Rupp ran the 3000 indoors hard (PR). He ran the 5000 indoors hard (PR). He ran the 5000 hard (PR). He ran his half-marathon debut hard.
Farah ran the 3000 indoors (PR), the 5000 (PR), the 10000 (PR) and his half marathon debut hard.
Lagat ran the 5000 hard (PR).
Merga has run numerous 5000s hard (near PRs) and won world XC.
||| Solinksy has dropped out of a 5000 in Monaco, dropped out of a 10,000 in Eugene, DNS-ed the 10000 at USATF, and got eaten alive by Lagat in a tactical 5000 at USATF - finishing time 13:23 |||
With ZERO hard races this year, is he really going to be able to race in Daegu? (By hard races, I mean PR effort. Doesn't need to be a PR, just reasonably close. Usually requires finishing a race, but not even always. Definitely requires starting the race.)