazing," Van de Veen said.

Kimetto said he had been diagnosed with MALARIA in July.

Rita Jeptoo followed her victory at Boston by easily taking her race, finishing in 2:19:57 after losing in a sprint a year ago. There was no one near Jeptoo as she turned into Grant Park, wearing a wide grin and waving to the crowd.

Jemima Sumgong Jelegat of Kenya (2:20:48) was second, followed by Maria Konovalova of Russia (2:22:46).

The winners each earned $100,000. Kimetto gets an additional $75,000 for the course record, while Jeptoo gets another $40,000 for finishing under 2:20:00.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chicagomarathon/ct-spt-1014-men-marathon-chicago-20131014-story.html

Jeptoo had an easier finish. Last year, she traded leads with Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia down the stretch and lost a step. Six months later, Jeptoo won her second Boston Marathon, a victory overshadowed by tragedy.

This time, she had a big smile and waved to the crowd on her way to the finish.

''In 2006, I won in Boston and after that, I (did not) do well,'' Jeptoo said.

''Last year and this year, I'm really doing well. When I ran Boston again, I saw my dream is coming. This is my happiness.''

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/kenyas-dennis-kimetto-wins-chicago-145430963--spt.html

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/26/rita-jeptoo-boston-marathon-winner-drugs-ban-extended

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/11/dr-gabriele-rosa-talks-turning-stanley-biwott-jemima-sumgong-marathon-stars-doping-kenya/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-5060239/Jemima-Sumgong-handed-four-year-doping-ban.html

Rita Jeptoo also had an episode... of MALARIA.

It's just a Coincidental Synchronicity™.

Go rekrunner and Renato and rojo...and wejo!!!

That is exactly correct...and logical.

https://imgur.com/a/vnyIC#XNFo4IL

The episode of "anemia from MALARIA" is a plausible explanation for the fact that Matthew Kisorio (former 58:46 half-marathon runner BANNED for DOPING in 2012 with the anabolic steroid nandrolone...which was also the same year that Jemima Sumgong tested positive for the glucocorticoid prednisolone...but had her 2 year ban reversed...by Gabriel Dolle)...is back on the leaked April 6 2016 Atypical ABP list...

...and the fact that Geoffrey Mutai is also on the leaked Atypical ABP list with 2 blood tests which had high reticulocyte scores...which can be an indication of the use of an ESA... such as erythropoietin (EPO)...

...and the fact that Galen Rupp is also on the list...

...and the fact that Sir Mo Farah is also on the list...

...and the fact that Silas Kiplagat, Asbel Kiprop (managed by Federico Rosa), Sifan Hassan (Jos Hermens! and Coach Alberto!) Mary Keitany, and Meseret Defar are also on the list...

In conclusion:

1) There is nothing to see here.

It's just a Coincidental 'Atypical ABP Blood Test Result Caused By An Episode of MALARIA' Synchronicity™.

OK.

joho wrote:

Meb winning Boston was American enough for me. Rupp winning will only be a small footnote in running history.

That's true for us niche group of running fans but let's be honest. I told my neighbor an American won that year, later on he said "I saw the highlights on the news, he's from Africa not USA" and that is what the average American thinks... So in their minds they've only seen Hall, Kara, and Shalane fail to win year after year so they're waiting for someone like Rupp to win.

What USADA report? Did I miss something?

Are you referring to the leaked draft of a report over a year ago?

When I saw the title "Is everyone prepared for Rupp to win Boston?" I knew that you would be on here with the Fancy Bears list and thyroid info. ?

What about Rupp's asthma? Amazing how all the world's greatest athletes now all have asthma.

Steriods and EPO are so old fashioned. All the cool cats have following:

Thyroid Meds

Asthma Meds

Actovegin

L-carnitine infusions with a carbo-mix

Vitamin D infusions (the one's where your Doctor forgets the paperwork)

Beta Alanine

Caffeine pills

Goat's blood

Heavy Zinc & Magnesium dosages

Kryotherapy

Altitude tents

Any TUE one needs

And PRP for injuries

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Steriods and EPO are so old fashioned. All the cool cats have following:

Thyroid Meds

Asthma Meds

Actovegin

L-carnitine infusions with a carbo-mix

Vitamin D infusions (the one's where your Doctor forgets the paperwork)

Beta Alanine

Caffeine pills

Goat's blood

Heavy Zinc & Magnesium dosages

Kryotherapy

Altitude tents

Any TUE one needs

And PRP for injuries

Oops I forgot Testoboost

Outside the LetsHateRupp.com site the rest of the world is happy for Rupp to win.

Have all the East Africans been paid yet to run slow? If so, then we are prepared

Boston management wrote:

Have all the East Africans been paid yet to run slow? If so, then we are prepared

you realize they'd lose money being paid to run slow if they could win? no? not surprised you people are dense

By everyone do you just people on LetsRun? Because I'm pretty sure that the kid in rural Mississippi that gets free or reduced school lunch doesn't care and isn't prepared. I'm pretty sure that the teachers that are walking out in protests in multiple states don't care and aren't prepared. Homeless in Portland? They don't care either.

Can't we just get excited about the athletes we like winning? Why does it matter what country they are originally from? Meb won in 2013 and he loves America with all his heart and has lived here the vast majority of his life. Plus he has more character than Rupp.

Also, I don't believe that Rupp is somehow magically destined to win if he is in contention with 10km to go. The marathon is extremely fatiguing and Boston is uniquely damaging to the quads and legs. It's not 10km on the track. Also, didn't Kirui break away after 10km before winning?

I won't address the doping allegations. I'll just continue to give him the benefit of the doubt like we all should. If that is your standard of proof of wrongdoing then I guess the IAAF should just suspend them both now right? Well no. It takes more than that. Rupp isn't my favorite anyways so I don't care to root against him regardless. I don't lose my mind because he is American born.

Lance, call me ASAP!

What're the odds? wrote:

If Rupp wins Boston to add to Chicago, will he go for the NYC trifecta?

No because NYC is a real race and doesn’t rig slow fields for Americans to win with 2:11 performances.

Sad but true wrote:

joho wrote:

Meb winning Boston was American enough for me. Rupp winning will only be a small footnote in running history.

That's true for us niche group of running fans but let's be honest. I told my neighbor an American won that year, later on he said "I saw the highlights on the news, he's from Africa not USA" and that is what the average American thinks... So in their minds they've only seen Hall, Kara, and Shalane fail to win year after year so they're waiting for someone like Rupp to win.

Your neighbour doesn’t think there are blank people from America?

What the hell is going on wrote:

Meb is nothing. A Rupp victory would be tremendous! Truly start cementing him as one of the marathon greats...and as an American!!

As far as clean. If you have more suspicion about Rupp than about every single E. African than you gotta be a clown. If Rupps victory is hollow to you than a Kipchoge victory must be almost invisible?

Get a grip, you think every 16 year old running sub 14 has access to drugs?? Their talent pool in enormous, they don't need drugs they have an entire culture ya dumb American

No wrote:

0/10 I will be winning Boston. Galen will have to settle for 2nd, if he’s lucky.

Shadack Biwott is going to make him sweat for many, many miles.