Scorpion hates Rupp wrote:
Scorpion_runner wrote:
I support Galen, and he is the best that America has . There isn't another american male marathoner who is on his level.
He won a bronze at the Olympics in the marathon. He won Chicago, was the runner up in Boston, and he recently won Prague with a PB of 2:06. From a far, that's a quality beginning to a marathon career. However, with a closer look, is his path being dictated by the overlords at Nike to put Galen in a position to win?
Are they making sure that he will not be in a race with other runners who have serious 5k/10k speed, or pure blazing marathoners? Are they protecting him from the likes of Kipchoge, Farah, Karoki, Kamworor, Bekele , Kipsang, etc?
What are you thoughts on this?
He won bronze at the Olympics. There's your answer, you Rupp hater.
Here is a guy who is associated with dopers, and and is associated with an organization that is considered dirty, and is coached by a coach who is known for administering peds to athletes ( see mary slaney).
On the other hand, there was this all american kid who at the age of 17 was putting in100 miles a week, ran 2:08 in a marathon at the age of 24, broke the north american half marathon record at the age of 24, ran 2:06 at the age of 25, had the fastest american marathon debut .......just doing unheard of things for a 20 something year old marathoner, but the other runner is going to have the greater legacy?
come on guys, you better than this.
At the end of the day I don't care about doping, because all of it is entertainment. And Rupp is the best that we have right now, so I will cheer him on........ but he is not on the same level as the great Ryan Hall, and he will never, ever have Ryan Hall's legacy.
Sorry guys.