bambam wrote:
Much Much better? Olympic silver medalist, give him some respect...
You probably meant acknowledgment and fair enough. Meb is the 10K record holder and does have a silver medal in the marathon and nobody can take those achievements away. I fully respect what meb has accomplished. I just think Rupp is at a level of fitness now that Meb never got to on the track at 5K or 10K, or for that matter in cross country and I know Meb has placed at least as high as 26th in the senior x-c world champs (when they split the races into short and long). And before someone says "uhh what there PR's?" Obviously Meb's are still better. But an experienced eye can spot talent and ability and when you have a handful of reference points for fitness and racing ability it's not that hard to come up with a hypothesis.
It was not meant to be a knock on Meb, more of a compliment to Rupp.
i've said it before and i'll say it again, i'm all for all of our runners and obviously i'm a big fan our whoever is at the top, and especially when they begin to get competitive for world class times and international medals. i think hall is that in the marathon, and i think right now galen is that in the 10K. fernandez may be there soon if his progression keeps going.
these are the young breed and it's exciting to see them come up, and they don't have ceilings yet so i don't know why people are trying to put ceilings on them.