Letsrun.com reports
Bernard Lagat intends to gradually move away from the mile and focus on the 5000m and he wasted no time in making his first run over 5000m in 2010 a huge success as he ran 13:11.50 to smash Galen Rupp's year old American record of 13:18.12. Lagat got the narrow win over Ethiopians Dejen Gebremeskel and Bekana Daba at the Reebok Boston Games.
The Golden Boy, Galen Rupp, was a very respectable fourth in 13:14.21, nearly four seconds faster than his previous American record. Rupp had been battling a head cold this week but was cleared to run. He pushed the pace from 4000m to 2 laps to go as chronicled in the official LetsRun.com Message Board thread on the race.
LetsRun.com message board poster piedmontcat summed it up best. "Men's USA distance is officially at an all-time high. 13:11 and 13:14 in the same race, indoors, in early February is just insanely unbelievable.
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