this really shows how poor 27-flat is barrier wise for kenyans
these 2 kids who ran ?26'54 & 27'02 had no serious 10k clockings before & to call them 3rd rate kenyan 10k runners woud be an insult to 3rd rate kenyan 10k runners
& these "insult to 3rd rate kenyan 10k runners" ran 27-flat or much better
the key is there to beat mo for the 1st rate kenyans :
run flat-out from gun, no surges, no backing off, just hammer it from gun adapted according to conditions which for rio woud be 26'20/26'25 "oslo" pushed out to maybe 26'40 as it's likely to be hot/humid in rio
& before anyone says it, they didn't run it flat-out from gun in peking, but ambled for coupla laps at start & messed around with surges which won't hurt mo
to wreck him, go out & hammer 26'20/26'25 modified for weather
if these kids who are insult to 3rd rate kenyan 10k runners can go as fast as 26'54 in a waxing/waning race ( probably couda gone 26'45 if flat-out from gun ), the top boys can go 26'20/26'25 modified for weather