toro wrote:You don't know anyone's limit even after their career is over. There is always "woulda, coulda."
That's why calling talent can never be more than speculation
seeing as webb had just about 1 serious run over 800 & 10k those years & went 1'43.8 & 27'34, it is very safe to speculate he couda run faster given 3 or 4 goes over 800 at elite meets that year & also with the 10k if he'd run another couple
this isn't wild speculation just usual expectation
My guess is Wheating will never run a 10,000 and may never seriously attempt a 5,000
well, we don't have to wait for never
he woudn't break 28'30 currently, so bandying 27'30 even if he switched to 10k is a nonsense
Morceli never ran a 10,000 and didn't run as fast as Webb at 800m. Was Webb more talented than Morceli?
& like webb, morceli ran about 1 800 that year in 1'44.79 iirc
do you seriously doubt he woudn't have gone 1'43 if he'd run a few of them that year ???
as for 10k, he woudn't have broken 27'20 in his 3'27wr prime
why anybody woud be interested in his 10k potential is completely mystifying ?!