It's a shame that whenever a non east african has a stellar year, or drops their time significantly, everyone cries out cheat! Is it really so inconceivable that Alberto knows how to train his athletes? Alberto has kept a pretty small training group and I think that works to his benefit...much easier to keep track of his runners and focus more on personal training. Pretty much anyone who has trained with Alberto has had great success without much injury. Alberto himself had a phenomenal career and had little injury.
Why can't people just face the fact that Farah and Rupp had breakthrough years? AlSal predicted something special was going to happen for both these guys last year. Has no-one here ever been part of a team that jelled on every level? Usually the best cross and track programs excel because of great coaching and team dynamics...it's exactly what happening with Farah and Rupp.
It's really too bad that Ritz is so injury plagued. If that guy could just stay healthy, he could be better than both these guys.