| Galen Rupp takes marathon bronze, capping a U.S. distance running resurgence |
| By Barry Svrluga |
| RIO DE JANEIRO — For two or three days last week, Galen Rupp couldn't envision Sunday morning because he was so bitter about the previous Saturday night. Rupp is a distance runner, but there was the matter of what distances he should be running. He is perhaps better suited to be a marathoner, to run on the asphalt through a city. But he couldn't — he wouldn't — leave the track. "The marathon, it's a real special event," Rupp said. "I don't think I really truly understood that until I started doing them. . . . I definitely fought it a while, just being stubborn. Wanted to be a track runner. Thought I could do both." |
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