More impressive 2-mile?

[bekeselassie]

Kenny Bekele is after the indoor 2-mile WR. I must admit that I had forgotten how impressive this record is - 8:04.69 by The Emperor. So I sat wondering, is that as impressive as Komen's outdoor 7:58.61? Let's throw this one into the mix - Komen's indoor 3K in 7:24. :shock:

Which is the most impressive? In a recent thread some of you have argued that some athletes may run faster indoors because of climate control, proximity to the crowd, etc. Does this apply to Geb's 8:04?

What do you think?

[gh]

Here's the 10 fastest 3K/2M performances ever (using 1.08 as the conversion):

7:20.67 Daniel Komen (Ken) 9/ 1/96
7:23.09 Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) 9/ 3/99
7:23.16+ Komen 7/19/97
7:24.90i Komen 2/ 6/98
7:25.02 Ali Saïdi Sief (Alg) 8/18/00
7:25.09 Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) 8/28/98
7:25.11 Noureddine Morceli (Alg) 8/ 2/94
7:25.16 Komen 8/10/96
7:25.48+ Gebrselassie (Eth) 5/31/97
7:25.54 Gebrselassie (Eth) 8/ 8/98

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Re: More impressive 2-mile?

Kenny Bekele is after the indoor 2-mile WR. I must admit that I had forgotten how impressive this record is - 8:04.69 by The Emperor. So I sat wondering, is that as impressive as Komen's outdoor 7:58.61? Let's throw this one into the mix - Komen's indoor 3K in 7:24. :shock:

Which is the most impressive? In a recent thread some of you have argued that some athletes may run faster indoors because of climate control, proximity to the crowd, etc. Does this apply to Geb's 8:04?

What do you think?

7:24 = 8:00?

[gh]

7:24.4