I'm wondering where this 26:59 puts him all-time against other first timers? Anyone know? He's gotta be top 5 ever right?
-The Killer
I'm wondering where this 26:59 puts him all-time against other first timers? Anyone know? He's gotta be top 5 ever right?
-The Killer
According to a poster on track & field news Solinsky is 3rd fastest
26:49.02 Eliud Kipchoge (Hengelo 2007)
26:57.08 Leonard Komon (Hengelo 2008)
Bekele went 26:53 in his first, beating Geb.
But that's still not the record, Nicholas Kemboi debuted in 26:30.
That said, Solinsky's debut will be a non African debut record for quite some time.
Not if Tegenkamp runs it... wait, Tegenkamp doesn't run the 10k.