![]() male track and field athlete to compete in five Olympics, according to. Next year, Rupp will try to become the second U.S. ![]() “I want to prove to myself, more than anything, that I can get back to the level that I was in and even exceed that level.” “I still feel like I could certainly PR and certainly run a lot faster than I have in a marathon,” said Rupp, the third-fastest American marathoner in history with a best of 2:06:07 from 2018. He is also the fastest American marathoner in this Olympic cycle by 101 seconds, courtesy of his runner-up in Chicago in October 2021 (2:06:35). He ran 2:09:36, stopping four or five times in the last several miles after missing training time due to a herniated disk and pinched nerve in his back. He can become the first man or woman to win three Olympic marathon trials since it became a one-event race in 1968.ĭespite last year’s struggles, Rupp was still the fifth-fastest American male marathoner in 2022 from his 19th-place finish at the world championships. He does expect to enter a marathon this fall, leading up to next February’s Olympic marathon trials, where the top three are in line to make the team for Paris. In his last track race, Rupp placed sixth in the Tokyo Olympic Trials 10,000m, having already made the team in the marathon. He said it’s possible he races on the track and in the 10,000m at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in July. Recognizing a need for competition, he’s eyeing more shorter distances this spring and summer. Rupp had no plans for a spring marathon as of the interview, but he did not rule out a late entry. “But I am hoping to be competitive here in the half coming up and keep building from here.” “I’m not expecting to be in top shape,” he said. He said he has been pain-free for two months - “a huge blessing” - but his training load hasn’t been close to normal going into Sunday’s 13.1-mile race. ![]() By late December, he was back to a reduced but “decent volume” of miles, training remotely from Arizona-based coach Mike Smith. He didn’t run for the first two or three weeks after the five-borough marathon. Rupp, a 36-year-old from Oregon, has taken it slow over the last few months. ![]()
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