NObama SUCKS wrote:
where yer head at wrote:If Palo Alto nice weather: 27:08.7
so you really think he is gonna virtually equal the all time non-african record of 27:08 by Barrios, and break the all-time non-african white boy record (again, I am not calling Barrios "white") by 4 seconds?
Fastest non-african:
50. 27:08.23 Arturo Barrios MEX Berlin 1989-08-18
Fastest "white" or Euro non-african;
60. 27:12.47 António Pinto POR Stockholm 1999-07-30
Fastest American (east african transplant)
63. 27:13.98 Mebrahtom Keflezighi USA Palo Alto 2001-05-04
Fastest REALLY pale white Euro:
85. 27:18.14 Jon Brown GBR Bruxelles 1998-08-28
Fastest white american:
91. 27:20.56 Mark Nenow USA Bruxelles 1986-09-05
Of course I think he can, wether he will or not this weekend is a different thing. I think Rupp could have run 27:25 there in 2007 and I think he's a lot better now than he was then. I'd focus more on where the world record is than whatever barrios managed. The AR is a stepping stone to 27:00, and yes I think Rupp can manage that in Europe.
Is Rupp worth more than 5 seconds over meb in similar circumstances? Easily.
I think Rupp will do to the 10K what Ritz did to the 5K last summer, surprise a lot of doubters and start to demystify what "white" guys can run in these distances.