RECORDS FOR FARAH
THE current world records of Kenenisa Bekele at 5000m and 10,000m emerged at the end of a period when numerous runners were running fast over several years, the bar gradually being raised by a few seconds and most importantly in races with other athletes close behind. Then the flood of world records stopped.
This is not unusual – often world records are gradually pushed further and further until they are perceived as no longer attainable by the current generation. No one has got within 25 seconds of Bekele’s 10,000m mark in a decade.