Mike Smith: “He’s completing new types of training he’s never done in his career and been very coachable thus far.”
Mike Smith, the head coach of Northern Arizona University men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams,why he decided to work with Rupp, a controversial figure in American running, due to his longtime association with Alberto Salazar.RW: Did you have any previous relationship with Galen Rupp? How did it come to pass that you are coaching him? How did he get your name?I had never met or spoken to Galen Rupp in my life.
My agreement to work with Galen on his running is as much in the interest of working with an athlete at the highest level as it is to call attention to questions such as this. For me to step forward in this, I would have to believe there is more worth exploring here. And that’s what I hope to call attention to, that [if] someone who has never met this person, with way more to lose than to gain, can still agree to work with him, maybe we should revisit what we’re so certain of. What I found out by getting to know Galen was that there was much more going on than the picture portrayed of him, and I wish the world knew that.
Did you give any thought to having him not race the marathon and instead aim for the track trials in the 10,000 meters?I’ve asked him to open his mind to what’s possible with change. He’s completing new types of training he’s never done in his career and been very coachable thus far in what I’m requesting of him. I imagine that can’t be easy with his age and experience.
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