coach d wrote:
As Renato pointed out in the last week, concentrating on long distance jogging does not play to the strength of North American Athletes. Leave the stuff over 1500/3000 (5000 only if you're Lagat it appears) to old farts jogging road races.
Galen ran 26:48 in his first year running over 100 miles per week. Salazar has coached him with a long term plan in mind. He will continue to improve. In London (which will have cooler, less humid conditions than daegu), he will have the endurance to stay with just about any pace unless it is run at world record pace.