Webb moving up to the Marathon

fghrunner wrote:

I like it. I like it a lot.

I hope he spends some time at 5k/10k first though.

Agreed. Webb already has solid 5/10K PRs from the few times he's raced them (doesn't he have, like, a 13:11 PR?), and I think that he could get some more fast times before moving up farther in distance.

Webb just needs to get out of running. He's just embarrassing himself now. Just move on man you're washed up.

Webb is the World's fastest Hobby Jogger. Let him be.

Webb looks like Kramer did after he took up smoking in that picture.

paulsherwin wrote:

I had Hall, Webb and Ritz on the 2016 team in another thread. It was a joke, but maybe it will come true. Is he the next Rod Dixon/Quentin Cassidy?

I was thinking this exactly. It would be pretty sick for the three distance prodigies of their era were to meet in the Marathon and all make the Olympic Team.

yeah, paula radcliffe's form doesn't exactly look sustainable for 26 miles.

Neither does, Yuki Kawauchi.

bangalangadanga wrote: yeah, paula radcliffe's form doesn't exactly look sustainable for 26 miles.[/quote]

WEBB'S BACK BABY! RIO 2016 SNITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Webb.

What many don't understand is that no one wants to watch a 1500m race and that there is no money in it.

People watch T&F for the 100m dash and for the Marathon. Who's the fastest, who has the most endurance.

Again to Carthage did a bad job of explaining Rod Dixon's achievement. He didn't just break 4 for the mile and 2:10 for the marathon. He ran 3:53.62 when the world record was 3:51 and 2:08:59 when the world record was 2:08.18. I seriously doubt we're ever going to see another Rod Dixon type, a guy who can get that damn close to the mile and marathon records.

There's still a crazy possibility that Webb could equal the achievement though. Dixon ran 2 seconds off the mile WR at age 25 and about 40 seconds off the marathon WR at 33. Compare that to Webb who ran 3 seconds off the record at 24 and is now 29. Webb basically has 4 years to run about a minute off the world record. I'm estimating that in that time the WR will drop about 30 seconds. Stretch all that out a bit to get nice round numbers and you have the ultimate Alan Webb challenge: Rio 2016-2:04 marathon. If he does that, then you can talk about him being as good as Rod Dixon.

Nutella1 wrote:

What many don't understand is that no one wants to watch a 1500m race and that there is no money in it.

People watch T&F for the 100m dash and for the Marathon. Who's the fastest, who has the most endurance.

The 1500 is one of the marquee events in T&F, and our best milers are very well paid. There's plenty of money in the 1500 if you're competitive.

Readit wrote:

The 1500 is one of the marquee events in T&F, and our best milers are very well paid. There's plenty of money in the 1500 if you're competitive.

If an American wins the Olympic Marathon he can probably make 5x the money from that than if he wins the 1500. FACT.

alan webb is the peoples' champ

People throw out Alan Webb's PR's on this board like they're relevant to what he's capable of doing now. They happened more than 5 years ago and he hasn't been remotely close since. He's done nothing in the last 2 years to show he can even run national class at the 5000. He had to petition to get into the 5000 at the Olympic Trials and then he came in last in his heat.

Novan wrote:

Just so everyone is clear, the word "marathon" does not appear in that article. It just says he is moving up in distance.

nice readin

Hill Stomper wrote:

He needs more upper body power to successfully make this transition. Also more ferocity in his mid-race surges.

he can't lose

the african will be dazzle by random irrational deer-in the -headlights 60 meters flat out sprints

Hill Stomper,

LMAO! Post of the day.

Novan wrote:

Just so everyone is clear, the word "marathon" does not appear in that article. It just says he is moving up in distance.

See how many freaking idiots on this board just comment from the headline and don't even read the article???

I think that says all you need to know about this place, constant stupid assed lies about Salazar.

Crazy, idiotic, immature, lying, message board rats, indeed.