Galen rupp boston marathon 2018
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Q&A: Galen Rupp On Dropping Out Of Boston; Optimistic For Prague Marathon
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(04-May) -- Two-time Olympic medalist Galen Rupp of the United States will run Sunday's Volkswagen Prague Marathon 20 days after dropping out of the Boston Marathon suffering from asthma and hypothermia. This will be Rupp's sixth marathon start since his debut at the 2016 USA Olympic Trials in Los Angeles where he won in 2:11:13 in hot and sunny conditions. Since then he's placed third at the 2016 Rio Olympic Marathon (2:10:05), second at the 2017 Boston Marathon (2:09:58), and first at the 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (2:09:20). He spoke to Race Results Weekly by telephone from Prague.
Race Results Weekly: Let's briefly go back to your race in Boston. What happened there?
Galen Rupp: Like I said, it was problems with my asthma. Obviously, I was a little hypothermic, too; everybody was dealing with that. The weather was really, like... It was just a rough day for me. I was disappointed, but I'm real thankful I have an opportunity to run here, especially just given all the hard work and lot of training I had done. You put so much into
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Galen Rupp ran the 2017 Boston Marathon like a seasoned veteran of the historic course, finishing second in a time of 2 hours 9 minutes 58 seconds, trailing Geoffrey Kirui by 21 seconds. The race represented Rupp’s urban marathon debut. Also add a bout of plantar fasciitis that plagued the Oregon native in his weeks of preparation, and Rupp’s podium finish was particularly impressive.
This year has presented Rupp with far fewer challenges, and the 31-year old is primed to contend again. An American-born man hasn’t won Boston in 35 years, since Greg Meyer left the 1983 field in his wake. A clean bill of health has Rupp pondering what it would take to follow Meyer as champion, and more importantly, dethrone Kirui.
“Everything’s going great,” Rupp said on Friday. “I’m so excited and I’m real thankful after last year. I had kind of a rough buildup where I was battling plantar fasciitis and just couldn’t really train. You never want to start any race, let alone a big marathon like this, not feeling [like] you’re totally physically prepared. Things have gone really well in this buildup.”
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