Breaking: Shalane and Meb react to Galen Rupp's Chicago Win

In before Letsrunners come in here and call these two bitter and taunt them for either not running as fast or not winning as much... despite many of the users on here sharing their thoughts.

This thread smells salty.

Meb with the "I'm not saying it, but you know what I'm saying" answer.

Salt has no smell

Seems like they know more than they are willing to reveal or has been released to the public, which seems pretty common among the pro runners about this particular issue.

I can't wait for Robert Mueller to bring these guys down

They obviously don't know Galen Rupp or the Nike Oregon Project well. Flanagan and Meb(especially Coburn, Willis, Magness and others against the NOP) don't even know how hard they worked and how much sacrifices Galen made to achieve what he has. Keep on hating them and proving yourselves wrong.

#hatersgonnahate

LetsRun.com wrote:

We asked two of the US's biggest marathon stars today for reaction to Rupp's win.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

"And I think it’s really important to consider who you associate with. We don’t get to choose our parents, but we certainly get to choose our friends and our coaches and who we want to include in our circle and put our faith and our trust in. I think it’s really important to think about who you include in your professional circle in this sport, and I think that who you choose to allow in says a lot about you."

Love it. The Nike-sponsored runner is lecturing other Nike-sponsored runners about who they associate with. Priceless.

rupp ran 13:37 in high school. he broke meb's american record time when he was less than one year out of college. he's a better caliber runner than meb.he's a freak. Fernandez ran 3:55 as a freshman in college, right? freak.that Norwegian Ingebritsen kid is better than most runners and he's what, 16-17 years old?!these guys are rooted in very very deep talent first and foremost, so why should any of us understand what they are capable of? the marathon is a sport where years and years of consistent running make the race. it takes years for a good performance. the world record marathon pace is faster than most 5k road races are won in...by semi-professional athletesjust saying.

Flanagan's teammate ran a 17s PR in London.

Another was in the 'likely doping' list.

Shalane may regret her statement. If Nike contracts live up to their reputation, there's likely a non-disparagement clause against Nike employees and/or the company.

Vivalarepublica wrote:

Seems like they know more than they are willing to reveal or has been released to the public, which seems pretty common among the pro runners about this particular issue.

I call BS. Why wouldn't they speak out more specifically if they did? I respect Meb's answer very much, basically saying he doesn't know what is going on. But Shalane's answer is strange to me. By saying they've been under investigation for 2 years and that they need to associate themselves with better people tells me that A) she may be a little mad about currently being the US #2 or #3 marathoner and B) she is mad at Saladbar for dumping Kara.

Njj wrote:

They obviously don't know Galen Rupp or the Nike Oregon Project well. Flanagan and Meb(especially Coburn, Willis, Magness and others against the NOP) don't even know how hard they worked and how much sacrifices Galen made to achieve what he has. Keep on hating them and proving yourselves wrong.

#hatersgonnahate

Shalane's probably just mad she picked the wrong coach.

NOP is tainted at this point, except for the ones who are not working closely with Alberto. Rowbury, Hassan, Murphy, and even Mo are still well respected.

I think Galen is talented, I just feel that he is not really a fast marathoner and isn't on the level of KK and Hall. Other than that, I don't really have a problem with him. Im a huge Hasay supporter, because she has it in her to run fast, and she isn't afraid to go with the pace. Africans fell in love with Hall because of that same reason.

My view on peds is not totally black and white, because it's not like you stick a needle in your butt and run fast. A lot of training and hard work are involved, but PEDs do enhance the ability and performance of an athlete, and if an athlete is dependent on it in order to win, then that athlete is tainted to me.

Barry Bonds didn't need PEDs to be a great ball player. He was already a hall of famer, and arguably the greatest player to ever play the game before taking them. Bonds just wanted to hit even more home runs than what he was hitting, because Mcguire was on PEDS and blasting balls away. So Bonds is not tainted in my eyes.

If Rupp and Hasay are on PEDs and are abusing anti-doping laws, and they can't perform at a high level without them, then they are tainted. And if the best runners in the world are not acknowledging Rupp and Hasay, because they know the ends and outs of what is going on at NOP, then Rupp's entire running history might get purged after the investigation.

An american runner not being celebrated in his own country speaks volumes....

Njj wrote:

They obviously don't know Galen Rupp or the Nike Oregon Project well. Flanagan and Meb(especially Coburn, Willis, Magness and others against the NOP) don't even know how hard they worked and how much sacrifices Galen made to achieve what he has. Keep on hating them and proving yourselves wrong.

#hatersgonnahate

Whatever Meb and Shalane may or may not know, one thing they certainly know is the sacrifice and hard work that is required to achieve success at the international level. In fact, I would say that Meb knows more about real sacrifice than you, Rupp and 99% of the posters on this board, given what his family had to go through to even get here.

Meb and Shalane are generally super positive so these statements pack a little punch.

So two more Rupp haters?, cos, according to some on here, that's what everyone else is who makes similar statements on LR about him.

Then there's Salazar, NOP and others associated with them.

"She’s never going to run 14:44 or 30:22 again."

I mean, if she broke 15 this summer and she's been focused on marathon training for the last few years then I think there's a good chance she could run 14:44 if she really wanted to...

????? wrote:

Why was my post deleted asking why this was breaking news?

Because "your benevolent dictator" at LRC knows that it's definitely NOT breaking news.......