Galen Rupp tells RW that he does 20+ mile long runs on treadmills or on a 300m grass loop

Positive Contribution wrote:

From the article

“There are a lot of days when I’m not in the best mood, I’m tired,” Rupp said. “I give most of the credit to my wife. She truly allows me to do everything I need to do from a training perspective. Working out, lifting, going to get treatment, massage, things like that, and getting a lot of rest. I still take a nap basically every day for several hours.”

Ahh the 1950s. Simpler times.

Yeah, BUT in the 1950's a man wouldn't acknowledge his wife's massive role in keeping the household and his life together.....

nice try

typical speculation on Letsrun wrote:

Positive Contribution wrote:

From the article

“There are a lot of days when I’m not in the best mood, I’m tired,” Rupp said. “I give most of the credit to my wife. She truly allows me to do everything I need to do from a training perspective. Working out, lifting, going to get treatment, massage, things like that, and getting a lot of rest. I still take a nap basically every day for several hours.”

Ahh the 1950s. Simpler times.

Yeah, BUT in the 1950's a man wouldn't acknowledge his wife's massive role in keeping the household and his life together.....

nice try

Actually, the oft quoted "Behind every great man is a great woman" originated from that era so what the h do you know huh?

The amazing Ed Whitlock used to do his long runs on a 300-meter loop, I recall. He set his insane 70+ sub three hour marathon record after piling on the 3-hour runs on his loop.

Worked for Ed!

Go Galen! Kick some booty this weekend.

I have friends who have run into Galen in random places - when it's not right before a race, he's been really relaxed and approachable. Photos, autographs, etc...

Galen doesn't sound "exciting" because he doesn't care about self-promotion, social media, etc... He's just focused on the training. And it's a good thing too - if he came onto these boards he'd find a large contingent willing to pick on him for any dumb reason.

The training may sound boring, but so does everyone else's. Run a lot of miles, repeat. Kipchoge is the same way. It's not like they're living these entertaining lifestyles. Every day they wake up and put in the work. A lot of it.

Galen's bedroom is probably the only room with the ability to change altitude naturally. On a treadmill, he probably slips on a respirator-type device over his mouth and nose - which will simulate breathing in high altitude conditions.

300m field, not loop.. The OP misinformed... which means each loop is roughly half a mile (800m)

Ed said the loop was "1/3 mile", so about 550m, but point taken.

Big Red wrote:

The amazing Ed Whitlock used to do his long runs on a 300-meter loop, I recall. He set his insane 70+ sub three hour marathon record after piling on the 3-hour runs on his loop.

Worked for Ed!

Go Galen! Kick some booty this weekend.

There is no place where he can run a larger loop on grass? 300m ugh!

Didn't he do his runs around a graveyard? May he RIP.

The Floyd wrote:

Ed said the loop was "1/3 mile", so about 550m, but point taken.

Big Red wrote:

The amazing Ed Whitlock used to do his long runs on a 300-meter loop, I recall. He set his insane 70+ sub three hour marathon record after piling on the 3-hour runs on his loop.

Worked for Ed!

Go Galen! Kick some booty this weekend.

Hardloper wrote:

For all the money they have it seems like they should build a 5 mile uninterrupted trail loop with a nice running surfaces in Beaverton

They have Hollister trail across the street that is hard packed gravel and 1.5 miles and the berm trail around the outside the campus that is 2 miles of woodchips but shut down on one side due to construction

Thinking about it, i saw jordan hasay on the woodchips just before Chicago last year. She said she runs on the woodchips because she needs the soft surface. I wonder if her foot was already fractured

work is sometimes boring wrote:

NERunner053 wrote:

Rupp is boring in both interviews and in actual long runs. 25 miles on a treadmill or 300m turf field. Woof. They make it really hard to get excited for them when they share zero workouts, mileage, etc. What is Kipchoge going to do if Rupp says he runs 120-140 miles/week? They all do that. Kipchoge had his workouts published from his Berlin build-up last year.

Running is Rupp’s job. Most gainfully employed people will occasionally spend ~2 hours doing something they find boring in order to be better at their job.

What profession are you in where this is a foreign concept?

Can't even make small jokes without getting roasted...I meant it more in the sense that that takes some mental strength too. Folks can disagree with the next point and it's fine but every big sport has athletes that are exciting. They share what they are up to & fans flock to them. Rupp is an amazing runner and I cheer for him. He's just not that exciting. I don't know why that's contentious to type out. NOP shares very little about his training. It's not that I feel I'm owed it I just think that's a way to be accessible. NAZ Elite, for example, has their training logs open to the public. They put up articles about their training methodology. They send you updates before they compete. It helps you get excited about them. I like that model. You see and hear from Rupp twice a year when he runs a marathon. Again, totally his call. If we're interested in building the sport, we need some more personality out of our top runners.

J Gault stealing content yet again. Guess he’s not quite the journalist he thinks he is. He can’t get the big names.

He’s a plagiarist.

The Ronaldo Field is comprised of two regulation soccer pitches with some buffer space between and on both ends. It is totally flat, has a sand substrate, and the grass is cut to about a half inch or so. If I recall, running the perimeters is about 600 meters or so. An ideal surface to train on.

I'm sure but for 26 miles?

“Hey Alberto! What’s the workout today?”

“60 laps around a grass field.”

“...”

Big Red wrote:

The amazing Ed Whitlock used to do his long runs on a 300-meter loop, I recall. He set his insane 70+ sub three hour marathon record after piling on the 3-hour runs on his loop.

Worked for Ed!

Go Galen! Kick some booty this weekend.

The Floyd wrote:

Ed said the loop was "1/3 mile", so about 550m, but point taken.

Ezekiel bread wrote:

Didn't he do his runs around a graveyard? May he RIP.

I wonder if that's the one he is in.

Ezekiel bread wrote:

Didn't he do his runs around a graveyard? May he RIP.

He wanted to get used to it...

This is baloney. Also, please stop with the mass hysteria on the 1950s being evil and the 1960s being so enlightening an awesome, man.

typical speculation on Letsrun wrote:

Yeah, BUT in the 1950's a man wouldn't acknowledge his wife's massive role in keeping the household and his life together.....

nice try

I had to do a couple tempo runs on the treadmill this year due to the poor air quality caused by the forest fires we had during the summer - the longest being about 15 miles with warm-up and cool-down. Strangely, I found it a lot easier mentally to do workouts on the treadmill than it was doing just easy running. Maybe the higher effort level of a workout distracts the mind from the boredom of being on the treadmill? I can't imagine how boring 20+ miles easy on the treadmill would be, but I'm guessing Galen's long runs have some MP running mixed in so maybe it's not so bad. Plus Alberto is probably there to talk to.

joalturn wrote:

“Hey Alberto! What’s the workout today?”

“60 laps around a grass field.”

“...”

"Workout? Oh, uhm, sure, I guess we have time for a workout after we're done hooking you up to this IV."