• Willis > Webb
      • Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 1:13PM
      • Willis > Webb
      • Per IAAF tables, Willis wins. Over and over.

        Also, a few Olympic and WC medals don't hurt either. Warhurst > Coaching-Go-Round
    • Willis > Webb
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 1:23PM - in reply to 2007 > 2015
      • Willis > Webb
      • Drug testing still a joke in 2007. 3:29.66>3:46.91

        2007 > 2015 wrote:
        Webb set his time in 2007. Willis ran 3:29.66 in 2015.
    • Seriously mate?
    • ever heard of
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 1:37PM - in reply to Seriously mate?
      • ever heard of
      • Seriously mate? wrote:
        Best Anglo time I'm guessing.
        HardLoper wrote:
        "Wins" what?
        Which Webb never had. Ever hear of Steve Cram?
    • wayback machine
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 1:45PM - in reply to ever heard of
      • wayback machine
      • ever heard of wrote:
        Seriously mate? wrote:
        Best Anglo time I'm guessing.
        HardLoper wrote:
        "Wins" what?
        Which Webb never had. Ever hear of Steve Cram?
        What are the clean records for the 1500 and mile?
    • My PRs
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 1:46PM - in reply to wayback machine
      • My PRs
      • wayback machine wrote:
        ever heard of wrote:
        Seriously mate? wrote:
        Best Anglo time I'm guessing.
        HardLoper wrote:
        "Wins" what?
        Which Webb never had. Ever hear of Steve Cram?
        What are the clean records for the 1500 and mile?
        My PRs. Or in your case, your PRs.
    • Devil Dog
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 1:52PM - in reply to My PRs
      • Devil Dog
      • Aside from the Michigan connection, why are we even comparing them? Its not even close. Willis eats Webb's lunch.
    • Willis>>Webb
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 2:28PM - in reply to Devil Dog
      • Willis>>Webb
      • Devil Dog wrote:
        Aside from the Michigan connection, why are we even comparing them? Its not even close. Willis eats Webb's lunch.
        Also same age, believe or not.

        We won't even get into the wife comparison.
    • in Webb we trust
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 2:47PM - in reply to Devil Dog
      • in Webb we trust
      • Devil Dog wrote:
        Aside from the Michigan connection, why are we even comparing them? Its not even close. Willis eats Webb's lunch.
        Alan was much better overall runner. Look at it this way, he was just has fast as Willis in the mile/1500 (just not as consistent).

        Webb way better at 800 and also faster at 5k/10k
    • The Uncle
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 2:48PM - in reply to wayback machine
      • The Uncle
      • wayback machine wrote:
        What are the clean records for the 1500 and mile?
        Whatever Steve Ovett's PBs are
    • Subway Surfers Addiction
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 6:16PM - in reply to Willis > Webb
      • Subway Surfers Addiction
      • Willis > Webb wrote:
        Per IAAF tables, Willis wins. Over and over.

        Also, a few Olympic and WC medals don't hurt either. Warhurst > Coaching-Go-Round
        I'm one that rates Webb's mile time as better, just ignore IAAF's tables. But Willis's two Olympic Medals makes him a far greater runner. Given the Kiprop "likely doping" revelation just adds to his status. His wife is expecting again too.
    • zxcvzxcv
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 8:45PM - in reply to Subway Surfers Addiction
      • zxcvzxcv
      • Willis got the coaching right. Alan got the max performances. Webb would have gone sub 3:30 in Paris with better pacing than just 2:49 and a push from Baala on the backstretch. Webb won that 3:30.54 battle and he also was obviously first by ten seconds in the 3:46.91. That mile went through in 2:50, so he again did not have close to the max pacing that might have led to a 3:44. Willis has had many chances at the sub 3:50 mile and I believe he's never even done that. He was behind a lot of guys in his great 3:29.66. And he's got the medals. So, Willis is a much better racer and had the consistency, whereas Webb had the greatness to be the best in the world but couldn't stay healthy or run tactically except at max in 2007.
    • cbenson4
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      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 8:53PM - in reply to zxcvzxcv
      • cbenson4
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      • Comparing the 1500 and mile performances of two different athletes is not always a good idea. The mile is hardly ever run on the pro circuit, let alone run fast.

        A better indicator is consistency and medals, in my opinion.
    • cbenson4
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      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 8:54PM - in reply to cbenson4
      • cbenson4
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      • cbenson4 wrote:
        Comparing the 1500 and mile performances of two different athletes is not always a good idea. The mile is hardly ever run on the pro circuit, let alone run fast.

        A better indicator is consistency and medals, in my opinion.
        I wasn't being clear - what I meant was, comparing the 1500 performance of one athlete with the mile performance of another is not always a good idea.
    • French Dawg
      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 9:05PM - in reply to My PRs
      • French Dawg
      • My PRs wrote:
        wayback machine wrote:
        ever heard of wrote:
        Seriously mate? wrote:
        Best Anglo time I'm guessing.
        HardLoper wrote:
        "Wins" what?
        Which Webb never had. Ever hear of Steve Cram?
        What are the clean records for the 1500 and mile?
        My PRs. Or in your case, your PRs.
        Lol
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      • RE: Willis' 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan. 7/31/2017 9:43PM - in reply to in Webb we trust
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      • in Webb we trust wrote:
        Devil Dog wrote:
        Aside from the Michigan connection, why are we even comparing them? Its not even close. Willis eats Webb's lunch.
        Alan was much better overall runner. Look at it this way, he was just has fast as Willis in the mile/1500 (just not as consistent).

        Webb way better at 800 and also faster at 5k/10k
        I mean...Webb was technically slower than Willis and has zero medals, in his primary event or others.

        But yeah, Webb wouldn't been pretty great in like a running events-only pentathlon or something. 100, 400, 1500, 5k, marathon or 110HH. Maybe we should start it up!