I've definitely tried to take advantage of this extra time."Īfter Tokyo, which marks his fourth Olympic appearance, Rupp will return to the Windy City race this fall - making a clear statement that he is ready to return to racing in a big way. So there was a lot of nerves definitely headed into the trials, but since then it's been really good. "I just don't think I was ready and I thought I was at the time but, you know, in the race my body just wasn't able to hold it up and I had to stop and drop out, you know, around mile 20. "I ran in the Chicago Marathon in 2019, but you know, that didn't go great," he said. Nobody's going to do that work for you, you know? You've got to learn how to pass people, when to push, when to back off and ultimately, you know, when to make that final long drive to the finish line."īank of America Chicago 13.1 Finish Line: 8:15 A.M.-8:30 A.M. "Running in Chicago, it's about winning," he said. Tokyo will mark Rupp's fourth Olympic appearance and it comes just weeks before he returns to Chicago for another shot at a marathon medal. "Running fast times is great and there's definitely, you know, it's fun anytime you set a PR, or you're able to just get on the back of the men or women running and hang on and they can kind of pull you through some really fast time but, for me, you know, I just I thrive on competition and I love that part." "It's about learning to win and compete, you know, and beat people," Rupp told NBC Chicago as he prepares to head to the Tokyo Olympics. For Olympic marathoner Galen Rupp, there are several lessons he learned while running in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon that he plans to take with him to Tokyo, but the biggest of them all is simple: how to win.
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