SPMBLNPF wrote:
You obviously do not understand the sport at all. First of all, this is not the Olympic Trials, so why you would reference that is puzzling. Second, Galen does not have the advantage of being 30 seconds better than the next competitor, and even if he did, it would not permit the unfolding of the race in the manner in which you describe. Galen does not lead, and if he did lead in a manner in which you allude, such that let's say it is warm and Galen takes it out in 13:30 while the pack runs 14:00, and then Galen does light-in-the-loafers jumping jacks for 30 seconds, then there is NO CHANCE that Galen would win, as he does not have much of an advantage in a 5000m race against several of them, and he would have blown his chance due to the inefficient allocation of resources. Galen is superior to Derrick, True and Ritz at 5000m, but it is not by enough to turn it into a 5000m race after he has ostensibly blown his wad by running suicidally in the first half.
You are probably the best troll on this site. You make claims that are ridiculous, but with just enough aggressive faux-intellectualism to make people feel obliged to argue with you.
You know, I know, everyone knows that Galen Rupp is the best 10k runner in the world right now, and that nobody is going to come close to challenging him tonight. He could whip it out and helicopter the whole race and still win by 30 seconds if he wanted.