Galen Rupp Sets 2 Mile AR of 8:09.72 at USATF Classic, by Larry Eder

Galen Rupp, 2011 USA Outdoor, photo by PhotoRun.net

A tale of two track meets. Less than ten minutes after Bernard Lagat made Galen Rupp’s 5,000m AR a memory, Galen Rupp took Bernard Lagat’s AR in the two mile! Running well, Galen Rupp clipped just under two seconds off the American AR, with his fine 8:09.72! Galen ran the record at the USATF Classic, in Fayetteville, Arkansas on February 11, 2012.

Galen Rupp also as the American record for 10,000m, 26:48.00, which he set last summer. A fun night, with Lagat running at Millrose Games in NY and Rupp running at the USATF Classic in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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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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