Galen Rupp Tells Runner’s World the American Record and Gold Medal are still within Reach

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Pookie Washington wrote:

Petmaalb wrote:

Galen says the break reinvigorated him as running was getting to be a grind. I do not think Galen will get either the American record or a gold medal. Galen does allude to track racing and wearing spikes as possibly being a bit risky with his Achilles. Galen overall sounds fairly mature in the interview. The interview also alludes to the Olympic Marathon being his 3rd marathon in a 10 month window if all goes well.

you can think what you want, but...you be wrong on the American Record. Eat pooh!

You seem to be getting emotional over this.

Galen's chances at an American record are not good. He will have no chance this fall for obvious reasons, and really no chance at the Trials or the Olympics. Then he will be close to 35 by his next opportunity. Not going to happen.

Conclusion: The secret NOP lab has created a new drug.

Obviously it’s going to take luck, perseverance, mental toughness and hard work to get back to where he was. Great interview. He knows what he is up against. I think he will eventually get the AR if everything goes right. The Gold is going to be tough. I’m curious why he didn’t have the surgery done on the other Achilles? Sounds like it’s not a problem now but I would think it would of been better to both at the same time and get it over with.

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https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a27891999/galen-rupp-recovering-injury/

mcvred wrote:

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https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a27891999/galen-rupp-recovering-injury/

" I do take precautions—I don’t run with heel counters, they take all those out of the back of my shoe now. So there’s just not a lot of pressure and nothing’s really rubbing against it to trigger it." This why I run in the Ultra Boost Sts

Since he has a silver and bronze, gold has to be the goal. I don’t think he has a 1% chance but why not go for it.

An American record is in the cards but he needs to get away from Chicago and Boston. Instead 2021 should be London and Berlin.

Get on a fast course wrote:

Since he has a silver and bronze, gold has to be the goal. I don’t think he has a 1% chance but why not go for it.

An American record is in the cards but he needs to get away from Chicago and Boston. Instead 2021 should be London and Berlin.

See Pookie Washington post near the top. You seem to "agree" with him.

because you def need to dope to win a 3:50 race... (face-palm)

Get on a fast course wrote:

Since he has a silver and bronze, gold has to be the goal. I don’t think he has a 1% chance but why not go for it.

An American record is in the cards but he needs to get away from Chicago and Boston. Instead 2021 should be London and Berlin.

If you're not even giving him a 1% chance, I'll take the other side of that bet. Of course he's not *likely* to win gold, but I'd say his odds are at least as decent as the odds were that Meb was going to win Boston or Shalane was going to win NYC. Galen's always shown an ability to mix it up with the best, and he's got plenty of experience now with the marathon. In a championship style race like the Olympics, I think it's silly to give him such low odds of pulling off a surprise win.

He can win a gold medal. He has OS and OB. He has the fastest 10k in the work in the last 7 years, or something like that. He beat Bekele in an Olympic 10k final. Besides Kipchoge, he has roughly the same chance as anyone else on the starting line. Yuki won Boston, Sellers was 2nd. There could be situation where something odd happens and everything gets mixed up, and he can possibly just win a "normal" race if Kipchoge falters.

gfhhfghghfgggfh wrote:

He can win a gold medal. He has OS and OB. He has the fastest 10k in the work in the last 7 years, or something like that. He beat Bekele in an Olympic 10k final. Besides Kipchoge, he has roughly the same chance as anyone else on the starting line. Yuki won Boston, Sellers was 2nd. There could be situation where something odd happens and everything gets mixed up, and he can possibly just win a "normal" race if Kipchoge falters.

Galen is now damaged goods. The odds that Galen fails to make the 2020 Olympics are greater than the odds that he wins a gold medal. Let us be realistic folks.

GOOOOOOO GALEN RUPP, GOOD LUCK AND FUDGE THEM ALLLLLLLL UP!!!!!!!

USA USA USA USA USA USA

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GOOOOOOO GALEN RUPP, GOOD LUCK AND FUDGE THEM ALLLLLLLL UP!!!!!!!

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Fixed it ;)

Petmaalb wrote:

Galen says the break reinvigorated him as running was getting to be a grind. I do not think Galen will get either the American record or a gold medal. Galen does allude to track racing and wearing spikes as possibly being a bit risky with his Achilles. Galen overall sounds fairly mature in the interview. The interview also alludes to the Olympic Marathon being his 3rd marathon in a 10 month window if all goes well.

https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a27891999/galen-rupp-recovering-injury/

"I got really into some tai chi brain education type of stuff."

He sounds like Ricky from Trailer Park Boys here.

Petmaalb wrote:

Galen overall sounds fairly mature in the interview.

Calling it now - get ready for Beard Galen.

Subway Surfers wrote:

" I do take precautions—I don’t run with heel counters, they take all those out of the back of my shoe now. So there’s just not a lot of pressure and nothing’s really rubbing against it to trigger it."

Finally someone gets it.