keveri wrote:I thought Jim Ryun held the AR at 1:39?
no
learn to think
as i stated above, i have seen most every < 1'43 live, apart from coupla each Kip's/Johnny's/Cruz's/Rudy's 1'42s
i have seen every 1'40/1'41 live on satellite...
( apart from mickey-mouse firenze )
that's 10 of 11 live on satellite/cable/etc
how many guys on the planet do you think can claim the same ???
Ryun ?
quite simply a quantum leap above any 800'er who ever lived off just 1500 training !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUsEuv3Debsi can assure you, from a guy who has seen 10 of 11 live-on-satellite/cable < 1'42,
that is
~ 1'39.9
on a '70s synthetic off just 1500 training
Eh?
clueless
But that notwithstanding, if Letsrun people are far too conservative, perhaps you are batshit crazy?
you clearly are clueless
have you never heard about :
- ideal pacing
- non-existent quality pacers in '60s
( they got good in '70s
'70s pacers are probably even better than rubbish nowdays apart from magut pacing asbel only to 1400 in monaco-'14 !!!
magut ran 3'30.6 year after, but coudn't even get Asbel to 1100 in '13 monaco !!! )
- ideal drafting if elite cares to follow given weather/race $$$
- hyenas behind, like souly succumbed to in oslo
( even Asbel has to be considered a hyena as the oslo weather was suicidal to chase 3'44 for an african
the african pacers collapsed by 800, offering rubbish 1'53+ )
( i like him lot more now he went for 3'44 in disastrous unafrican weather )
- dirt
Ryun is a quantum leap better than any 800 guy than anyone who drew breathe
wouda been nice if he actually trained for it...