Galen Rupp is the American distance GOAT and you are without excuse to not accept this

yikes. wrote:

????? wrote:

surprised nobody has mentioned ryan hall yet...

Who is that?

A MMA fighter in the UFC.

The OP is correct - you are without excuse to not accept that Rupp is the American distance GOAT, because he is not. You have no excuses to fail to realize that he is not.

ruppgoat wrote:

a bunch of haters will show up to this thread and try to deny it but the facts speak for themselves.

False. Bernard Lagat is the American GOAT

quitecontrary wrote:

????? wrote:

Yes he does:

Ryan Hall: 59:43 (Houston '07), 2:04:58 (Boston '11)

Galen Rupp: 59:47 ( Roma-Ostia Lido '18) 2:06:07(Praha '18)

2:04:58a is not the American record.

Please explain then

????? wrote:

quitecontrary wrote:

2:04:58a is not the American record.

Please explain then

Downhill, point to point course, with illegal wind pushing him foward. Might as well considered this the 100m world record, if you think hall's marathon time is legit:

You are a moran wrote:

????? wrote:

Please explain then

Downhill, point to point course, with illegal wind pushing him foward. Might as well considered this the 100m world record, if you think hall's marathon time is legit:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ORwGYV1TACo

spell moron right you moron

Still think Hall is the american GOAT. Is boston course really a minute fast...

????? wrote:

You are a moran wrote:

Downhill, point to point course, with illegal wind pushing him foward. Might as well considered this the 100m world record, if you think hall's marathon time is legit:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ORwGYV1TACo

spell moron right you moron

Still think Hall is the american GOAT. Is boston course really a minute fast...

not to mention the wind was in the opposite direction on that day

????? wrote:

You are a moran wrote:

Downhill, point to point course, with illegal wind pushing him foward. Might as well considered this the 100m world record, if you think hall's marathon time is legit:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ORwGYV1TACo

spell moron right you moron

Still think Hall is the american GOAT. Is boston course really a minute fast...

Ryan Hall's PRs and how he did at the Olympics:

800 Metres 1:51.07 Boston, MA (USA) 03 JUL 2001

1500 Metres 3:43.21 Eugene, OR (USA) 27 MAY 2006

One Mile 4:05.50 Dublin (IRL) 30 JUL 2005

3000 Metres 8:14.20 Gent (BEL) 16 JUL 2006

Two Miles 8:26.26 Carson (USA) 21 MAY 2006

5000 Metres 13:16.03 Carson (USA) 24 JUN 2005

10,000 Metres 28:07.93 Palo Alto, CA (USA) 30 MAR 2007

10 Kilometres 28:22 Northporth (USA) 16 SEP 2006

12 Kilometres 35:40 San Francisco, CA (USA) 19 MAY 2013

15 Kilometres 43:26 Tampa, FL (USA) 28 FEB 2009

10 Miles Road 50:25 Pittsburgh, PA (USA) 09 NOV 2014

20 Kilometres 57:54 Debrecen (HUN) 08 OCT 2006 AR

Half Marathon 59:43 Houston, TX (USA) 14 JAN 2007 AR

30 Kilometres 1:28:38 London (GBR) 13 APR 2008 AR

Marathon 2:06:17 London (GBR) 13 APR 2008

Marathon 2:04:58

INDOOR

One Mile 4:09.46 Los Angeles, CA (USA) 20 JAN 2001

3000 Metres 8:02.63 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 12 FEB 2005

Two Miles 8:37.74 Boston, MA (USA) 28 JAN 2006

5000 Metres 17:16.57

Olympics: zero medals,

Galen Rupp:

Outdoor track 800 m 1:50.00 May 2, 2009 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite

1500 m 3:34.15 September 5, 2014[68] Brussels Diamond League

Mile 3:52.11 July 27, 2013 London Anniversary Games

3000 m 7:43.24 August 13, 2010 London Grand Prix

5000 m 12:58.90 June 2, 2012 Prefontaine Classic

10,000 m 26:44.36 (AR, NR) May 30, 2014 Prefontaine Classic

Indoor track 800m 1:49.87 February 14, 2009 MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships

1500 m 3:34.78+ January 26, 2013 Boston University Terrier Invitational

Mile 3:50.92 January 26, 2013 Boston University Terrier Invitational[69]

3000 m 7:30.16 (AR, NR) February 21, 2013 XL Galan Stockholm, SWE

2 mile 8:07.41 (AR, NR) January 25, 2014 BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational[70]

5000 m 13:01.46 (AR, NR) January 16, 2014 2014 Boston University Limited Open Meet[71]

Road 5 km 13:34 November 26, 2010 Silicon Valley Turkey Trot

15 km 42:43 March 11, 2018 Roma-Ostia Half Marathon (enroute)[72]

20 km 56:48 March 11, 2018 Roma-Ostia Half Marathon (enroute)[73]

Half marathon 59:47 March 11, 2018 Roma-Ostia Half Marathon

Marathon 2:06:07

Sliver at the 2012 10000m and bronze at the 2016 Olympic marathon

Rupprange wrote:

Rupp has better range than Lagat. Mile to the marathon.

Except that Lagat could run the 8 and has faster performances at EVERY distance below 10k.

Glad to see you're spelling moron right

if we're going by time, Hall is still the GOAT in hm & m

look how old the records are for the "mid" long distance for Hall. He didn't bother racing hard in those in his prime. Rather than being better than average at everything like Rupp, Hall decided to be great at specific races.

How many marathons did Hall win?

You are a moran wrote:

????? wrote:

Glad to see you're spelling moron right

if we're going by time, Hall is still the GOAT in hm & m

look how old the records are for the "mid" long distance for Hall. He didn't bother racing hard in those in his prime. Rather than being better than average at everything like Rupp, Hall decided to be great at specific races.

How many marathons did Hall win?

how many times has galen been under 2:10?

im at work wrote:

You are a moran wrote:

How many marathons did Hall win?

how many times has galen been under 2:10?

How many times has Hall been under 28 minutes for 10000m?

I'm in the car wrote:

im at work wrote:

how many times has galen been under 2:10?

How many times has Hall been under 28 minutes for 10000m?

Not Hall's event... not to mention he's only done it once for real...

????? wrote:

I'm in the car wrote:

How many times has Hall been under 28 minutes for 10000m?

Not Hall's event... not to mention he's only done it once for real...

How many times has Galen been under 59:45 for a half?

I don't think a point to point course is record eligible.

westsouthrunner wrote:

ruppgoat wrote:

a bunch of haters will show up to this thread and try to deny it but the facts speak for themselves.

False. Bernard Lagat is the American GOAT

The main thing I’ve learned from this thread is that a surprising number of LRers don’t know the difference between distance and mid-distance.

????? wrote:

quitecontrary wrote:

2:04:58a is not the American record.

Please explain then

The American record in the marathon is 2:05:38 by Khalid Khannouchi.

My apologies, I listed Olympic gold medalists but did not specify. Though, again the response remains valid towards Rupp