If you take into effect that they do this full time. Most of them have the best people working with them and some if not most do peds.So they have much more of an advantage over you.You work a job . You might have pressures they don't have. You don't have any of the people helping you like they do and of course you don't have Peds. So what would Moe do a in 10k if he lived in New York? Had a real job and was on the verge of losing his home and his boss could fire him at any moment and he was flat broke and was back on child support 4 months.What would his 26 whatever look like? 33 minutes? So sunday when you watch the London marathon remember that. Your not so far behind them as you think. My champions run 40 minute 10ks and are 57 year old guys who stick at it day in day out.