Lagat at his best around 2003-4 might have run very close to what El G ran, 7:23. Even later when he toasted Bekele with a 51.9 close to a 12:59, he could surely have run mid 7:20s. I think Grant Fisher has everything he needs physically to break 7:29. The question is whether he will have the mindset in a field with top East African athletes to get on that pace. If Aregawi's in the field, that should help a lot. A setup time trial in cooler weather might be more conducive for Grant Fisher to break the record. He should also go for Lagat's 5000m record before he's done this year. His indoor record is only 0.13 from it.
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Rants from the brojos incoming on the podcast with Sydney traveling to the meet but not racing. She could have woken up hungover 5 minutes before the gun and still won this one comfortably
What a shame that Sydney is such a wimp about running in high quality meets outside of championships.
Blowing off Monaco Diamond League to run in some random minor meet in Hungary? That's not good for increasing viewership of the sport.
Not really random or minor. Yes, Monaco is bigger and I’d prefer her to run it but the Hungary meet had big-time stars, and is one of the best Continental Tour Gold meets out there.