Can someone either point me to a link, or jot down some highlights of the "history" of the 10k since about 1980?
I would be interested in who the dominant players were, the periods in which they dominated, etc. along with seminal moments that signalled breakthroughs, or shifts in dominance. Whatever seems relevant.
I can look up WR's, etc., but I thought a brief narrative would be cool (and I am lazy).
Thanks in advance.
Well, clearly Halie G. and Kenny B. have dominated the event since the mid-90s until now.
Something called wikipedia.org may be of help to your lazy self:
M. Tegenkamp has never competed at the distance.
peeps disciple wrote:
Something called wikipedia.org may be of help to your lazy self:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10000_metres
Thanks but that is my point. I would have to do way too much thinking to figure who was running what when.
I just want someone to tell me a story about the last 25 years of the 10km. A nice simple story, with amusing digressions and pointless arguments over who should have got more credit but didn't. That kind of thing.
Try harder next time.
guy who cant remember stuff wrote:
Can someone either point me to a link, or jot down some highlights of the "history" of the 10k since about 1980?
I would be interested in who the dominant players were, the periods in which they dominated, etc. along with seminal moments that signalled breakthroughs, or shifts in dominance. Whatever seems relevant.
I can look up WR's, etc., but I thought a brief narrative would be cool (and I am lazy).
Thanks in advance.
Stagnation for the 80s, then EPO introduced and the bottom falls out of the event.
Perhaps not on the track, but Tegenkamp did line up at the 2005 USA 10K Road Championships in Mobile, AL.
LetsPlayTeg wrote:
M. Tegenkamp has never competed at the distance.
yes he has, he was 4th in the 10k at the big 10 championships with a time of 29 minutes and 59 seconds
LetsPlayTeg wrote:
M. Tegenkamp has never competed at the distance.
look it up in the 2002 big ten conference championships matt tegenkamp of wisconsin ran a 29 minute and 59 seconds to place 4th.
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guy who cant remember stuff wrote:
... seminal moments that signalled breakthroughs, or shifts in dominance...
1993 Worlds, or "Meet Haile Gebrselassie". Everything changed after that.
The movie Endurance has some nice highlights from the 1996 Olympiad 10,000 meter race.
You really need to differentiate between the track 10,000 and the road 10k. Rarely have there been runners that dominated both venues. Dominant road racers in their time, like Arturo Barrios, John Halvorsen, Khalid Khannouchi and many Kenyans had periods of near-invincibility on the road but usually did not do well in major track meets. However, Barrios did hold the track world record and Khannouchi had great success in the marathon.