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Chris Solinsky is very, very strong mentally. In fact, this is both a blessing and a curse. However, if he can restrain himself, he should be challenging Rupp and friends by this time next year, if not sooner.
Wrong. Rupp would just leave him in the dust with a 52 second lap.
newname wrote:
RunnerfromtheNorthCountry wrote:I don't know if it is right to write off Webb just yet. His career reminds me a lot of Adam Goucher's, albeit they had different strenghts and weaknesses. You have to remember Goucher had injury troubles that set him back (similar to Webb)and struggled to get anywhere near what he was capable of for about 4 years. Then one season he came out of nowhere and was running under 13:20 and was top 10 at the world x short course distance. And the funny thing is Goucher was about the same age Webb is now. 30s isn't really that old for a runner anymore with advancements in training knowledge, facilities, etc. Webb if he can stay healthy could have up to 10 years of a pro career left. I wouldn't be surprised if Webb pulled off a great race sometimes towards the end of the season, or perhaps at the latest next season.
What advancements in training knowledge have been made in the last 30 yrs that the world was not aware of in 1983 do we have now?
What kind of facilities does the world have that we have not had forever that would make a 35 year old run as well as they did at 25?
This is a sincere question and not trying to be a d ick.
The only thing I can think of is AlterG treadmills and Altitude tents, which have both been around for quite some time. I also don't know how these things would help a 30+ runner slow the decline due to aging.
FWIW, I don't think 30 is even old, or even in decline. It depends on the person and their whole history and physiology in my opinion. And for Webb specifically, I don't think it is age that has him "at" 13:46 ... because he has been in the same neighborhood for yrs and was lackluster for some periods before his great yr running 1:43/3:31/3:46.
But I don't think anyone runs as well at 40 as they do at 30, and even if someone could I don't think "advancements in training knowledge, facilities, etc." would be the trick.
He may run 3:32 at age 32 or even faster (that would be great - I'm rooting for him) but it won't be because of "advancements in training knowledge, facilities, etc." The world has had all it has right now for the last 30 years.
The reason all the 3:30-32 guys ran that fast 30 yrs ago in their 20s and now you have some 30-somethings running that fast is because the WR is now 5 seconds faster than what it was in 1981 and those "old guys" are taking advantage of what the WR holder did to run 5-7 seconds slower than 3:26.00.
but...you don't get...I didn't mean...You thought I meant...(sigh) It's not worth it. I give up. Nevermind.
SOLINSKY...CHRIS SOLINSKY IS...TAKING OFF!!!
LOOK HOW SMOOTH CHRIS SOLINSKY LOOKS RIGHT NOW WITH 800 METERS LEFT...
LOOK AT THIS...CHRIS SOLINSKY...DID ANYONE EVEN PREDICT THAT HE WOULD GO FOR A RECORD LIKE THIS???
LOOK AT THIS GAP...IT'S GROWING!...LOOK AT THIS!
CHRIS SOLINSKY! HE'S ONLY ON 500 METERS BETWEEN A WIN, A DEBUT...AN AWESOME DEBUT, AND AN AMERICAN RECORD!
CHRIS SOLINSKY ONE TO GO!!!
26 FLAT!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!! 26:03 OHHH MYYY GOOODDD!!! HE JUST RAN A 60.2!!! CHRIS SOLINSKY, A 60 AND HE BREAKS 27!!!
CHRIS SOLINSKY IS GONNA HAVE THE AMERICAN RECORD. GALEN RUPP IS AT THE 300 METER MARK.
THERE IS NO QUESTION WHO'S GONNA WIN THIS RACE!
200 METERS TO GO. WHAT'S THE TIME. GIVE IT TO ME!!!
CHRIS SOLINSKY HAS TAKEN THIS FIELD AND THIS CROWD BY STORM! NO ONE EXPECTED TO SEE THIS TONIGHT!
A NEW AMERICAN RECORD FOR CHRIS SOLINSKY IN WHAT WE THINK TO BE HIS 10K DEBUT!
55...HE MIGHT BREAK 27 MINUTES!!!
56...
57...COME ON CHRIS
58...
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHRIS SOLINSKY! 26:59!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
announcer wrote:
SOLINSKY...CHRIS SOLINSKY IS...TAKING OFF!!!
LOOK HOW SMOOTH CHRIS SOLINSKY LOOKS RIGHT NOW WITH 800 METERS LEFT...
LOOK AT THIS...CHRIS SOLINSKY...DID ANYONE EVEN PREDICT THAT HE WOULD GO FOR A RECORD LIKE THIS???
LOOK AT THIS GAP...IT'S GROWING!...LOOK AT THIS!
CHRIS SOLINSKY! HE'S ONLY ON 500 METERS BETWEEN A WIN, A DEBUT...AN AWESOME DEBUT, AND AN AMERICAN RECORD!
CHRIS SOLINSKY ONE TO GO!!!
26 FLAT!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!! 26:03 OHHH MYYY GOOODDD!!! HE JUST RAN A 60.2!!! CHRIS SOLINSKY, A 60 AND HE BREAKS 27!!!
CHRIS SOLINSKY IS GONNA HAVE THE AMERICAN RECORD. GALEN RUPP IS AT THE 300 METER MARK.
THERE IS NO QUESTION WHO'S GONNA WIN THIS RACE!
200 METERS TO GO. WHAT'S THE TIME. GIVE IT TO ME!!!
CHRIS SOLINSKY HAS TAKEN THIS FIELD AND THIS CROWD BY STORM! NO ONE EXPECTED TO SEE THIS TONIGHT!
A NEW AMERICAN RECORD FOR CHRIS SOLINSKY IN WHAT WE THINK TO BE HIS 10K DEBUT!
55...HE MIGHT BREAK 27 MINUTES!!!
56...
57...COME ON CHRIS
58...
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHRIS SOLINSKY! 26:59!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgdFrUjKppQhttp://imgur.com/XS1rNcK
OMG...that was great before he tore his entire hamstring...Rupp has that record and a silver medal.
Hey Chris, where you been ? oh, rehabbing your leg. Welcome back let me know when you are racing again....
Let's give Solinsky some time before you write him off!!
He had a great opener, not a stellar second race but still not a bad mark.
You can't compare runners so the Rupp comparison is stupid. Rupp may be one injury away from not making it back. he has been very fortunate and Alberto has taken great lengths to keep him healthy, but major injuries are hard to come back from.
Let's see what Chris does the remainder of this year before we judge.
announcer, are you the concrete runner? you have that same gift for flogging the poor dead carcass of a one timer for months on end.
Re: webb
I just saw the Oxy 5k vid, it looked like Webb was limping (or at least of balance with his stride)... Maybe his achilles are giving out, he did have surgery a few years ago.
Anybody know what kind of prospects there are for the kind of surgery Webb had? [ though, Ritz seems to be doing well since his]
i kinda like running wrote:
... in every other conceivable way anyways.
anyway
This has only been his second race in what, a year? If he was up there kicking with Farah and Ritz with only his second race back we'd be talking abot the type of PEDs he's on.
Cut the guy some slack.