Socialing The Distance, Featuring Olympian and Nike sponsored athlete, Galen Rupp

This podcast was originally posted on 27 November 2020.

It was reposted on 27 February 2021.

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RunBlogRun presents

Socialing The Distance

with Larry Eder

Featuring

Olympian and Nike-sponsored athlete,

Galen Rupp

We are reposting 27 Feb 2021 in honor of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials marathon, which was hosted in Atlanta, GA.

Galen Rupp won the men’s race, as he had in 2016. Galen was the most relaxed that I have seen him in a long time. He was open, he was thoughtful, but most importantly, he has communicated his desire to compete in the next Olympics. With a bronze and silver, is his next Olympic medal a color suggesting gold? We shall just have to wait and see.

Time Stamps:

0:00 – Introduction

0:45 – First competition since Oly Marathon Trials

3:50 – Ian Dobson

4:28 – The Half Marathon course

4:41 – How the race felt

6:06 – Did you consider London Marathon 2020?

7:44 – Toughest part of Olympic Trials Marathon

10:38 – Working with Coach Mike Smith

14:04 – Progression workouts

15:41 – Will you return to the track?

16:16 – Thoughts on Olympic postponement

19:39 – Training shoe on easy days

19:53 – Training shoe for quality work

20:32 – Advice for 17 year old self

22:50 – On The Blocks

27:41 – Age

27:55 – Separating family time from training

30:12 – Any interest in an Hour Run?

30:45 – Any interest in returning to XC?

31:31 – Will you compete through LA2028?

32:22 – Still enjoying your running?

33:58 – Athlete you admire most

35:29 – Are you a competitive person?

35:49 – Will we see an Olympics in 2021?

36:27 – Do you want to make a 5th Olympic team?

39:62 – Ending

40:00 – Epilogue

Galen Rupp is the #Socialingthedistance guest this week.

Galen Rupp was quite a good athlete at Central Catholic in Portland, Oregon. I saw him win the

Nike Border Clash. The first time I saw Galen race was when he was a junior and running the

AAU Junior 5000m, where he took second. David Frank, the Central Catholic coach, had called

me at home and said I needed to meet him at SJCC to see this guy who is “the real thing.”

Galen Rupp, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

I like Galen Rupp but did not interview him until the Nike Border Clash that next Fall.

I have seen Galen Rupp in his Olympic events (2008, 2012, 2016) and WC (2007, 2009, 2011,

2013, 2015).

My thoughts: Galen Rupp is one of the finest American and global distance runners in modern

athletics. His ability to battle at 1 mile to 10,000m in the past, and the marathon now should not

be underrated.

Galen Rupp has a well-developed sense of humor and is a student o the sport. The guy is at his best

when he is in battle at the ends of races.

Special thanks to Ricky Simms & PACE Sports Management for setting up this interview.

Find Galen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/G_Rupp

Find Galen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/galenruppof…

Find PACE Sports Management on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PACESportsMgmt

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Author

Larry Eder
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. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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