In the last 5K (the part I watched) they sometimes said whether they were on pace to break 27 but never mentions the 27:10 world standard. In the last two laps it was clear they would need to pick it up to hit the standard and they stopped talking about time at all. After the race, when two guys barely got under it they didn’t say anything. Woody was the first to mention it in the post race interview. Don’t know what you were watching unless you think sub-27 is the standard
If you were smarter you would know that they move up because they have hit a ceiling . So it is quite rare. Our best athletes peak on the track in their 20s.
Not interested in getting in a debate with another Letsrun anon poster. It's pretty widely recognized that speed goes before endurance does though. You can continue to succeed at longer distances even when you lose the ability to run a world-class 1500m for example. I do not think Klecker is "done" at 10k as a *27-year old*.
Joe is a great runner. To say his ceiling is low 27 you would think I said he was a bank robber. It is a very impressive ceiling.
Grant has plenty to worry about as far as winning. He needs to gap Woody (and Klecker in some instances too) to beat him and nobody besides him is gonna make it fast unless Jerry/Bowerman sacrifice someone to pace like last year.
Grant can kick too. He's beaten Woody before in a kick.
Setting a very high bar, but it’s the bar in terms of global competition. Klecker will never beat the likes of Kiplimo. I guess it’s an honor to even consider that he might, but that’s the curse of being very good, but not great.
Let’s be perfectly honest - you are talking about beating Kiplimo who ran 26:30 with a large neg split and is the best HM guy ever. You have to be special to do that (annd outfox him tactically) and Joe is dang good but that feels like an unfair fight in his second best event.
A few too many bourbons tonight, but your either in it to win, or it’s just a side show. Yes, Klecker is a super solid US distance runner, but that’s the curse, then it’s all about the next level. What’s the goal? In your minds eye you can see Fisher medaling. Joe? No chance. Of course he’s amazing, but do we spend lots of time discussing guys who are the 10th player on an NBA roster?
I get that there's not a ton of money to go around but wow we really need to get better announcers for these events. The tracklandia people are clueless and have a weird need to fill airtime with nonsense, this is almost flotrack levels of bad