Today, or yesterday, or maybe tomorrow in Australia, 44-year-old Bernard Lagat ran 2:12:10 to place seventh and break the American masters record. That Lagat is able to immediately render decades obsolete any masters distance record he wants -- well over 1,000 sunsets past his fortieth birthday, at that -- naturally makes one wonder what he might have done over the distance in his prime. Bearing in mind that Lagat remains the second-fastest metric miler in history with his 3:26.34 in 2001 (in a race in which he was beaten by 0.34 by the current record-holder, Hicham El Guerrouj), it is reasonable to say that among male distance runners, only
Is Bernard Lagat the Dennis Eckersley of running?
Is Bernard Lagat the Dennis Eckersley of…
Is Bernard Lagat the Dennis Eckersley of running?
Today, or yesterday, or maybe tomorrow in Australia, 44-year-old Bernard Lagat ran 2:12:10 to place seventh and break the American masters record. That Lagat is able to immediately render decades obsolete any masters distance record he wants -- well over 1,000 sunsets past his fortieth birthday, at that -- naturally makes one wonder what he might have done over the distance in his prime. Bearing in mind that Lagat remains the second-fastest metric miler in history with his 3:26.34 in 2001 (in a race in which he was beaten by 0.34 by the current record-holder, Hicham El Guerrouj), it is reasonable to say that among male distance runners, only