Galen Rupp only 5th man to run sub 28' 10k and sub 2:10:30 marathon within 10 days

What is magical about 2:10:30? Sub 2:10.

So how many men have run sub 27:55 and sub 2:10:50 within 13 days?

Magical 2:10:30 wrote:

What is magical about 2:10:30? Sub 2:10.

Because he probably grabbed the data from all-athletics.com whose list goes up to 2:10:30.

Very interesting.

Magical 2:10:30 wrote:

What is magical about 2:10:30? Sub 2:10.

HardLoper wrote:

Because he probably grabbed the data from all-athletics.com whose list goes up to 2:10:30. Very interesting.

From my perspective, what keeps getting overlooked is that Galen ran the all-time fastest performance by an American competing in the Olympic Games in both the 10k and the marathon... and he did them eight days apart!

Star wrote:

So how many men have run sub 27:55 and sub 2:10:50 within 13 days?

Better yet, who all has run sub 27:09 and sub 2:10:06 in the same Olympics? I'll tell you who.

GALEN MF RUPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Added Perspective wrote:

From my perspective, what keeps getting overlooked is that Galen ran the all-time fastest performance by an American competing in the Olympic Games in both the 10k and the marathon... and he did them eight days apart!

Oh yeah and this. All joking aside, THIS.

Added Perspective wrote:

Magical 2:10:30 wrote:

What is magical about 2:10:30? Sub 2:10.

HardLoper wrote:

Because he probably grabbed the data from all-athletics.com whose list goes up to 2:10:30. Very interesting.

From my perspective, what keeps getting overlooked is that Galen ran the all-time fastest performance by an American competing in the Olympic Games in both the 10k and the marathon... and he did them eight days apart!

Don't exaggerate. 8 days PLUS an extra night's rest.

And how many elite runners actually try to run 10,000m 8 days before a marathon?

But... Galen Rupp not one of 4 men to run sub 28' 10k and sub 2:10:30 marathon and have sub 3 hat changes within 10 days

Really, it's a bit like Steve Cram running a 400m in 47secs a few days before running say 3:46 for the mile. The 400m was just sharpening.

AND THE FIRST TO DO IT WITH THE INITIALS G.R. !!!

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

The first to do so AND go home DEVASTATED.

If you widen the period to two months, the group of athletes that pass the (admittently somewhat arbitraray) criteria is still only 25 large.

A few things strike me:

- There are relatively few African born athletes in the group. Do they specialize more? Haile Gebrselassie is the exception an the best in the combination as well.

- The are relatively many athletes from Spain/Portugal in the group. Was this their marathon approach?

- Galen Rupp's performances stand out because nobody's 10k is that good just before a championship marathon. Imagine he had run in Berlin and ran 2:05.

- Is it a coincidence that Alberto Salazar is also in the list? I don't think so. His 10k is the 2nd best (in the 8-day period list)

I added the position in the alltime lists now.

1: Haile Gebrselassie 164 27:06.68 Beijing 2008-08-17

12 2:03:59 Berlin 2008-09-28

2: Vincent Rousseau 427 27:23.18 Bruxelles 1993-09-03

1522 2:09:13 Reims 1993-10-17

3: Vincent Rousseau 2467 28:00.29 Bruxelles 1995-08-25

413 2:07:20 Berlin 1995-09-24

4: Hendrick Ramaala 1137 27:43.07 Port Elizabeth 2003-02-28

1316 2:08:58 London 2003-04-13

5: Hendrick Ramaala 1316 27:46.38 Port Elizabeth 2000-02-25

1980 2:09:43 London 2000-04-16

6: Jose Manuel Martinez 1370 27:47.25 Camaiore 2002-04-06

2213 2:09:55 Rotterdam 2002-04-21

7: Steve Jones 2295 27:58.64 Bruxelles 1984-08-24

729 2:08:05 Chicago 1984-10-21

8: Simeon Kigen 2191 27:57.68 Eugene 1984-07-21

2662 2:10:18 San Francisco 1984-08-19

9: Alberto Salazar 609 27:30.00 Eugene 1982-04-10

1216 2:08:51a Boston 1982-04-19

10: Tebalu Zawude 526 27:27.19 Brazzaville 2015-09-14

1150 2:08:46 Seoul 2015-11-01

11: Paul Evans 1791 27:53.35 Bruxelles 1997-08-22

1620 2:09:20 Chicago 1997-10-19

12: Domingos Castro 779 27:34.77 Barakaldo 1997-04-05

609 2:07:51 Rotterdam 1997-04-20

13: Galen Rupp 187 27:08.92 Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-13

2391 2:10:05 Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-21

14: Galen Rupp 1924 27:55.04 Eugene 2016-07-01

2391 2:10:05 Rio de Janeiro 2016-08-21

15: Antonio Pinto 277 27:15.76 Lisboa 1998-04-04

798 2:08:13 London 1998-04-26

16: Antonio Pinto 1629 27:51.01 Camaiore 2002-04-06

1481 2:09:10 London 2002-04-14

17: Antonio Serrano 2276 27:58.50 Bruxelles 1994-08-19

1522 2:09:13 Berlin 1994-09-25

18: Lee Troop 1644 27:51.27 Inglewood 2003-02-15

2094 2:09:49 Otsu 2003-03-02

19: Greg Meyer 1767 27:53.1 Williamsburg 1983-04-02

1339 2:09:00a Boston 1983-04-18

20: Francisco Javier Cortes 1526 27:49.58 Barakaldo 1999-04-10

1950 2:09:41 Rotterdam 1999-04-18

21: Julio Rey 1373 27:47.33 Lisboa 1998-04-04

993 2:08:33 London 1998-04-26

22: Carlos Lopes 304 27:17.48 Stockholm 1984-07-02

1632 2:09:21 Los Angeles 1984-08-12

23: Kamiel Maase 1260 27:45.46 Saint-Denis 2003-08-24

970 2:08:31 Amsterdam 2003-10-19

24: Kamiel Maase 1572 27:50.30 Barakaldo 1999-04-10

2453 2:10:08 Rotterdam 1999-04-18

25: Fabian Roncero 260 27:14.44 Lisboa 1998-04-04

437 2:07:26 Rotterdam 1998-04-19

Really interesting. Can you run another list that includes runners who ran a 3K under 8:30 within 2 months prior to the 10K that was prior to the marathon?