Galen Rupp 12:58.9 Jakob Ingebrigsten 13:02.03 (Alberto Inferior to Gjert Ingebrigsten as Coach)

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You don't get credit for what you didn't do, but Rupp's 3:50i mile and a 12:49 10k almost certainly he could have run much better than a 12:58 5k.

Jakob Ingebrigsten 13:02 5K to Rupp's 12:58 5K is a comparision between athletes, there is no comparision between coaches. Coaching athltetes to WMMs victories won mutiples World and Olympics medals, Alberto is without a doubt among the worlds greatest coaches. Btw, none of this is meant to take away from Jakob Ingebrigsten becasue is probably going to win some global championship medals, but to compare Alberto to Gjert is stupid.

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NOPe wrote:

abc 123 wrote:

Really? Please let us know where Rupp had the opportunity to run a fast 5000. How many Rietis, Monacos, Lausannes, Brussels, etc did he get to run?

Galen had many chances in places like Eugene, Brussels, Paris and Zurich. It is funny how the good runners can run well there but not Galen?

I hope you hold Mo to the same standard.

NOPe wrote:

abc 123 wrote:

Really? Please let us know where Rupp had the opportunity to run a fast 5000. How many Rietis, Monacos, Lausannes, Brussels, etc did he get to run?

Galen had many chances in places like Eugene, Brussels, Paris and Zurich. It is funny how the good runners can run well there but not Galen?

You seem very thick. Yes, he was in races like Eugene and even Paris & Brussels (once), however each time he did them it didn't turn out to be a truly fast race. He was always close to the winner. In Eugene, when he ran 12:58, Farah ran 12:56. In Paris, the winner ran 12:59, Rupp ran 13:00, in Brussels, the winner ran 12:58, Rupp ran 13:01. So do you see the pattern there? Do you now know what we are talking about here??

To spell it out for you, if Brussels was a truly fast race in 2013, and the winner ended up in say, 12:48, Rupp would have ended up in 12:51. If in Paris, they went 12:46, Rupp would have been 12:47. Do you understand now?

abc 123 wrote:

NOPe wrote:

Galen had many chances in places like Eugene, Brussels, Paris and Zurich. It is funny how the good runners can run well there but not Galen?

You seem very thick. Yes, he was in races like Eugene and even Paris & Brussels (once), however each time he did them it didn't turn out to be a truly fast race. He was always close to the winner. In Eugene, when he ran 12:58, Farah ran 12:56. In Paris, the winner ran 12:59, Rupp ran 13:00, in Brussels, the winner ran 12:58, Rupp ran 13:01. So do you see the pattern there? Do you now know what we are talking about here??

To spell it out for you, if Brussels was a truly fast race in 2013, and the winner ended up in say, 12:48, Rupp would have ended up in 12:51. If in Paris, they went 12:46, Rupp would have been 12:47. Do you understand now?

You are not very bright. The really good runners are not AFRAID to take the lead late in the race in order to run fast. Galen did do this at least once in his 10000m pb. Galen did NOT do this at 5000m because he could NOT. Do you understand that a runner who can run 12:50 (like Mo Farah) will win the 12:55 and 13 flat races?Galen could not and did not because he was at his limit running 12:58 or slower. Educate yourself.

I have a question for all guys that think Rupp was unable to run faster than 12:59. When you ran the 5 and 10 in college, could you run the 10K at your 5K pace mile pace plus 6-8 seconds?

Many people can run 14:10 and 29:10, for example. It is not that unusual. Why would I believe you, no offense, in terms of Rupp's 5000m ability, as opposed to the many races where Rupp showed that 13 flat was close to his limit. Rupp showed this time after time, but somehow YOU know better?

Yeesh. You are a thick one. My 6 year old nephew would understand this. The really good runners took leads during the latter stages of all of those races mentioned. The problem was that the races themselves were not fast. Too many 64 second laps. Are you following so far? They were decently paced races (but not truly fast), and they had fast closes. Rupp was not known for super fast closes but could hold on to a fast pace for a long time. Still following? Ok, again, if it was some hotshot or hotshots that decided to go at 12:40 pace and end up with a 12:45, Galen would have been at 12:47 or 48. See how that works? Rupp was at least as good as Farah in the 5,000.

Rupp went to those races either to run a really fast time or run a championship style race. Whichever came. All of those races ended up being championship style and he learned about his closing ability and the improvements needed. He never got a chance to be in a truly fast race and he didn't really care about it since he knew the WCs and Olys would most likely be tactical.

NOPe wrote:

abc 123 wrote:

Really? Please let us know where Rupp had the opportunity to run a fast 5000. How many Rietis, Monacos, Lausannes, Brussels, etc did he get to run?

Galen had many chances in places like Eugene, Brussels, Paris and Zurich. It is funny how the good runners can run well there but not Galen?

