Set your alarm clocks now. Bekele's coach: "He's in perfect shape now....I think [he can break the WR]."

Ok, he didn’t come close to winning, leave alone breaking the WR. And yes, he’s 39, so the odds look low for him to quench his burn for the WR before he retires, however he almost did just that at 37.

Two years is not nothing, but then again, we humans tend to have a round figure bias as if something dramatically changes as you approach 40. It doesn’t. It progressively gets worse and the rate of decline accelerates but there is nothing special about 40.

If he runs another few marathons in the next couple years, I’d not rule out his cracking the WR.