You're hilarious. Baldini, while amazing and a mileage monster, was a controversial suggestion I through out to get the discussion going. Thanks for biting. (Please see my handle.)If I said Geb, I don't think people would have piled on so many interesting thoughts...
The Emperor, of course wrote:
You think that if the 50k was seriously contested, an above average championship racing Italian who got lucky that the Olympic Marathon was never Kenya's favorite race would hold the world record?
Why on earth would you think that?
Geb?? runs what, like 160 mpw, and the 2:03:59 marathon is, um, "ok"
Tergat??
Khannouchi??
Kibet or Kwambai, if their once in a lifetime race had been the 50k
Wanjiru?? Kebede?? Makau??
Really, Baldini? WTF?!??!