Huddle of course ran 14:55 last week which is promising. Shannon Rowbury is running well too. It would be cool to see Huddle, Rowbury, Simpson and Coburn all enter a 5000 together and try to improve on that fairly soft AR. I think Simpson would have the best chance.
Fastnbulbous wrote:
As it is, there's enough races in Europe that the opportunity should arise for a good evenly paced race. As long as enough American men get the opportunity to race enough in Europe, I'd predict about five Americans breaking 13:00, and both Rupp and Lagat likely breaking the American Record.
Bump
Down to the last meet. Only Hill, Mead, Rupp, and True entered. We'll be lucky to get 1 this year.
Fastnbulbous wrote:
I really think five can do it. Lagat and Rupp have already done so before. If they stay on track as they have been, they're set. Then just three of these guys need to do it:
13:02.40 '13 Evan Jager
13:02.74 '14 Ben True
13:02.80 '14 Hassan Mead
13:07.95 '14 Lopez Lomong
13:08.04 '13 Chris Derrick
13:12.01 '13 Andrew Bumbalough
13:14.22 '13 Ryan Hill
13:16.65 '14 Garrett Heath
Really wish I could put Fernandez up there, but he hasn't even been competing. With luck perhaps he'll start racing later in the year and at least break 13:20 for starters.
So the answer wasn't 5, it was 0. Methinks this this Fastnbulbous handle will be retired, not to be heard from again.
with-in 30 seconds of AR
5000 METERS
13:00.99 Galen Rupp (Nik) Paris DL 07/05
13:02.74 Ben True (Sauc) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:02.80 Hassan Mead (OTC) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:07.95 Lopez Lomong (Nik) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:08.18 Chris Derrick (Nik) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:08.63 Evan Jager (Nik) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:13.67 Andrew Bumbalough (BowAC) Oslo DL 06/11
13:14.31 Ryan Hill (BowAC) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:16.65 Garrett Heath (BB) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:20.06 Matthew Centrowitz (Nik) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:22.19 Donn Cabral (Nik) Jordan Inv 05/04
13:23.94 Will Leer (Nik) Oxy High Perf 05/15
Our depth is great but too many underestimated what sub 13 takes.