A Little Math wrote:Are you freaking kidding me. Rupp is now well below 27:00. So he should be able to go well below low/mid 2:03?!? Let's call it 2:02.
Are you out of your freaking mind?
rupp is a "pure" 5k/10k guy
these guys coud run sub-27 off their M training alone ( anyone doubt wanjiru who ran 26'41 as a kid, woudn't have been running close to that of his M training in bejiing shape ? )
i don't normally bother with 5k/10k current abilities for these guys as such a small difference in 5k makes immense difference in M
let's say the top guys are actually in current, say 26'50 shape, then these various 5ks indicate for track :
26'50 with
12'50 ->59'16 , 2"03'27
12'51 ->59'12 , 2"03'10
12'52 ->59'07 , 2"02'52
12'53 ->59'03 , 2"02'35
12'54 ->58'58 , 2"02'17
12'55 ->58'53 , 2"02'00
i'd guestimate the top kenyan M guys maybe somewhere in 12'52 - 12'55 / 26'50 shape when running 2"03