to emphasise what a mega-talent we lost in sammy, i reckon in his 58'33 shape he was capable there & then of <<26'30 ( not big claim seeing as he went 26'41 as raw kid & slowed a lot in last 5k ( ? 13'10 - 13'15 at 1/2 way ) - he woudn't have with his maturity )
if '08 gold was peak shape off his life, i do reckon he had close to a 50/50 shot of the 10k wr just off his M training
we didn't just lose the greatest M'er in history, we lost a guy who also was possibly in 10k wr shape that day...