The Olympic marathon, a race that he had waited to run for 18 months, came on 8 August 2021. On July 4, Galen Rupp ran the Atlanta Peachtree, in hot Atlanta, and finished 8th in 29:06. His 27:59.43 gave him sixth, in a well fought battle. Galen Rupp gave it all he had, and ran just a bit faster than 18 days earlier. On June 16, Galen Rupp battled the finest 10,000m runners, young and old at the 2021 U.S. Galen Rupp runs 28:00.37, May 28, 2021, Portland Track Festival, photo by How Lao Photography As someone who demands excellence from his body at all times, it must be hard to know that, Galen Rupp is mortal. It was not until the last lap that Galen Rupp showed that those miles come at a cost. 140-150 mile weeks take their toll, and Galen was focused on the marathon training for Tokyo. This writer thought that Galen Rupp looked pretty damn good until that last lap. A four letter word came out of his mouth, when he found out he had just missed the Olympic Trials cut off, by that last lap. He only faltered in the last 200m, running a 63 last lap and going 28:00.37. Galen was in the race the entire way, until the last lap. This writer watch Galen Rupp race a 10,000m on the Lewis & Clark track (May 28, 2021), as part of the Portland Track Festival. Galen Rupp kept training, and in a bespoke half marathon, on October 30, ran some extraordinary splits: Galen hit 42:27 for the 15k, 45:54 for 10 miles and then, finished up with a blazing 20k in 57:17 and finally, hitting the half in 1:00.23. The pandemic took over much of our lives, and the Olympics were cancelled in 2020. In Atlanta, Galen Rupp won in 2:09.20.Īnd, then, 2020 got weird, and dangerous. In his finest marathons, Galen Rupp dominates the last part of the race, and gets some living space, as he savors the win. His command and domination of the event was fascinating. On February 29, 2020, on a tough loop course in Atlanta, Georgia, Galen Rupp won his second Olympic Trials marathon. It has been 18 months of some complication for Galen Rupp. ![]() Galen Rupp (second from left), in 2021 Bank of America Chicago Marathon presser, October 8, 2021, photo by Zoom conference
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