He ‘fell down’ many times toward the 3-4th km, if you think back about his results or lack of results over 5,000m.

Bill Rodgers 5000/10000 PB: 13:42/28:04(4:25 vs 4:31). Many Japanese runners very similar ratio.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

NOPe wrote:

You are not very bright. The really good runners are not AFRAID to take the lead late in the race in order to run fast. Galen did do this at least once in his 10000m pb. Galen did NOT do this at 5000m because he could NOT. Do you understand that a runner who can run 12:50 (like Mo Farah) will win the 12:55 and 13 flat races?Galen could not and did not because he was at his limit running 12:58 or slower. Educate yourself.

I have a question for all guys that think Rupp was unable to run faster than 12:59. When you ran the 5 and 10 in college, could you run the 10K at your 5K pace mile pace plus 6-8 seconds?

Yes... 7,014 seconds

Wow! Why would another coach blindly praise Alberto Salazar as much as you're praise him TrackCoach? Weird. When Al Sal prematurely made Mary Cain a 1500m/5000m runner were you praising Al Sal then? Do I need to remind you that Mary Cain was a 1:59.xx 800m runner at age 17. What did 5000m/10000m/Marathon runner Al Sal say to himself: Upon Mary Cain racing 1:59.xx 800m at 17, "Looks like a 5K runner to me!" What he did to Mary Cain also goes on Al Sal's resume.

Very common actually wrote:

Bill Rodgers 5000/10000 PB: 13:42/28:04(4:25 vs 4:31). Many Japanese runners very similar ratio.

I don't know anything about his 13:42, but Rodgers 10K time was running with Virgin and Shorter setting a hard, even pace. Shorter won in 27:55 and Virgin 2nd at 27:59. The equivalency calculaters estimate for 28:04 is 13:28. Why wasn't Rodgers similar to other elite, distance running humans? He rarely ran on the track and his one 5k could have been after having a few beers with Rono the night before.

Galen had many chamces to be in a fast 5000m. Every fast 5000m Galen was in was TOO FAST for him. Hint: That is why he did not win. Lesson over.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Very common actually wrote:

Bill Rodgers 5000/10000 PB: 13:42/28:04(4:25 vs 4:31). Many Japanese runners very similar ratio.

I don't know anything about his 13:42, but Rodgers 10K time was running with Virgin and Shorter setting a hard, even pace. Shorter won in 27:55 and Virgin 2nd at 27:59. The equivalency calculaters estimate for 28:04 is 13:28. Why wasn't Rodgers similar to other elite, distance running humans? He rarely ran on the track and his one 5k could have been after having a few beers with Rono the night before.

Here's a picture taken during Rodger's 28:04 race. That's Bjorkland behind Shorter:

NOPe wrote:

Galen had many chamces to be in a fast 5000m. Every fast 5000m Galen was in was TOO FAST for him. Hint: That is why he did not win. Lesson over.

So should be no problem showing us the results of all these fast 5000s Galen was in. Can we see at least one in which the race was fast (12:50 or less) and Galen was 20 seconds behind?

If you study Salazars and Ingebrigtsens systems you will find a lot of similarity. I believe Salazar coaching Jacob had given

the same results.

Koolio wrote:

NOPe wrote:

Galen had many chamces to be in a fast 5000m. Every fast 5000m Galen was in was TOO FAST for him. Hint: That is why he did not win. Lesson over.

So should be no problem showing us the results of all these fast 5000s Galen was in. Can we see at least one in which the race was fast (12:50 or less) and Galen was 20 seconds behind?

You are truly not very bright but you have plenty of company. Take a look at the 2015 Brussels 5000m. Kejelcha runs 12:53 and Galen finishes 10th in 13:08. Now I know if the race had only been FAST, like 12:40, then Galen would have run 12:45, but because it was only a 12:53 race, then somehow Galen runs 13:08. Galen could not run 12:53 in a 12:53 race, but of course if it had only been a 12:40 race he could have run 12:45. This is the logic of you idiot fanboys.

NOPe wrote:

Koolio wrote:

So should be no problem showing us the results of all these fast 5000s Galen was in. Can we see at least one in which the race was fast (12:50 or less) and Galen was 20 seconds behind?

You are truly not very bright but you have plenty of company. Take a look at the 2015 Brussels 5000m. Kejelcha runs 12:53 and Galen finishes 10th in 13:08. Now I know if the race had only been FAST, like 12:40, then Galen would have run 12:45, but because it was only a 12:53 race, then somehow Galen runs 13:08. Galen could not run 12:53 in a 12:53 race, but of course if it had only been a 12:40 race he could have run 12:45. This is the logic of you idiot fanboys.

How much faster do you think Galen could have run over 10k? He closed his 26:44 in 1:57 and won by 5 seconds.