“I’ve got no excuses,” said Rupp, fully recovered from an ankle/Achilles problem that forced him to withdraw before the Sept. Race organizers ditched pacers from 2015-17, during which Rupp’s 2:09:20 was the fastest time. From 2011-14, the Chicago Marathon winning time was faster than Khannouchi’s American record. The situation Rupp mentioned is boosted by a stronger Chicago field than last year (adding the four-time Olympic track champion Farah, plus 2017 Boston and 2017 World champion Geoffrey Kirui and three others who have broken 2:05).Īnd the reintroduction of pacers. Ryan Hall ran 2:04:58 in Boston, but the course is not record-eligible. Khalid Khannouchi‘s American record - 2:05:38 - is not that far off. Rupp is now the third-fastest American marathoner in history. … It left me thinking there’s a lot more room still where I have that I can improve.”Įvery marathon that Rupp has finished came in a personal-best time: 2:11:13 (Olympic Trials), 2:10:05 (Olympics), 2:09:58 (Boston 2017), 2:09:20 (Chicago 2017), 2:06:07 (Prague 2018). It wasn’t necessarily the best way to run a fast time, and I still ran pretty quick there. “In that race it was more about winning and really surging in the second half. “It wasn’t the most ideal circumstances,” Rupp said of Prague. Rupp had said before Boston that his pre-race training was “by far” his best of his first five marathons. Prague came three weeks after Rupp dropped out of the Boston Marathon before the 20th mile due to the hypothermia-inducing weather. Rupp leans on the confidence from his last marathon, when he won in Prague in 2:06:07 on May 6, shattering his personal best of 2:09:20 from winning the 2017 Chicago Marathon.

ET, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBC Sports Gold for subscribers). “This is probably the best situation I’ve ever been in to run fast,” Rupp said Monday, six days before the 26.2-mile race (8 a.m. Galen Rupp believes the American record is in play at Sunday’s Chicago Marathon, where he could beat an upright Mo Farah for the first time.

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