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That's some strange logic. Kennedy ran his 3000m PR of 7:30.84 in 1998; he ran 13:03.57 for the 5000m that year. A year later he ran 7:32.55, less than two seconds off his 3000m PR, and his 10000m that year was 27:38.37, equating to a lap slower than Rupp's 10000m AR.
How is it strange logic.
12:58 requires some combination of speed/endurance.
Bob had 54 second 400 ability. He was not fast.
Galen has much better 400 ability than Bob did. His under distance PRs & is ability to close slow races reflect that.
Bob's ability to run a faster 5000 than Galen sure as hell didn't come from his under distance ability, i.e., Said Aouita running 12:58 & having 3:29 1500 ability.
It had to come from somewhere. If it didn't come from speed, well, there aren't too many more possibilities...
The logical conclusion to draw is that Bob had better speed endurance than Galen.
You think because he ran 27:38 for 10k the same year he ran 7:32 means that he doesn't have better speed endurance than Galen?
Well, Bob ran even faster over 10,000m in 2004, running 27:37. Less than 2 weeks before that he ran 5000m in 13:27.
Clearly the 27:38 10k you refer to means nothing when analyzing his true ability. He never took the 10k seriously at his best, meaning "going for it" in a zurich, cool evening, fast pace, rabbits, type setting.