3/10... Rupp threads are cheap bait but you even got an official LRC.com reply.
3/10... Rupp threads are cheap bait but you even got an official LRC.com reply.
Bullet_Proof wrote:
dirty_deeds wrote:
They'll write an article on Sleazy Sal's suspension on the anniversary and laugh as your head explodes.
Then Alberto will win the appeal and mary cain will go home devastated
She already went home devastated because Sleazy Sal is a sh!tty human being.
But people aren't interested in Rupp. The article would get half as many hits.
Being a sportsman is more than just performing well, you need character and charisma. Or at least you need *something* to make you interesting to the fans.
Solinsky was more popular after one run than Galen has been throughout his whole career
Come back in 2024
Solinsky, not Solinksy, closed that 26:59 in 1:56! He went on to run 12:55 and 12:56 three times. Rupp never beat 12:58 despite many chances. If you think that 26:59.60 was Solinsky's ceiling in that year, you are crazy. He was jogging along at that pace easy most of the way, except when he had a cramp in the middle portion. He closed in 1:56 (60/56) with no one anywhere close to him, and while lapping numerous people. In that kind of shape, he would have crushed Rupp in the 26:44 race as well, if Salazar had let him get in it. The thing is that Solinsky's star shone very brightly but tripping over his dog meant that he never got a real chance to hand it to Rupp year after year into the present, while Rupp's management by Salazar means that he was in the grey zone his whole career, so that you can't trust a single performance as legitimate.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Head to head for their careers.
Solinsky 11 wins. Rupp 3.
What a sad cope. How many of those races were in college? Even if Solinsky won more head-to-head, to call him the better runner is foolish. Rupp finished college with far more success (Bowerman winner) and has made three Olympic teams with 2 medals (so far). Solinsky was too busy getting drunk to bother to train properly and destroy his career by tripping over his dog; like he was some 65 year old man that hadn't exercised in a decade.
SalmonRice wrote:
Solinsky's 10k race is so damn over rated. It was an impressive feat for him to be the first white guy, especially at his size, to run sub-27. But it was absolutely not one of the best races of the decade. Doesn't even deserve a mention on the list.
The reason it is so celebrated is because of innate racial bias against non-white runners in the running fans of the US. The majority of fans are white males that had the dream and were never good enough. So they cling with worship to every white guy with talent. Using phrases like "American-born" as a not so subtle way to remove the immense talent of African distance runners throughout US history. As per example, this board voted Hall a better distance runner than Khannouchi; the latter who broke the world record TWICE and is somehow not even top 8 for best ever in the US. Hall had a decent pro career but because he was white and ran an illegal 2:04 people are obsessed with him and overplay his achievements. If Hall was black he'd be ignored.
So back to Solinsky. Solinsky was white running fans self insert for a long time and people can't let go of it. His career was pretty poor outside of college and 2010. Too foolish to properly train and he destroyed his body for life. If he was black, this thread and the massive Letsrun article wouldn't exist.
This deserves post of the decade.
disappointed not surprised wrote:
SalmonRice wrote:
Solinsky's 10k race is so damn over rated. It was an impressive feat for him to be the first white guy, especially at his size, to run sub-27. But it was absolutely not one of the best races of the decade. Doesn't even deserve a mention on the list.
The reason it is so celebrated is because of innate racial bias against non-white runners in the running fans of the US. The majority of fans are white males that had the dream and were never good enough. So they cling with worship to every white guy with talent. Using phrases like "American-born" as a not so subtle way to remove the immense talent of African distance runners throughout US history. As per example, this board voted Hall a better distance runner than Khannouchi; the latter who broke the world record TWICE and is somehow not even top 8 for best ever in the US. Hall had a decent pro career but because he was white and ran an illegal 2:04 people are obsessed with him and overplay his achievements. If Hall was black he'd be ignored.
So back to Solinsky. Solinsky was white running fans self insert for a long time and people can't let go of it. His career was pretty poor outside of college and 2010. Too foolish to properly train and he destroyed his body for life. If he was black, this thread and the massive Letsrun article wouldn't exist.
This deserves post of the decade.
Hate to tell you two, but …
We'll never know what could have been, of course, but it's a fact that Solinsky's record topped Rupp.
Hall beat Khan for the same reason Lagat didn't win the whole thing.
zxcvxczv wrote:
Solinsky, not Solinksy, closed that 26:59 in 1:56! He went on to run 12:55 and 12:56 three times. Rupp never beat 12:58 despite many chances. If you think that 26:59.60 was Solinsky's ceiling in that year, you are crazy. He was jogging along at that pace easy most of the way, except when he had a cramp in the middle portion. He closed in 1:56 (60/56) with no one anywhere close to him, and while lapping numerous people. In that kind of shape, he would have crushed Rupp in the 26:44 race as well, if Salazar had let him get in it. The thing is that Solinsky's star shone very brightly but tripping over his dog meant that he never got a real chance to hand it to Rupp year after year into the present, while Rupp's management by Salazar means that he was in the grey zone his whole career, so that you can't trust a single performance as legitimate.
Speculation. "He would have crushed"....
He didnt though.
Hank Texas wrote:
But people aren't interested in Rupp. The article would get half as many hits.
Being a sportsman is more than just performing well, you need character and charisma. Or at least you need *something* to make you interesting to the fans.
Solinsky was more popular after one run than Galen has been throughout his whole career
To quote the big lebowski: "yea, well thats just uh, ya know, your opinion man."
Trust me, there are plenty of people who cheer for Rupp and get inspired by his CONSISTENT performances.
Your charisma argument has been used before, and people are finally waking up the fact that it doesnt work. I wrote an incredible post about how, unlike prefontaine, Rupp has a better personality but it was unfortunately censored because some people cant handle the truth.
Or at least a different point of view. Being interesting the fans is inherently subjective.
Solinsky wasnt very likeable after he dropped out of a race and blamed it on other people calling it a ploy. The solinsky fans seem to conveniently forget that moment.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Head to head for their careers.
Solinsky 11 wins. Rupp 3.
Solinsky's dog -1
Solinsky- 0
You da man now dawg wrote:
LetsRun.com wrote:
Head to head for their careers.
Solinsky 11 wins. Rupp 3.
Solinsky's dog -1
Solinsky- 0
how many olympic medals does Solinsky have?
Hi ,
We live in America.
Black, white, whatever. Solinsky has 3 of the fastest 6 -5000m meter times. That's a big deal
Sorry you are bitter
Solinsky was a faster 5k guy than Rupp, but I guess Rupp was overall better there too... 5th @ worlds 2015, and 3rd in Diamond League final 2014.
Still it is sad that Solinksy missed reaching his true potential. He was a real bad a$$ racer.
Bullet_Proof wrote:
I wrote an incredible post
Yeah that never happened.
readerrr wrote:
3/10... Rupp threads are cheap bait but you even got an official LRC.com reply.
Lol it was definitely rojo under the LRC handle.
The 123rd best 10k performance of all time is slow? Hmm, what a crazy set of standards you have.
ready made wrote:
LRC Celebrates 10 year anniversary of Solinsky’s Slow 10k. In 2020 it will be six years since Galen Rupp ran AR 26:44.
I expect an article about it!
There’s nothing more epic than having a cocky dude show up trying to stage a record attempt and get pacers to agree not to finish the race only to have a guy come out of nowhere and smoke him hard. I may go read the article and giggle again.
That being said, as an American, I’m happy Rupp persisted and became a better runner instead of quitting after that race.
Does anyone have a Galen record poster, which obviously didn't work out well for him, that Chris signed the next day at the Nike store?
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