Rupp’s PR in the half-marathon came in 2011, in 1:00:30 in New York, ranking him as the fifth-fastest American at that distance.ĭespite never testing the rigors and pounding of the marathon distance, Rupp’s credentials on the track and the fact no American man ran under 2:10 for the marathon in 2015 does make him a favorite to qualify and among the ones to watch when the gun goes off in Los Angeles on February 13 th.When it comes to success in professional sports, the Machiavellian maxim that it’s better to be feared than loved appears to hold true. To qualify for the trials, Rupp won the low-key Foot Traffic Holiday Half Marathon in Portland in December in 1:01:20, which turned out to be the second-fastest time by an American runner in 2015.
Rupp’s 26:44 personal best on the track at 10K gives him the speed to compete with the top African runners who have dominated the marathon distance over the past decade. The original plan had Rupp moving up to the marathon distance after the games in Rio this summer, but after talking it over with Salazar, the coach of the Nike Oregon Project, they decided to take a shot at the double. But for it to be here in Portland, there was no way I was going to miss that.” “Obviously that’s going to be really tough,” Rupp said in an interview with, “coming back from a marathon. Rupp trains in Portland under the guidance of his coach Alberto Salazar and his corporate sponsor, Nike, has its headquarters in Beaverton outside of the city. Not only that, Rupp intends to compete a month after the trials, after withstanding the punishment of his first marathon, in the 3000 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon, if he qualifies. Rupp will toe in line in a little more than two weeks in an effort to pull off an Olympic ‘double’ of the marathon and the 10000 meters (which Rupp insists is still his “focus”) in what might be one of the more anticipated marathon debuts in American marathoning history. Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on February 13 th has been answered. The question if American track star and 2012 London Olympic Games silver medalist Galen Rupp would make his marathon debut at the 2016 U.S.
0 kommentar(er)
