10,000-meters national championship races, participate in a December half-marathon with a field of amateurs if he wasn’t at least considering the Trials in February? Why would Rupp, winner of seven consecutive U.S. Unsurprisingly, this stoked the curiosity of the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, which will take place in Los Angeles on February 13. (How low-key? The second place finisher was one minute slower per mile than Rupp.) His time–1:01:20–easily qualified him for the U.S. In December, Rupp won a low-key half marathon in Portland. If Galen Rupp does decide to run the marathon trials, the question would be if he could train to peak at the 10,000 in Rio, but also be capable of running his fastest marathon a week later.īut, Mobot aside, there’s a chance that we could see another Salazar star attempt the marathon and 10,000 meters double in Rio: American Galen Rupp. Don’t bet on seeing Farah run the marathon in Rio. Meanwhile, as he proved yet again in Beijing last summer, he seems invincible in both the 5,000 and 10,000. He ran a respectable 2:08:21, but finished eighth and was no threat to the world’s top talent. Farah debuted in the marathon in London in 2014. “The exception will be if his track running is continuing to go so good that we feel, you know what, maybe he's tried a marathon, but if he's still on top in the 5,000 meters, why would he go to marathon?” Salazar said at the time.Īs it turned out, that second scenario was spot on.
While Farah was almost certain to try and defend his Olympic 10,000-meters title in Rio, the marathon, so Salazar thought, might make more sense as a second race. In running, the advantage of raw foot speed is, generally speaking, inversely proportional to the distance of the race, and speed typically decreases with age. Noting that Farah will be 33-years-old in the summer of 2016, Salazar said that going up in distance could be a savvy tactical move. A few months after Mo Farah won Olympic gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 2012 Games, his coach, Alberto Salazar, suggested that Great Britain’s star runner might attempt an even more ambitious feat in Rio 2016.”My guess is that he will do a 10/marathon double,” Salazar told the BBC in October 2012.
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