Flotrack Best of 2011 - Record Breaker of the Year!
Most of us can still hear Ryans Commentary during the 2010 Payton Jordan Invitational. Solinskys time of 26:59 rocked the track and field world and crushed the American Record by 14 seconds. 

The new mark looked to be untouchable to US ditance running except to the man who was 4th in that race. Galen Rupp also broke the AR that day by running 27:10 but was an afterthought in a race that produced both an American and Canadian record for Jerry's crew. 

2011 was going well for Galen, with a new 5k PR in Birmingham he looked poised for a big show at the World Championships. Galen finished 9th in the 5k in Dageu but was still fit and had one race left on his 2011 calendar. The stage was set in Belgium with an all star lineup that included the great Kenenisa Bekele. 




Rupp Shattered the American Record by 11seconds by running 26:48.0. Aside from being a new record Galen showed that Americans can stick with the best in the world.  In the last two years the record has been brought down by 25 seconds! (why is this happening!?) This year Galen set PRs in the 5k,10k, and was second at the NYC half.
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