RUPP IS OFFICIALLY A 2:06 GUY - 2:06:07 Amazing!

3hr-marathoner wrote:

RossiCheated wrote:

But how do we call him the American GOAT? I can’t get him over the bar set by Frank Shorter.

My take:

times are always coming down so we can only compare performances to other runners of the same era. On that metric, Shorter is hard to beat. His record from 71 to 74 is Kipchoge-esque: he entered and won all five of the most prestigious marathons in that span (4x Fukuoka + the Munich Olympics). By this metric Shorter's is in competition with Abebe Bikila and Eliud Kipchoge for the overall GOAT. However, in Shorter's day the best distance talent was on the track so Rupp gets bonus points for running in an era where distance talent is concentrated in the marathon. But he may loose some those points for the general sketchiness of Salazar's NOP.

Not only that he should have been a double Olympic Gold Medalist. He only lost in Montreal to a confirmed doper.

blatter wrote:

He is 2:09 guy wrote:

If you run one time many, many times (2:09-plus) and another time once (2:06-plus) then you are officially the 2:09 guy since that is the time you usually run.

What line did you get in when they were handing out brains?

He's actually right. If there's a guy who doesn't tip at all but one time he does. Would you say that he's a tip guy now?

Runnergrl wrote:

So close to 2:05! Dang! Is anyone not in agreement that he has 2:03 or 2:04 potential? Was it a course record?

2:05 definitely, 2:04 perhaps at some point, but I didn't see anything to suggest 2:03.

ocracoke wrote:

Great race indeed, but does anyone else think Rupp looks a bit pale and sickly sometimes? I can't quite but my finger on it. Ryan Hall always looked like a friggin god, but Rupp always has a kind of sallow appearance, like he hasn't slept well for a long time....anyone else notice this?

If he's been living in western Oregon for the last year or so that wouldn't be surprising. It's cold, rainy, and dark there without a lot of sun. Lots of pale people around!

Nugent Juan wrote:

More b.s. that springs from jealousy. Rupp is usually very approachable. Either Droddy ran into him on a bad day, or he's just full of s&*@. I suspect it's the latter.

As for the idiots squawking about "indigenous" peoples, there are no indigenous peoples in the Americas. Even the "native Americans" are originally mongoloids. Mongoloids who came to the Americans after some Europeans were here in small groups that were for the most part wiped out by some calamity a short time before the peoples from Asia came across the Bering Strait. And those peoples were quite genocidal toward the surviving palefaces they ran into. But it isn't politically correct to mention any of this, nor to mention the politics behind it.

Rupp was born and raised in the US, KK was not. Period. KK was a helluva runner though.

People generally don’t talk about those early European “Native Americans” because they didn’t exist. There is no evidence for any sort of ice bridge hypothesis, and it is refuted by climatic, genetic, and archeological data.

If you want to push stupid white genocide fairy tales they should at least be possible.

TrackCoach wrote:

Runnergrl wrote:

So close to 2:05! Dang! Is anyone not in agreement that he has 2:03 or 2:04 potential? Was it a course record?

2:05 definitely, 2:04 perhaps at some point, but I didn't see anything to suggest 2:03.

This would be my feel. Give Rupp Berlin and he can run probably something in 2:04:xx, but 2:03:xx would definitely be a shocker.

Nothing... except extensive archeological evidence of Solutrean tech being brought over by Europeans/North Africans to become Clovis 20K years ago. Clovis points are abundant in the Eastern U.S., but virtually absent in Alaska and Siberia.

Of course the "Siberians first" proponents maintain that while the Aborigines made it from Africa to Australia, a journey of over 20,000 miles, including over open seas, Europeans were utterly stumped by the 4000 miles between Africa/Iberia and North America. This despite extensive ice floes and shelves that supported a rich marine fauna and fishing opportunities all the way across, which we know they were availing themselves of at least 20,000 years ago. Dumb whiteys, smart and intrepid brown people, as usual!

SJW ridicule wrote:

Sadd wrote:

Coevett wrote around 50% of the posts in this thread.

For crying out loud, just admit you're a self-hating, scrawny, latte sipping weakling who sports a BLM shirt, a beanie, has low test levels, and a girlfriend who cheats on you with more manly "immigrants", while you're too scared to say anything so you just hope that they bring her back in time for breakfast.

Unhinged.

Rojo, Wejo, Gault, whoever-check this thread and see if there isn’t one racist a-hole called coevett posting about 60 times-including the lovely post right above this one.

And where kipchoge and Rupp are alike. They are master racers. Not only can they pull fast races with pacers ect but they are cunning and smart and in championship races.

Anyone hear about that world record atempt in Portland Oregon?

Gravy wrote:

I'm sure he's capable of faster, but I'm a little disappointed this wasn't another 2:09 win. The bitching and whining here would have been epic!

Err, wrong, if he'd run 2:09 there wouldn't have been much "bitching and whining" because the Rupp haters (the majority on this forum) would have been ecstatic.

Me?, I never doubted him for a second. :)

Gramps wrote:

[quote]rupp fan wrote:

+1

Still wish he ran Boston instead.

I'm sure he feels the same way. He could not handle the extreme cold, wet, windy weather.

But he can handle the heat.

Lets keep things in perspective here ladies and gentlemen (sorry SJW's and PC'ers):

http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mmaraok.htm

I don't think he was saying that NOP is sketchier than East Africa. I took it as comparing Shorter to Rupp, Shorter wasn't closely tied to a group with a sketchy history around doping or pushing the boundaries of legality. But I think 3hr makes a strong argument and acknowledges that times aren't necessarily the best indicator.

Like, Paavo Nurmi was an absolute badass in his day, but looking solely at times, college guys could smash him. Looking at achievement is a better metric, but even then there are issues like 3hr acknowledges

Doesn't dna evidence also point to the fact that the "mongoloid" tribes that came across the Bering Strait were already interbred with caucasians? I don't think they were pure mongoloids. Therefore, I believe Europeans should get at least partial claim on even the Siberian First theory.

where does this rank him among Americanos?

I am declaring him the best American distance runner of all time. He is the 3rd best marathoner.

"LRC Addition. Galen Rupp ran 2:06:07 to win the Prague Marathon. Pulled away from Sisay Lemma with ease over the final 2.2 miles and would vomit after the finish to make it a bit more legendary." Reed

? You guys can be crazy hey, lol.

Galen Rupp fans are enjoying this. He ran a very good race. I like his leg speed efficiency. he looked fresh, hope is not sick & wish him a speedy recovery.

I think he would want to have another one in Europe in September/October since he ran so well. Can the American races pay more than Berlin Marathon perhaps, for him?

I personal think that it would be very interesting to see him race Berlin Marathon & Eliud Kipchoge run New York City Marathon. Galen Rupp going for a 2:04 pace in Berlin? ☺

Rupp has to be a medal favorite for Olympics in Tokyo. Kipchoge will have a lot of marathons in his legs by then but of course only 35 and very hard to beat. Farah will be 37 so maybe on a downside in career. In a non paced race Rupp , Farah and of course Kipchoge are all excellent. Rupp is as tough as anyone I have seen in the last 5K. He just destroyed a 2:04 marathoner in the last couple Km.

Round and round wrote:

Just like that Rupp is 2.5 minutes faster than Yuki kawauchi.... kinda validates that the weather and cold was why he dropped out of Boston since it's only 3 weeks later

Thank you for posting this. Rupp's run today just sank Flukie Kawauchi's narrative that he outsmarted Rupp in Boston.