Should Webb do the 10K at Nats?

27:40 is WC qualifying standard , WC qualifier is 13:15 for 5k as his 13:37 was his 3rd best ever and a good season opener.

I think he chases both standards , we will see another 5k and then a 10.

True. He will chase both standards and do whichever he gets, or has a shot at.

However, if he doesn't get either but gets realistically close in the 10K, I think he'll do the 10K. I think it's much more plausible to get the 10K standard in the actual race like Ritz and still compete. If he can pull off some Alan Webb magic he could make the team.

Seriously, what the odds of Webb making the WC team? 100-1, 50-1? 10-1? From where we stand now, they seem very long indeed.

Webb still has all the tools he needs to be a world class runner. The problem is the tools are locked in a shed, and he doesn't have a key to the shed. Not only that but the shed is located in a secret underground lair on a different continent to Webb and he doesn't have a map to find it. It's also an invisible shed.

crazy raisin wrote:

Should Webb do the 10K at Nats?

That's entirely the decision... and business...of Alan Webb, his coach, and/or his agent. No one else.

look at him and sloinsky freting before the race

shorter and rodgers didn't look all stress and scared

head cases

it's just a foot race

Agree. Head cases indeed. Especially Webb. Solinsky wanted Webb to STFU before the race it looked like.

he should move down to the 800m to gain some speed again.

If every other thing I do and say bothers you then I'd rather see you be with someone else than feel like I've hurt you often for reasons I can't understand.

Is it true that Alan Webb has become a vegetarian? Maybe that will be the key to him staying healthy.

But yes Webb in the 10K would kick a**

crazy raisin wrote:and the others are less consistent and could falter.

I don't think that applies to Derrick, he's been incredibly consistent.

yyy wrote:

he should move down to the 800m to gain some speed again.

serious question, are you retarded?

I saw that too wrote:

Agree. Head cases indeed. Especially Webb. Solinsky wanted Webb to STFU before the race it looked like.

On that night Webb was the bigger head case, but when you look at their entire careers it is close, damn close.

I just watched some old videos of Webb (Drake 2007, mile AR, etc) and I can't help wondering wtf happened to him...before his 5k race he looked pathetic, like a whimpering puppy dog. What happened to the old confident Webb who looked like he was going to tear some hearts out? Did the hair transplant funk up his hormones? He needs the 'roids, bad.

Regarding the 10k, he looks fit enough to hit 28 but I don't think he's in 27:30 shape yet...I'd love to be surprised and see Webb go 13:38 - 13:20 - 13:05 but I don't see it happening. Prove me wrong, Alan!

A fan.

Understatement of the Year nominee-

"I don't think he's in 27:30 shape yet..."

Based on that 1337 he might be able to go 28 flat but he is not going 2740...more importantly than that he will need to finish in the top three at nat's and have a 2740 under his belt..Just don't see it happening...

What meet did Webb run last year when he did a 3:40 and a 13:4x?

When I made this thread I totally forgot you can chase the standards until July 21 or whatever it is. This means the best-case scenario for Webb is:

1. Run a 28:xx, hopefully in late May if not early June to get into the trials

2. Keep getting into shape, sharpen, trials race goes high 28-pace (as it did in 2011), Webb happens to put himself in great position (not so easy of course) to kick for a spot

3. Have another month to prepare for a 27:40... Time trials, historically Webb's bread-and-butter :D

I'm telling you there's a chance!