I read something else that said Osako wants to get into the 26s for 10000. I thought that sounded pretty ambitious so I looked at what Japan's national record is. It's only 27:35. That seems kind of slow but I bet they would say that Americans are slow marathoners for having such fast 10k times. I put together a list of sub 2:10 performances for US vs. Japan and it's just nutty how many more Japan has had.
US:
2:04:58, 2:05:38, 2:05:56, 2:06:17, 2:07:01, 2:07:04, 2:07:47, 2:08:04, 2:08:24, 2:08:41, 2:08:44, 2:08:47, 2:08:51, 2:08:53, 2:08:56, 2:09:00, 2:09:02, 2:09:08, 2:09:13, 2:09:15, 2:09:21, 2:09:21, 2:09:26, 2:09:27, 2:09:29, 2:09:30, 2:09:31, 2:09:32, 2:09:35, 2:09:37, 2:09:38, 2:09:40, 2:09:41, 2:09:41, 2:09:47, 2:09:53, 2:09:55, 2:09:55, 2:09:56, 2:09:56, 2:09:57
Japanese:
2:06:16, 2:06:51, 2:06:57, 2:07:13, 2:07:35, 2:07:40, 2:07:41, 2:07:48, 2:07:50, 2:07:52, 2:07:52, 2:07:55, 2:07:57, 2:07:59, 2:07:59, 2:08:05, 2:08:07, 2:08:12, 2:08:15, 2:08:16, 2:08:18, 2:08:18, 2:08:21, 2:08:27, 2:08:28, 2:08:35, 2:08:36, 2:08:36, 2:08:37, 2:08:37, 2:08:38, 2:08:38, 2:08:40, 2:08:43, 2:08:43, 2:08:44, 2:08:45, 2:08:46, 2:08:46, 2:08:47, 2:08:48, 2:08:48, 2:08:49, 2:08:50, 2:08:50, 2:08:52, 2:08:52, 2:08:52, 2:08:53, 2:08:53, 2:08:54, 2:08:55, 2:08:56, 2:09:00, 2:09:03, 2:09:04, 2:09:06, 2:09:09, 2:09:10, 2:09:10, 2:09:10, 2:09:10, 2:09:11, 2:09:11, 2:09:11, 2:09:12, 2:09:12, 2:09:13, 2:09:15, 2:09:16, 2:09:16, 2:09:16, 2:09:17, 2:09:18, 2:09:18, 2:09:23, 2:09:23, 2:09:23, 2:09:23, 2:09:23, 2:09:23, 2:09:25, 2:09:25, 2:09:26, 2:09:26, 2:09:26, 2:09:28, 2:09:28, 2:09:28, 2:09:29, 2:09:30, 2:09:30, 2:09:31, 2:09:31, 2:09:32, 2:09:33, 2:09:34, 2:09:34, 2:09:35, 2:09:35, 2:09:36, 2:09:37, 2:09:38, 2:09:38, 2:09:40, 2:09:40, 2:09:40, 2:09:41, 2:09:43, 2:09:45, 2:09:47, 2:09:48, 2:09:49, 2:09:49, 2:09:50, 2:09:50, 2:09:50, 2:09:51, 2:09:52, 2:09:55, 2:09:55, 2:09:57, 2:09:57, 2:09:58, 2:09:58, 2:09:59, 2:09:59
For those keeping count that's 41 vs. 127. Maybe Salazar sees Osako as his chance to make a great marathoner?