Fisher wins, and it’s not particularly close either.
Great list of athletes to be part of.
Fisher for the win. He would hang with any of them and has better natural speed. When Fisher dials back on base work and begins his sharpening phase this summer he will be deadly in the 5 or 10 and in the 3k
Fisher’s kick is ok. Got out kicked a lot in college. His finishes as a pro have been long sustained drives.
In a slow race, he’d lose to Rupp. But I think we’re looking at all race types. In a rabbited race, it’s only him and Rupp that have a shot to win.
You could argue Fisher isn't even yet in his prime though, which is exciting.
Imagine Fisher never getting better after this year though, yikes. Kind of like Jager after his super run of form...
That track group is very suspect and the positive test and allegations are more serious than the NOP ever had. Everything those guys/gals run has an asterisk by it for me.
Fisher for the win. He would hang with any of them and has better natural speed. When Fisher dials back on base work and begins his sharpening phase this summer he will be deadly in the 5 or 10 and in the 3k
Fisher’s kick is ok. Got out kicked a lot in college. His finishes as a pro have been long sustained drives.
In a slow race, he’d lose to Rupp. But I think we’re looking at all race types. In a rabbited race, it’s only him and Rupp that have a shot to win.
Who's the rabbit? I'm telling you, this is a hot rod Salazar leading with 200 to go, and maybe someone is close enough to go around.
Strange you would leave Todd Williams off this list. Only 4 on your list ran this event in the Olympic Games with two medalists. William's times compare favourably with the mid range of your list while making 2 Olympic 10K finals in a time when you had to run qualifying rounds for the 10 in the games.
In their absolute prime, I'm going with Rupp, with Solinsky and Fisher a close second and third. Rupp, just because no US runner has accomplished what he has in the 10k. Fisher just broke his record, but Rupp got silver, and if he had a chance like Fisher did to run fast, he'd have broken 26:30 with super spikes.
Solinsky over Fisher because he said before he was injured in 2011 he was in 12:50/26:45 shape. That's at least close to Fisher if he had new spikes, and if the 12:50 was accurate, I take Solinsky in a race over Fisher unless it's an absolute time trial.
If Fisher medals in Eugene though, he moves to first on the list.
Let’s have the courage to embrace the future before it arrives. Fisher is so smooth and smart. 26:33 is just the start. He is going to undoubtedly be America’s greatest distance runner. We know what the others have done at their absolute best. Fisher is already as good or better and there is no reason to think he’s topped out. Fisher will be one of the all time greats, including the East Africans.
Fisher is an excellent runner and has potential to be one of the all time greats, but smooth he is not. Dude runs like a robot.
Strange you would leave Todd Williams off this list. Only 4 on your list ran this event in the Olympic Games with two medalists. William's times compare favourably with the mid range of your list while making 2 Olympic 10K finals in a time when you had to run qualifying rounds for the 10 in the games.
Who? In the history or T&FN world rankings, only two US runners have ever been #1 in the world -- Billy Mills and Bruce Bickford. The posters on this list appear to be so uninformed that Bickford wasn't even invited to this fantasy race.