@EpicCyclopsin r/trackandfield • Recommends
On “Is Grant Fisher the GOAT home grown American distance runner?”
People should also watch Pre's 5k race. It's one of the gutsiest races ever run by anyone.
link to this video
He also could've medalled in that Olympic race of he paced it out for a medal by tucking in and calling it a day. Instead he laid down his entire heart on that track going for gold and flew too close to the sun. He constantly surged and dictates the ebb and flow of the entire race.
Pre's greatness inspired generations of distance runners after him. Without Pre, we don't have Galen Rupp for sure (both Oregon boys). Pre also was foundational for Nike, which is in turn foundational for the entire modern US track and field program.
To put Pre's mythos into modern context, imagine if Kiptum was…