The unofficial 2018 "predict galen rupp's boston time" thread

He'll run 1:59 with a 20mph wind at his back. People will dismiss it and say Boston is a 3rd rate marathon that is completely illegitimate. Then they'll say he is still a 2:09 marathoner.

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

If they go out in 65:30, he will run 2:09 again though he will definitely win this time (looking much better this year after Rome).

If they go out in 63:30, he will run 2:07 and it will be close with Tola or Kiri.

If they go out in 62:30, he will run 2:05 but come in 2nd.

No matter what though, people on LR will find ways to criticize his performance.

+1

Big wind wrote:

He'll run 1:59 with a 20mph wind at his back. People will dismiss it and say Boston is a 3rd rate marathon that is completely illegitimate. Then they'll say he is still a 2:09 marathoner.

Rupp should jump out of airplane at 26.2 km up and free-fall to the Boston finish line. That is a 200mph pace in nose dive. He could break 8 minutes for the marathon.

Breakaway two miles from the finish, 2:08:41 for the win.

Terminal Velocity wrote:

Big wind wrote:

He'll run 1:59 with a 20mph wind at his back. People will dismiss it and say Boston is a 3rd rate marathon that is completely illegitimate. Then they'll say he is still a 2:09 marathoner.

Rupp should jump out of airplane at 26.2 km up and free-fall to the Boston finish line. That is a 200mph pace in nose dive. He could break 8 minutes for the marathon.

A. That leaves him 16 km short of a marathon

B. Planes only fly to 50,000ft :/

Since the race will be slow this year (set up for a Galen win), it would be funny if an unknown African showed up with the masses in Corral 1 and ended up winning.

science check wrote:

Terminal Velocity wrote:

Rupp should jump out of airplane at 26.2 km up and free-fall to the Boston finish line. That is a 200mph pace in nose dive. He could break 8 minutes for the marathon.

A. That leaves him 16 km short of a marathon

B. Planes only fly to 50,000ft :/

0/10 for not knowing the 26.2 is miles for a marathon. The WR for a parachute jump is 135,000 feet, or 25.6 miles -- using a helium balloon. Rupp has lived in an oxygen tent since he met Salazar. Rupp could easily reach 26.2 miles up and SMASH the marathon record.

This guy 15 minutes to descend, because he used a parachute. Rupp could easily beat that time.

science check wrote:

Terminal Velocity wrote:

Rupp should jump out of airplane at 26.2 km up and free-fall to the Boston finish line. That is a 200mph pace in nose dive. He could break 8 minutes for the marathon.

A. That leaves him 16 km short of a marathon

B. Planes only fly to 50,000ft :/

The record for a plane (fixed-wing) altitude is 367, 490 ft (112,010m

Heard a cheat is setting up for Boston. One of those dudes thats' gonna slip in the race the last block or two and run ...like into the Olympic stadium. Was that against Frank Shorter ...that the cheat pulled that off?

DNF

Or eighth with 2:11

2:04:55.I think he will beat Ryan Hall’s time by 2 seconds.

wind is no longer looking good, so 30 seconds faster than whatever the guy he drafts off.

Rupp will finish about 25 behind me in 2:10:07.

2:06:51 if a tailwind, 2:08:51 if no tailwind

2:07:20 for the win

2:05:21, for anyone who didn’t know, it SNOWED in Boston yesterday. The race will not be slow because of the heat.

When it comes to retired marathon runners the time they ran only matters in 2 situations. If they broke the W.R. , or if they never won a major.

Hayduke wrote:

When it comes to retired marathon runners the time they ran only matters in 2 situations. If they broke the W.R. , or if they never won a major.

National records hold no value? Perhaps small brain syndrome?

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

If they go out in 65:30, he will run 2:09 again though he will definitely win this time (looking much better this year after Rome).

If they go out in 63:30, he will run 2:07 and it will be close with Tola or Kiri.

If they go out in 62:30, he will run 2:05 but come in 2nd.

No matter what though, people on LR will find ways to criticize his performance.

We are pretty much on the same page