Looking at only American born runners that are still racing at an international level, who do you think is the most talented? I only add "American born" because I think if I didn't the answer would easily be Lagat, doping allegations aside. My vote is for Alan Webb followed by Dathan Ritzenhein.
is Webb racing at an international level? he's just doing college fields isnt he?
webb 1:43/3:30/3:46/13:10/27:34 and 3:53 at 18; centro (world bronze at 22); lagat(late bloomer but 3:26! 12:54.); rupp (13:06/26:48 (13:37 as junior)); ritz 12:56/27:22 tactical/60:00/2:09:55; hall 59:43/2:04:58a (2:06:17); Wheating 1:44/3:30 in 1st European fifteen.
what is talented? Lagat does easily the most without the most training.
Replace "active" with "alive" and it's Jim Ryun hands down.
Most talented? I'll go with Andrew Wheating.
Lagat. Not the answer you wanted to hear but there it is.
Wheatie wrote:
Most talented? I'll go with Andrew Wheating.
Unfortunately, Wheating has completely disapeared from the competitive circle and it seems suspect whether he will return or not.
quick question wrote:
is Webb racing at an international level? he's just doing college fields isnt he?
Good point. I would suppose technically he is not yet racing at an international level. I should rephrase it: who is currently still running professionally.
Also, I would contend that Galen is not as talented as people would think. Don't get me wrong, he is incredibly talented but I think a lot of his improvement is due to the fact that he has had an excellent coach (saladbars) since he was a sophomore in high school in addition to having a lot of Nike's resources at his disposal. There are a lot of talented runners out there such as Centro and Wheating and German, but Alan Webb ran 3:53 in HIGH SCHOOL. That is simply insane.
Lagat
Webb
Wheating
Fernandez (not performing well but talented)
Centro
Ritz
Hall
Meb
Tegenkamp
Solinsky
Rupp
Jager
LetsRunAuthoritarian wrote:
Replace "active" with "alive" and it's Jim Ryun hands down.
Ahead of almost all of these folks by a wide margin, sure. But ahead of Lagat?
I suppose that you could make a case for Ryun being more talented. However, I do not believe it is reasonable to say that he is "hands down" more talented than Lagat.
Nick Symmonds.
easily Lawi Lalang
Manzano should be on the list too. And Fernandez is not a pro.
Dean Karnazes is by far the greatest talented runner in the whole universe ever.
BASEMENT wrote:
Dean Karnazes is by far the greatest talented runner in the whole universe ever.
Bro, I think the discussion is about running talent, not blowing hot air, bro.
BASEMENT wrote:
Dean Karnazes is by far the greatest talented runner in the whole universe ever.
You're trolling of course. But anyone that can go sub 2:20 for the marathon is pretty damn talented.
Just look at the records.
Hall, Rupp, and Webb (if the mile is middle distance).
Solinski, Ritzenhein, and a few others have a chance to join them.
based on what they have done bernard lagat is tops hands down, but coach jerry shoemaker who coaches solinsky teg etc says jager is far and away the most talented runner he has ever seen and has more talent in his pinky than teg and solinsky have in their whole bodies.
but with personal bests of 3:38 for 1500 and 13:22 for 5000 jager hasnt done crap with that talent.
imagine what lagat or jim ryun could have done in their primes if they had jagers talent?
When did he say that? We're gonna need a source.
skepticrunner wrote:
Looking at only American born runners that are still racing at an international level, who do you think is the most talented? I only add "American born" because I think if I didn't the answer would easily be Lagat, doping allegations aside. My vote is for Alan Webb followed by Dathan Ritzenhein.
People who are saying Lagat obviously can't read. I would like to say Webb but he has never very good form which I think is a big factor in talent. I would go with Andrew Wheating, I think he will be the next AR holder in the 1500/mile in the near future.