“As much as I wanted to do three, you can start playing with fire a little bit,” Rupp said. But considering recent ups and downs with his health, they ultimately decided to put the focus on quality over quantity this year. “It’s going to be fun to watch for sure.” He’s focused on maintaining overall health this seasonĪfter his second-place finish at the Chicago Marathon in 2:06:35, just nine weeks after the Olympic marathon last August, Rupp and his coach Mike Smith thought about putting three marathons on his schedule in 2022. “It’s awesome to see an American that really has an unbelievable potential to medal not only this summer but probably in years to come at a lot of these global championships at 10K,” he continued. “I can’t say I’m surprised just because you look at the way he’s been running. Obviously, he’s been on a tear this winter,” Rupp said. “ ran unbelievable and I mean, I was shocked when I heard the time, but hats off to him. Three weeks earlier, Fisher also broke the American record in the indoor 5,000 meters, another mark previously held by Rupp, who called Fisher’s 10,000 a “tremendous performance.” The previous record (26:44.36), was set by Rupp in 2014. He wasn’t surprised that Grant Fisher broke his American recordsĮarlier this month, Grant Fisher of the Bowerman Track Club shattered the American record in the 10,000 meters, running 26:33.84 at a race in San Juan Capistrano, California. Despite the nagging problem, he said he is fit and has done several confidence-building workouts, including a recent 10 x 1-mile session and several key long runs. Rupp said that the pain has come and gone for the last several months. “It’s happened before, at the Peachtree race last year and the Great North Run, and I bounced back pretty quick.” “Unfortunately it kind of came back a little bit there, but I’ve been getting a lot of treatment, taking care of it and I'm still super optimistic,” he said. Rupp said he was dealing with a familiar pain at a spot in his lower back/upper glute, which resurfaced during the race.

He was 21 seconds behind winner Nico Montañez. He had an uncharacteristically tough race, finishing seventh in 43:31 after leading for much of the 9.3 miles. Rupp made his season debut at the Gate River Run, which served as the USATF 15K Championships, on March 5 in Jacksonville, Florida. He’s optimistic after coming back from a tough race Grant Fisher Sets American Record in 10,000 Meters.

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