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Daniel Komen period!

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Saif Saeed Shaheen, having long languished in the shadow of more-memorable-events, will immediately break from the pack, throwing down a sizzling-hot 24.3 200m that only Bekele, Gebrselassie, Sihine, Tergat, Lagat, El-Guerrouj, Komen and Kipchoge can immediately follow.

At this point, the already white-hot pace pretty much liquefies as Tergat, team-running for Komen, snarls and covers the next 200m in 22.89. This causes Tergat to spontaneously combust and furthermore launches Sihine and Kipchoge spiraling off the track in agnony, having covered the immediately precedent 400m in 47.19.

Now, the crafty and deceitful El Guerrouj figures he had best commence his legendary 600m kick, and dampens the pace-furnace in a 26.04 200m segment. Bekele's eyes widen in recognition of the hateful Moroccan's tactic, and he sprints clear of the group. They try to cover the move, but might as well debate spike types. He is gone, covering 200m in an astonishing 21.07. Komen sidles up behind in 21.22 and then Gebrselassie in 21.45, all completing this 400, too, around 47 seconds.

Coming on to the final 200, Lagat tries to pass an ailing Gebrselassie on the inside and they both crash to the track. Bekele leads the first 100m segment, but is hurled bodily from the track from a roids-raging Komen. Luckily, the split was still registered: 10.34!!

Meanwhile an all-too familiar scene plays across the final 100m. Hicham El Guerrouj, The King of the Mile, The Lord of the Morning, The Galactic Rose Star, is once again being effortlessly passed by Saif Saeed Shaheen, their final 100ms being 12.33 and 10.76, respectively.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

MENS 5000 METRES

1. Saif Saeed Shaheen (QAT) : 12:44.93 (final km- 1:56.83)

2. Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) : 12:46.51 (final km- 1:58.98)

3. Isaac Songok (KEN) : 13:07.54 (final km- 2:19.54)

4. Ben Limo (KEN) : 13:15.34 (final km- 2:27.34)

5. Craig Mottram (AUS) : 13:21.77 (final km- 2:33.77)

DNF - Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)

DNF - Augustine Kipchoge (KEN)

DNF - Sileshi Sihine (ETH)

NLE - Paul Tergat (KEN)

DNF - Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)

DQ - Bernard Lagat (KEN)

DQ - Daniel Komen (ETH)

Bekele, with his huge kick he could still beat everyone

Haile and Tergat are distance guys and couldn't even take Goucher in any distance under 10k, which Teg doesn't run. On this list, Komen for the win, but why isn't gouch even on here?

Haile and Tergat would CRUSH Goucher at most distances under 10k

Haile - 3:31.76i, 7:25.09, 12:39.36

Tergat - 3:34.91, 7:28.70, 12:49.87

Goucher - 3:36.54, 7:34.96, 13:10.00

F*** Pussitis wrote:

Haile and Tergat are distance guys and couldn't even take Goucher in any distance under 10k, which Teg doesn't run. On this list, Komen for the win, but why isn't gouch even on here?

Either this is a very weak joke, or you are a complete retard.

El G would run the last 1000 in 2:20 to win it.

not you i guess wrote:

El G would run the last 1000 in 2:20 to win it.

2:20 is really really fast for anyone- the WB is 2:12 with out the 4000 meter flyzone. Running 65 sec 1/4s for 11 minutes dampens anyones raw speed over the last 1000. I have no idea what the fastest last 1000 ever is but sub 2:27/8 would surprise me off a 10:50 4000.

Kipwhomever in 13:09 sounds right.

in the scheme of things wrote:

Ok a hypothetical here. say the following men were paced to 4km in a 5km race in 10.48 (13.30 5km pace) who do you think would: win, make the first move, finishing time and the last lap?

In no order:

1.Haile Gebrselassie (98 5km form)

2.El G (2002-04 5km form)

3.Kenenisa Bekele (2005-07 5km form)

4.Eliud Kipchoge (2003 5km form)

5.Danial Komen (1999 form)

6.Bernard Lagat (2004-07 5km form)

7.Issac Songkok (2006 form)

8.Paul Tergat (1998 5km form)

9.Craig Mottram (2006-early 07 5km form)

10.Sileshi Sihine (2005-06 5km form)

11.Saif Saeed Shaheen (2004-06 5km form)

12.Ben Limo (2005 WC 5km form

well, I think Athens showed us that in this type of race, El G would take down KB, and thus would probably take down Geb, Tergat, Mottram, Sihine, etc...Lagat never quite outkicked El G either... As good as Komen was, if I recall, his kick was just a little better than Gebs on some days, and so I will say El G could still take him.

Since you're giving him a whole kilometer to wind it up, it really comes down to who could beat El G and the only people to have done it (on that list) are Shaheen, and Kipchoge. Limo's not in the same league...Songok, I'm not sure about...If it's a kicker's race then '2003 form Abraham Chebii' should be on the list as well, and he'd be my pick for second.

El G

Chebii

Komen

Kipchoge

Lagat

Bekele

Geb

Shaheen

Sihine

Songok

Tergat

Mottram

Limo

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Teg

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Goucher

Komen was not a kicker. His strenght was his ability to just run away from the others.

wineturtle wrote:

2:20 is really really fast for anyone- the WB is 2:12 with out the 4000 meter flyzone. Running 65 sec 1/4s for 11 minutes dampens anyones raw speed over the last 1000. I have no idea what the fastest last 1000 ever is but sub 2:27/8 would surprise me off a 10:50 4000.

Kipwhomever in 13:09 sounds right.

They went through 4000 m at Athens in EXACTLY 10:48.

El Guerrouj, Bekele, Kipchoge and Mottram were all in the race.

El Guerrouj and Bekele both ran 2:25.x for their last kilometre. Limo, Sihine and Mottram repeated this feat by running 2:26 for the last kilometre at Helsinki, but off a slower pace.

Bekele ran a 2:28 last kilometre in the 10k at Helsinki!