Rumor: Rupp and Ritz are out of Chicago

Rupp dedicated his life to running....can yall throw a lil respect on his name

douglas burke wrote:

Why would he enter the Chicago Marathon if he did not intend to run?

Elite athletes like Rupp and Ritz all the time sign up for races, with the honest intention of being on the starting line, as planned, but sometimes they also enter knowing that they might opt out of running the event, after all. It's called keeping options open. They weigh the option of not running, given that 2020 calls for big efforts from Rupp and Ritz, who have injury concerns. Injury isn't the only reason someone who has been entered into an event does not run. Being cautious about racing the Chicago Marathon, even if uninjured, given any past history of injuries and surgery, may be a very wise way to approach the next year for Rupp and Ritz.

And sometimes injuries, or aches and pains, or not recovering after surgery as hoped for, turn out to be legitimate reasons for bowing out of a planned-for race like Chicago. If this turns out to be the case for Rupp and/or Ritz, then I'll respect this wise course of action.

Just look at the reactions to Drew Hunter's decision to run the 5k at outdoor nationals with an aching foot which, ultimately, led him to give up the spot he earned on the Worlds team. A fair number of LetsRun posters say he did a dumb thing - racing at nats despite a foot injury, while others applaud his determination to make the Worlds team instead of simply being a worrywart and pain wimp like too many others.

If, say, Galen competes in Chicago and does himself physical damage which will negatively impact his plans for a huge 2020, then LetsRun's finest will rip him to shreds. If he doesn't run Chicago because his plans have changed (for whatever reasons, including caution against doing too much after major surgery), then LetsRun's finest will still rip him to shreds! Ditto Dathan.

More power to Galen, and Ritz, and Alberto, and trainers, etc., for whatever they decide for Chicago. I hope they have a good laugh at all the know-it-alls who feel that anyone who doesn't think like they do is just plain wrong.

A little birdie told me that half of the OP's assertion will be coming true by the end of the day. Stay tuned.

Hardloper wrote:

£££££ wrote:

There are plenty of trails around the nike headquarters

Lol, not really. A lot of them repeat the same 1-mile loop around the Nike campus

You can do a marathon on that. A lot of Japanese marathoners train on a shorter loop than that

rojo wrote:

A little birdie told me that half of the OP's assertion will be coming true by the end of the day. Stay tuned.

OOOHHHH SHIVER ME TIMBERS ROJO I LOVE WHEN YOU TEASE US LIKE THIS

only half, or at least half?

we have inquiring statisticians. need to fill in the p-value of our equations.

Chicago is smart.

Unveil one now and get a few days of publicity and save the other for later do a whole new publicity push.

Marketing 101 wrote:

Chicago is smart.

Unveil one now and get a few days of publicity and save the other for later do a whole new publicity push.

Yeah all of that awesome publicity on our super famous US distance stars.

Ricky Jangles wrote:

Marketing 101 wrote:

Chicago is smart.

Unveil one now and get a few days of publicity and save the other for later do a whole new publicity push.

Yeah all of that awesome publicity on our super famous US distance stars.

We are on page 4 of an anonymous rumor. Obviously someone cares.

"Rupp might not race because Salazar wants to guarantee the Olympics and knows what he’s doing with Rupp"

Remember in Sacramento two years ago when Rupp was "guaranteed" a London WC 10k spot...? (gave up his marathon spot)

When Salazar "knew" what he was doing?

1-Mead

2-Kipchirchir

3-Korir

4-Simbassa

5-RUPP

Remember how he tanrumed out of the media zone ignoring the media?

Just remember that.....

BLIMPIE wrote:

rojo wrote:

A little birdie told me that half of the OP's assertion will be coming true by the end of the day. Stay tuned.

OOOHHHH SHIVER ME TIMBERS ROJO I LOVE WHEN YOU TEASE US LIKE THIS

+1

Um..... wrote:

Ignordamus wrote:

Congratulations in advance, Nostradamus. You are guessing on a 'yes-no' question ( Will Rupp run in Chicago?), so you have a 50-50 chance of being right, without knowing anything.

Do you know how probability works?

There's a 50/50 chance they do.

I think we are missing the more important news here, guys...

Rojo has officially lost his mind and now talks to birds...and apparently they understand can understand each other.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

I think we are missing the more important news here, guys...

Rojo has officially lost his mind and now talks to birds...and apparently they understand can understand each other.

we've seen this wrote:

"Rupp might not race because Salazar wants to guarantee the Olympics and knows what he’s doing with Rupp"

Remember in Sacramento two years ago when Rupp was "guaranteed" a London WC 10k spot...? (gave up his marathon spot)

When Salazar "knew" what he was doing?

1-Mead

2-Kipchirchir

3-Korir

4-Simbassa

5-RUPP

Remember how he tanrumed out of the media zone ignoring the media?

Just remember that.....

What's your point? He got the biggest win of his career a few months later.

Ritz just tweeted that he's out.

One NOPer down, one NOPer to go

https://twitter.com/djritzenhein/status/1173703162005348352

Wow. Who could of seen that coming?

Me