Galen Rupp’s 2:06:07 is NOT even Worth a Sub 27 10000m

LMAO! You schooled him!

Leo___ wrote:

LMAO! You schooled him!

I can even assert with some degree of confidence that I looked relaxed doing it. I would like to praise Galen. Yes, Galen is cheating, but I understand that he and Alberto believe they are simply leveling the playing field. Galen has shown he can be tenacious. Sure, doping allows it to happen at a higher level. However, despite folding like a cheap tent in Boston and then being a poor sport about it, Galen vindicated himself athletically in Prague.

Peppers pot wrote:

Leo___ wrote:

LMAO! You schooled him!

I can even assert with some degree of confidence that I looked relaxed doing it. I would like to praise Galen. Yes, Galen is cheating, but I understand that he and Alberto believe they are simply leveling the playing field. Galen has shown he can be tenacious. Sure, doping allows it to happen at a higher level. However, despite folding like a cheap tent in Boston and then being a poor sport about it, Galen vindicated himself athletically in Prague.

^ stop indulging this toll lol

Peppers pot wrote:

ex-runner wrote:

I agree, it's probably not worth sub 27.

Which is why he can run much, much faster.

This is where the intelligent must intervene. Now that Galen is past his prime, you must recognize that Galen ran really well yesterday. It appears that the Kiprop failed drug test has emboldened Alberto. The doping is working but Galen is past his prime and thus no longer capable of what’s he was once capable of while doping.

Absolute nonsense. He's 32 which is a great age for top marathon running. Kiprop has nothing to do with anything Alberto or Rupp cares about.

I also am of the opinion that I doubt Galen was ever doping, but if he was then he would be doping the same now as he always had. Out of season testing in Kenya has been improving, in the USA Galen has been targeted for years.

Galen was of course capable of running 2:06 all along. If you look at Galen, you can see that a 26:44 10000m runner should potentially be capable of running under 2:05. However, Galen is no longer capable of running 26:44 and of course he has already declined some as a runner. Galen also appears to recognize this. Remember, Alberto acknowledged that for anybody, and this includes Galen, to be among the best, you have to dope. So Galen has been doping all along. However, this will not stop Galen from declining, as Galen in his prime was already doping, just as Alberto asserted was necessary. Galen is,now declining, and that 2:06 in Prague is the fastest marathon he will ever run. Galen is at most 50/50 to make the Olympic team in 2020.

Peppers pot wrote:

Galen was of course capable of running 2:06 all along. If you look at Galen, you can see that a 26:44 10000m runner should potentially be capable of running under 2:05. However, Galen is no longer capable of running 26:44 and of course he has already declined some as a runner. Galen also appears to recognize this. Remember, Alberto acknowledged that for anybody, and this includes Galen, to be among the best, you have to dope. So Galen has been doping all along. However, this will not stop Galen from declining, as Galen in his prime was already doping, just as Alberto asserted was necessary. Galen is,now declining, and that 2:06 in Prague is the fastest marathon he will ever run. Galen is at most 50/50 to make the Olympic team in 2020.

Conjecture. So much conjecture.

What I REALLY WANTED to write, but that doof Galen made me change my 9 to a 6:

Galen was of course capable of running 2:09 all along. If you look at Galen, you can see that a 26:44 10000m runner should potentially be capable of running under 2:05. However, Galen is no longer capable of running 26:44 and of course he has already declined some as a runner. Galen also appears to recognize this. Remember, Alberto acknowledged that for anybody, and this includes Galen, to be among the best, you have to dope. So Galen has been doping all along. However, this will not stop Galen from declining, as Galen in his prime was already doping, just as Alberto asserted was necessary. Galen is,now declining, and that 2:09 in Prague is the fastest marathon he will ever run. Galen is at most 50/50 to make the Olympic team in 2020.

Extremely lame attempt at being moi. Of course Galen was not a 2:09 marathoner in terms of potential. Anybody who is doped enough to run 26:44 can be doped enough to run 2:06. Not sure why you would attempt to be me other than perhaps the envy stemming from inferiority. However, Galen is now past his prime and he certainly is going to be no medal threat by 2020.

Peppers pot wrote:

Galen is at most 50/50 to make the Olympic team in 2020.

LMAO you really think that three guys will be able to beat Rupp? Have you seen the sad state of American men's marathoning? There is almost no chance that Rupp loses the trials, let alone finishes 4th or worse. Name one runner that will even finish within one minute of Rupp at the trials.

You do recognize that the Marathon Trials are almost 2 years from now, of course. Galen will be almost 34 years old. It will be interesting to see if Galen can avoid significant injury. But beyond that, Galen will inevitably be slowing down some by then. It appears to be difficult for most to sustain a long career in the marathon, specifically. Galen will certainly be no medal threat in 2020, but as you assert, there does not appear to be a lot of formidable competition in the U.S. in the marathon, which is why despite Galen’s inexorable decline, I have still given him perhaps a 50/50 chance at making the Olympic Team.

Peppers pot wrote:

You do recognize that the Marathon Trials are almost 2 years from now, of course. Galen will be almost 34 years old.

Now, I DO realize that that means that in 2020 Rupp will be ALMOST as old as Kipchoge is now, but it's not as if Rupp is as dominant in U.S. marathoning as Eliud is on the world stage right now. 34 might as well be 84 for the marathon. Especially when your decline is marked by a string of recent victories.

I also resent any suggestion that my regular handle is Scorpion Runner. He is far above me in IQ and reasoning ability.

You do not have the ability to write like Peppers pot even if you use his handle.