You are misanalyzing sir.
No, he did what a lot of people do and then realized it too late. He spoke without thinking and that is perfectly fine and he then recanted his statement, his right. Chris knows the effort it took to get under 27 and the type of training involved, he did it. How many guys have broken 26:50 and never got close to 26:25 let alone the WR?
He didn't say he was DREAMING of it, he said it was his GOAL that he was going after in the next year. You clowns put the word DREAM in there. Chris Solinsky is no doubt a very capable runner, but he's not dropping almost 2 seconds per lap, for 25 laps in any 10,000 race with a pr of 26:59. To compare him to Bekele and what he's done is just plain silly.
Does he have the right to talk about his goals, sure, we all do. I ran with a guy who was a year younger (I was a senior) and had just run 4:48 as a junior and he swore up and down that he was going to win the state meet the next year and break 4:10 in the process. I told him you are talking about almost 10 seconds per lap improvement in just one year, it's not likely. I told him to be realistic about his goals and to not make them too lofty, aka baby steps. Break 4:30 first and then go from there. Well he never broke 4:30 and we was not injured nor did he even make it to the State Meet.
Is this a fair comparison to Chris, not exactly, but the analogy is not that far off. To even start talking about a WR he'd have to be at least to the 26:40 range and I don't see him running that fast. I'd be shocked if Chris went out in 13:08 plust (WR pace) for a 10,000 race and would actually like to see it happen. With a 5000 pr of 12:55(?), I don't see that happening. Again, he was goal setting, not dreaming and it's his right. But, people, including me have the right to disagree. 26:17, no way, absolutely no way.
He simply misspoke by saying something he shouldn't have said.