How fast are elite 5k/10k guys over 200m?

Bekele wouldn't have broken 25 seconds.

Many of these guys are faster in average speed for 400 than they are for a 100m race.

23.high - 24.mid for most of them with a rolling start

Faster than Gebresellasie, Bekele and Farah? Really?

I was a sub 28:40 guy and my best 200m was 23.8...

I have a really hard time believing he couldn’t have broken 25, or even 24, in his prime. Surely he has closed a race or two in 25.x? You don’t think he could shave a second off of that, fresh?

True.

Many Americans are plain ignoarant.

They actually thought because I ran 2:30 for the marathon that I could beat everyone in the school in a 40 yd sprint.

Gebresellasie has closed in 24.9 - 25.0

These guys can close at near maximum speed because they have thst finess.

Most people here don't understand speed endurance in distance running because they are trying to project their own fintness and speed onto the best endurance athletes in the world. The level of delusion is scary.

Yes, some distance guys are faster, but most aren't.

I was faster than that and my fastest 400 with a moving start was 52 mid, and I don't think I could go much faster than 25 flat on a moving 200. I definitely wasn't known for a kick though.