TPCS wrote:
Response is getting old. Galen Rupp broke that record by 11 seconds. Can we please move on?
Truth be trolled, the announcer's response WILL never be old. Good on Rupp's 26:48 but his AR is a footnote in the Bekele comeback story. Dude was dropped and finished 5 seconds off the win. At best Rupp > Brussels as Chelanga > Payton. Rupp's 27:10 at Payton also broke the existing AR, but again was a mere footnote in the Solinsky beastmode AR.
I'd contend that Bekele and Solinsky are equals in their respective races.
I also contend that the 11 seconds CSol dropped on Rupp over 900 meters is way more impressive than the 11 seconds he bettered CSol's time by in Brussels.
ANNOUNCER -- DO YOUR THING!
Rough breakdown
GRupp CSol
21:30 -- 21:44
22:35 -- 22:51
23:41 -- 23:58
24:46 -- 25:00
25:47 -- 26:03
26:48 -- 26:59