its a free world wrote:
GoldenMiles wrote:How much do you guys think a competitive 5K over one full week prior,would potentially reduce his Paris time? Genuine question.
The genuine answer is that doubling 10k/5k is certainly not ideal one week before a target race. It's Rupp's call to put a greater priority on keeping his national title streak going at 10k. He's earned it.
If Lagat wants to run against Rupp at 5000m he could have tried to enter Oslo or Paris himself. If Lagat is no longer a sub-13 5000M guy, then he's just not as good as Rupp at that distance and there's nothing really worth talking about.
Fair enough. Thanks for the serious response.
I do kinda agree that Rupp should seek out Lagat if he ever wants to overtake the crown of best American distance runner of the century, though, given Lagat's long record of beating Rupp.
That being said, hopefully Rupp can snag that 5K AR.