Not necessarily true. It could easily be the case that each of those 6 who didn't go sub-27 were not training for the 10,000 when they raced it. If training properly, they may also be capable of sub-27 (or previously capable in their most prime years). Some could have also recorded their technical 10,000m PR before they were fully trained, but never bothered to race it again, or not on the track, when they reached peak fitness, as the marathon would be more lucrative.
once a faster runner wrote:
I just looked up the ten fastest Marathoners, all-time on IAAF site. Four of ten have sub-27:00 10000m PB. All of top ten are sub-28:45 10000m runners.
The four: Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge, Haile Gebrselassie & Tamirat Tola.
We can state: racing a sub-2:05 Marathon, it is not necessary to have sub-27:00 10000m speed.
I don't think you read his post. Part of what he is saying is that their 10000m PB may not be their true 10000 ability.
once a faster runner wrote:
Marathon is a long way away from 10000m. As you know, some Marathoners just are not relatively fast. I know a 2:11+ Marathoner who never broke 55 for 440 yards (obviously an older guy). Some Marathoners average fairly close to their 10000m PB for Marathon.
Omitting 4 letters ( m a r a ) musta saved you several minutes as you banged out that question, eh?
Five by 18 wrote:
What sort of workouts would sub 27 guys need to prepare for a full thon?
surprisingly good numbers
TrackBot wrote:
VDOT for 27:00 10.0km: 82.5
Equivalent race times based on VDOT:
Marathon: 02:04:14
Half marathon: 00:59:17
15K: 00:41:18
10K: 00:26:58
5K: 00:12:57
3Mi: 00:12:28
2Mi: 00:08:01
3200m: 00:07:58
3K: 00:07:26
1Mi: 00:03:45
1600m: 00:03:44
1500m: 00:03:29
I am a bot. Info: habs.sdf.org/trackbot
+1
Silky Johnson wrote:
Think Alan Webb vs. Ryan Hall in their primes (Wow, that is sad to write).