Galen Rupp, racing with new training partner Mo Farah, showed great form and some guts today, as he ran from the front from just past 3,000 meters until 4,900 meters. Hitting the 1,000m in 2;36.09, 2,000m in 5:16 and 3,000m in 7:52.9, Rupp and Farah worked in unison to break their countries records.
Farah took the lead with 100 meters to go, and Rupp did not give up, chasing Farah to the finish line, giving no quarter. Mo Farah ran 13:10.60 breaking a 29 year old record of one Nick Rose, European 5,000m champion. Galen Rupp ran 13:11.44 to break AR of Bernard Lagat, who ran 13:11.60 in 2010 (Rbk Boston), where Galen Rupp had run his previous indoor PB of 13:14.
Galen Rupp is running next in Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 26, to get the A standard for 10,000 meters for the 2011 World Outdoor Championships!
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
