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Ok, if Shorter or Rodgers ran with 4 pacesetters behind a truck with a huge clock on a flat course, the entire way,with a big pack until 18 miles, you don't think even back in the late 1970's they would have run a minute or two faster than 2:09-10? Its a different game totally. Maybe they could, maybe not.
That would be another interesting parlor game list - the fastest American marathoners based on the times they could have, should have, or would have run.
The Could Have, Should Have, or Would Have List still wouldn't tell you who the best US marathoner is - gun time on a certified course tells you that.