Chris SOLINSKY USA 7:36.90 PB

no way. He's not running 7:25. Think of the company that puts him in. Geb has a 7:25 pr. I think Solinsky can get to the low 7:30s definitely, but 7:25 is in another world.

Fam just came off altitude training in Flagstaff and is going to be in the Huesden 5k.

at least that's what it says at

www.runfam.com

Teg can run sub 12:50.

Webb can run 3:27 in the 15.

This isn't what will happen, but its what they are capable of.

And yes, it should come as no surprise to any of you that there are 10-20 Kenyans and Ethiopians, and some drugged up Morroccans that will run just as fast or faster.

I love peeps wrote:

first off, the conditions weren't so great for this race.

secondly, the pacing, the actual race itself, were all poor in terms of sucking runners to an even faster time and keeping them all in contention... Solinsky did most of the work further back, had no one to really key off the last k...

So he could have gone 2-3 seconds faster if the conditions had been just a little different.

...the conditions and actual race matter even more.

Here we go again.

I just wanna say WTF. Thats insane. Isn't he like 170lbs?

7:25 wow one of the dumbest things posted!

119 wrote:

Komen was in a car accident, thus his sudden departure.

you confuse him with Noah Ngeny.

anyone know when Solinsky plans a 5k?

Somewhat ironic that Ritz now has his relatively better performances in the shorter distances... 11th all-time best American at 3K, 4th at 2-mile, 21st at 5K, and 10th at 10K.

I love peeps wrote:

first off, the conditions weren't so great for this race.

You guys take the cake. At Lausanne you guys said the weather wasn't so bad. Now today, 59 degrees and 10 degrees warmer, "the conditions weren't so great."

Make up your f***ing minds.

pdxrunr wrote:I vote for this to be the quote of the day tomorrow! Nice job...

J E R R Y F*ING S C H U M A C H E R

Can anyone dig up the thread about the 2003 NCAA XC championships in which several people argued that Solinsky was a nobody compared to the huge talents like Ritz and Hall, despite his brilliant championship debut? I'd love to see who those detractors were.

little more recently:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=1381351&page=0

With Solinsky, it's all about working on his PR ability. He knows how to compete/race. With others, it can sometimes be the opposite.

I'm impressed. I was one of the people who thought he could win NCAA's but not run a world class time.

I was wrong.

Honestly, and I mean this, Ritz should swithc to Teg's and Solinsky's coach.

Does anyone have a video of this race?

I love peeps wrote:

I remember his 8:12 (en route 3k) in High School for his 8:41 or whatever.

He will always be good at this distance. If only the 5k were shorter, and the mile longer for him. He's good, but unfortunately his talent falls between the two.

He'll go sub 7:30 some day, and probably take a shot at the 7:25 time frame.

You must be joking right?! You do realize with that statement you are putting into a list with the ALL TIME greats of the sport - Komen, Morceli, Geb, El Guerroj? I'm just wondering how you came to this conclusion based on one performance? Think about how many times Geb, Morceli and company have run 7:35 ish 3k's. I'll bet Geb has run dozens of them. It's not that easy to shave 11 secs. off of your time, especially given the fact that this was a huge PB for him in the first place.

The fact of the matter is is that it may be sometime before he breaks this PB. And if he does he will likely shave fractions of a second off it. Like someone else said 7:25 is in another world. I don't see anything yet to indicate that Solinsky is capable of running anywhere close to that yet.