straight dope wrote:
That performance reminded me of Komen's 7:20 3000. Both are out of this world and both ran 50% of the race alone with no pacers and looked fantastic and fresh all the way to the line.
I appreciate both performances and found them incredible to watch... but seriously... this is doping at its finest.
I don't think you've ever watched Komen's 3000m world record. He had one of the all-time great pacemaking jobs ever. John Kosgei led him until 2000m (or 2/3rds of the race) in 4:53, making him one of the fastest men ever at 2000m.