Where once Mo Farah and Galen Rupp would work out and hang out together in equal measure, now their fleeting encounters are restricted to hotel lobbies or – for the first time in more than two years in Chicago on Sunday morning – on the startline.īoth parties insist it is just the way of the world a natural parting of ways that comes with changing circumstances. The fan video below (which has some cussing toward the end) shows the last four laps of the 25-lap race.The respect remains, but the camaraderie so evident in the past is long gone. Friday night was indeed a good time to get something like breaking the American 10K record out of the way. Because there are no global championships this year, 'you can pick those races when you want,' Salazar said about timing Rupp's peaks.Īnd speaking of timing: Salazar said that Rupp's wife is pregnant with twins. Interviewed after the race, Salazar said 'the training has been more geared to the 10K' after the indoor season, during which Rupp set American records for 2 miles and 5000 meters. The only other American in the race, Aaron Braun, dropped out. Two other Kenyans, Bedan Karoki and Stephen Sambu, also broke 27:00. He later said he was thinking of waiting to kick until 300 meters remained, but that he felt good and sensed that Tanui and the others were tiring.Īs Farah quipped, 'He's faster than me now,' a reference to the 26:46.57 personal best Farah set in winning the Prefontaine 10K in 2011.īehind Rupp, Tanui took second in a personal best of 26:49.41.

Rupp took his first meaningful possession of the lead with about 900 meters to go, at which time Farah said, 'He's got this.' Rupp was timed at 1:57.7 for his final 800 meters.

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