EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Pick a distance, any distance, and Galen Rupp can run it.
Already qualified for the marathon, Rupp added the 10,000 meters to his list Friday night at Olympic trials. Next up, he'll try to make it at 5K, as well.
If — more like when — that happens, he says he'll choose two of the three to run in Rio. Racing in all three would simply be too much, even for Rupp.
Rupp is leaning toward running the 10,000, especially given the way he won at trials. He threw surge after surge at Shadrack Kipchirchir and Leonard Korir — both of whom run for the Army's World Class Athlete Program in Fort Carson, Colorado — and finished to a loud ovation.