It was a measure of redemption for the 35-year-old, who was the 2017 champion.
with a calf strain. Today he ran the third-fastest marathon of his career, just 28 seconds behind his personal best.
Rupp did not bite on a hot early pace. At the 5K mark, he was in eighth place, 7 seconds behind the leader, and at 15K he was 17 seconds behind.Then he patiently started to close ground. By the halfway point, which Rupp reached in 1:02:40, he was in seventh place, 11 seconds behind the leaders. He rejoined the lead group by the 25K point , when seven men remained in the lead pack.Approaching the 22-mile mark, Tura put in a surge that Rupp couldn’t match.
Before the race, Rupp said he had put together solid training in the short turnaround from the Olympic Marathon, doing some runs in sweats and on the treadmill to prepare for heat and humidity. It paid off, as the temperature at the start in Chicago was 72.Runner’s World before the race. “I’m at a point in my career right now where almost every race that I get to the line, definitely every marathon, that’s the goal there. You know, other races, sometimes you look at trying to get something out of them to help prepare you for a marathon, but this is what I train for is to compete.”Sarah Lorge Butler is a writer and editor living in Eugene, Oregon, and her stories about the sport, its trends, and fascinating individuals have appeared in Runner’s World since 2005.
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