Galen Rupp
Let me first give credit where it is due. Galen is one of the best US distance runners of all time and looks to be a force for some time. Coming off an Olympic medal performance this past summer in London, he stepped on the indoor track and was able to run 3:50 in the mile...quite an accomplishment. Congrats!
Now with that being said, just what on Earth made him hop in another race a week later? I know his body was like, "Hey uh, I'm kinda tired from that personal record we just set. Can we chill this week?" If his body wasn't saying that...It should have been. He just didn't look good running in Boston. Not to mention Hagos Gebrhiwet took off with a few laps left and Galen was stuck in whatever gear he was originally in. The time he ran was still impressive but the way he looked was horrid.
Not many people can or should be able to just keep running fast over and over again. Once you take your body somewhere its never been before it needs a break. Sometimes the body will take a rest if you don't rest it. Galen didn't take that break and ended up losing to someone he shouldn't have. Rest your body. Its going to be a long year. Thinking you could go out there and hit it again after all that... you get Mole Of The Meet.
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