ytfgyhuj wrote:
lagat is WAY faster than galen in the 1500 and about 100m faster than him in the 5,000. why would he have a chance at beating him in the 2 mile?
Nobody ever said he had a chance of beating Lagat. We are talking about one of Lagat's TIMES, not the man himself. Rupp has already broken some of Lagat's indoors times, hence why Lagat is trying to take back his indoor 5k record. If Rupp went out and ran a 3mile pr in 15mins, we wouldn't be saying, oh Rupp can't beat that, It's Lagat's pr, and he can't beat Lagat. A pr is only as good as the effort the person put in.
HUGE difference
Lagat has had the ability to be much faster at the 2mile/5k indoors, he just hasn't done it. He's taken a few cracks the past few years, basically jogging then kicking it in lowering his times. Lagat at his best was just a shy slower than El G in the 1500, and probably could have been low 12:40's in the 5k as well. Not sure how many remember him closing in 51.9 while running 12:59 beating Bekele. That pace was an absolute joke for him when he was fit.
Rupp is going for a time, forget the person who's time it is. That's not very relevant. I think he has a better shot at beating his time, then beating Lagat head to head in a 2mile.