“I hit it hard, I can tell you that for sure,” Rupp said. Smith, Rupp said, was “thrilled” with the workout. His coach, Mike Smith, emphasized to him the importance of making the run like a race effort. He treated his July 1 workout-about 24 miles including warmup and cooldown-as a race effort, although Rupp declined to talk about his pace. Then COVID hit his family-after they had avoided it for the first two years of the pandemic. But I was able to run and get through most of it, for better or worse, for a long time.” His most recent long workout gives him confidence.Īfter weeks of PT and extra bodywork sessions, his training was starting to come around.
I had to be more careful with the shorter speedwork. I might not have been able to hit the workouts as I would have wanted all the time. “I was in a lot of pain for a long time,” he said, “But I never really had to miss stuff. Rupp didn’t miss many workouts during the past year, instead sometimes taking an extra recovery day after a hard workout.
On March 5, he finished seventh at the Gate River Run USATF 15K championships. Galen Rupp, the best male American marathoner of the past six years, has been largely absent from the spring racing scene.