Rupp has been a professional since 2009. And you were able to find 6 instances, which isn’t bad for a professional career. I’m willing to bet other elites have DNF/DNS much more than that. I appreciate you taking time out of your day to look all that up. But I won’t be spending time doing that for you ❤️
Or the Boston people were thinking about their future. Rupee and the no marathon in 60 days thing in his contract but then when the conditions were so bad and he dropped out they waved it for him. Thinking ahead and wanting him back in the future they decided not to fight it allow him a wavier and he goes and runs the fast time thinking the goodwill will bring Rupp back in the future
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The galling thing is that he races very few times each year, making it a high percentage. I think it's more than 5 but I can't list them.
This. Galen "DNF King" Rupp drops out of anything: indoor, marathons, and especially outdoor track.
NOP Supertramp wrote:
It is more than just having the clause. It is starting the race knowing he was not going to finish. The weather just gave him a better excuse to drop out. If weather had been perfect, I'm sure his foot or hamstring or knee or something else would have felt 'off' forcing him to drop out early.
All of his usual moves.
This is actually plausible. There's really three options here, and this is one of the top two.
I already outlined option 1 earlier (2:06 meant waaay more than $50-$75K reduction of his appearance fee). Some idiot even poo-pooed this, which show's he's either 1) never been a professional athlete, 2) never been an agent or, 3) a doofus.
Option two is your suggestion about waiving it, knowing that it will help ensure that he comes back next year. If this is the case, strong possibility that JH wrote him an agreement that he'll tentatively commit to next year's boston for the same or better appearance, and they would forgo the reduction clause for this year.
option three is the one espoused by so many here who think rupp is given immunity from these clauses because he's just that good. News flash. NOBODY is "that good," if you truly think this, see the three sub-points in option 1. This applies to you. If a race is spending $100K-$200K on bringing you in, they are going to GUARANTEE they see some sort of return on their investment, or their going to claw back. Period. Even Usain Bolt gets these clauses.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these