What would Hicham El Guerrouj have run if he used EPO / other drugs?

3:15 in super shoes and EPO.

I'm not sure there's the evidence that super shoes make that much difference on the track.

Applause, 10/10

The starting age for Ingebrigtsen’s training keeps getting younger and younger, but there’s no evidence that the early start made any difference. Kessler started running seriously his senior year, Ryun his sophomore year and Hocker ran 45 mpw in HS. How much faster would those guys have been, had they started training like a pro at age 6? My opinion is that Ingebrigtsen was lucky he didn’t suffer career altering injuries at a young age.

Many, many, many think that he was on EPO so the question is irrelevant. Maybe the question should be what would his PR be if he was absolutely not on drugs!

What would Hicham El Guerrouj have run if he used EPO / other drugs?

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If he had access to bi-carbs, he would be in the 3:21 range for sure.

He was almost certainly on a whole cocktail of drugs, administered by some of the best doctors and sports scientists available at the time. There was no testing for HGH either, along with EPO. Without peds, then at best he would have been around 3:30.

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3:26

Everyone knows?

I know 2 people that don't know at all. You and me.

So not quite everyone....

Seems like this question pops up every few months, with the same answers.

obviously the 800 and mile are fully multi cultural from inception and today.

in the thon, obviously fat heavy western countries dont do well. with a tiny talent pool. most talent goes into other sports.

in africa, there is a talent pool,without infrastructure, altitude, skinny dudes, and lack of spirting options, plus drugs,

you can see the best running talent in soccer, they measure pace and have no illusions who is fittest.

letsrun forms people mostly are in this bubble and keep their racist notions going, where pigment is a big deal.

forget pigment.

Coe is a weasel

Bruh, give it up. We all know what he ran. Real question is: “what would he have run in cheat shoes?”

How does anyone know who uses drugs or doesn’t? I really don’t follow track that cloaely Did he ever test positive or admit?

Clean? Probably 3:29ish.

On EPO? 3:26

Ingebrigsten on EPO? 3:23 and in his real event, 3000m, 7:12

"if"

Ultimate troll job.

10/10

He set world records during an era when there was no effective testing yet for EPO, and until Jakob with wavelights and supershoes over 20 years later, the only guy who got close was himself popped for EPO. He retired as soon as testing for EPO was introduced. Training partners were later busted for EPO, and Moroccans earned a reputation for cheating second only to Kenya.

I doesn't take a freaking Einstein does it?