Is Nico Young a better runner than Henry Rono?

Ruxton Towers XC wrote:

Fcbnn wrote:

I know the 2025-80 bit is partially a joke but there are runners on the world-level that are eons ahead of nico. I give it a couple years, a few more tweaks to the shoes, and some additional ‘help’ in the pharmaceutical area and guys will be consistently dipping under 26. By that point distance running will have reached full-on circus mode. I hear mlb is in talks to allow corked bats v

Well, yes, the whole thing was a joke.

As for Nico, are there any other 21 year olds who have run 12:57 and 26:52 at his age? That might be a hard double for any other 21 year olds in the world at this point...

Sally Vix wrote:

Subfour359! wrote:

Henry took his prerace hydration seriously. Maybe after all these years we should incorporate his training methods?

Just imagine how well he would have done in the Beer Mile.

Well...... wrote:

Ruxton Towers XC wrote:

Well, yes, the whole thing was a joke.

As for Nico, are there any other 21 year olds who have run 12:57 and 26:52 at his age? That might be a hard double for any other 21 year olds in the world at this point...

Jacob Kiplimo (7'26"64/12'48"63/26'33"93/26'41" (road)/57'31" at age 21, and all of them apart from the 26'33"93 at age 20 or below) says hi

Ruxton Towers XC wrote:

Well...... wrote:

Jacob Kiplimo (7'26"64/12'48"63/26'33"93/26'41" (road)/57'31" at age 21, and all of them apart from the 26'33"93 at age 20 or below) says hi

Yes! Good catch! He is amazing! And Kiplimo is one of the two or three best 10km runners in the world right now; so a comparison to Nico is a compliment for sure!

I would also question Kiplimo's age, but at this level, that doesn't really matter. Kiplimo is racing grown men (not winning the U20), and his age doesn't really change anything.