If sports broadcasting networks alternated between track side and overhead camera angles every other lap, we could actually keep the general public interested in a full mile.
If sports broadcasting networks alternated between track side and overhead camera angles every other lap, we could actually keep the general public interested in a full mile.
Why the hell did nobody help out the kid that passed out? I mean sometimes athletes fall over and lie on the ground at the end of the race but given that he was only a meter or two past the finish line and that close to lane one, somebody should've helped the poor kid!
mitchellmac2 wrote:
Why the hell did nobody help out the kid that passed out? I mean sometimes athletes fall over and lie on the ground at the end of the race but given that he was only a meter or two past the finish line and that close to lane one, somebody should've helped the poor kid!
They probably didn't want to block the lane until all of the runners had finished. You can see them moving toward him right after the last runner crosses the line, just before the video cuts off.
That was ugly...
He got top 10! With a bit less side to side motion he can crack 3:40. You can do it Webb hang in there.
Here's my theory: Webb's mojo is enveloped in a massive black cloud. Now, Webb has the talent of a monster so he can handle it and still run a 4 minute mile. But the way I see it is that that Texas guy simply could not handle being in close proximity to that negative energy at the end of a race. It nearly killed Texas dude.
Also, I'm not agreeing with this, but if Webb is truly a 10k guy now, a 3:42 ain't too bad. I bet there are many 27:40 guys who can't break 3:42. Ryan Hall, for example.
But I don't really believe that - I think Webb is done. Legs have been fried, kfc style.
agip wrote:
Also, I'm not agreeing with this, but if Webb is truly a 10k guy now, a 3:42 ain't too bad. I bet there are many 27:40 guys who can't break 3:42. Ryan Hall, for example.
Where does this stuff about him being a 10k guy come from? He has run exactly one 10k, in 2006. That's it.
And why do you think Hall is a 27:40 guy when his pr is 28:07 from 2007?
name optional wrote:
agip wrote:Also, I'm not agreeing with this, but if Webb is truly a 10k guy now, a 3:42 ain't too bad. I bet there are many 27:40 guys who can't break 3:42. Ryan Hall, for example.
Where does this stuff about him being a 10k guy come from? He has run exactly one 10k, in 2006. That's it.
And why do you think Hall is a 27:40 guy when his pr is 28:07 from 2007?
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Webb has talked recently in public about committing to the 10k and even marathon.
As for Ryan Hall - if we can accept he is a 2:08 marathoner, per mcmillan that converts to 27:17. Then I added 20 seconds for security.
Hall clearly does not much like track races.
Ryan Hall could not run 27:40.
Maybe a few years ago, not anymore.
TLW wrote:
Ryan Hall could not run 27:40.
Maybe a few years ago, not anymore.
fine - that's not my argument - I'm saying that some very solid marathoners don't have the foot speed velocity to run much below 4 minutes for a mile. Hall being an example, at any point in his pro marathoning carer.
So if Webb is truly doing 10k/marathoning training, a 3:42 might not be so damning.
But then why he would show up in Indiana to try to get a usa standard in the 1500? Maybe his Nike contract has a clawback if he doesn't compete at USAs?
Wol wrote:
Classic U-Texas d-bg.
Agreed, douchbaggery sucked all the life out of him
Indeed, tough to watch, looks like he is fighting himself the whole way, no fluidity of motion at all. That, I do not quite get, his arms are across his body the whole way,he never looks down the line running form wise at all he was so much smoother, younger.
Webb obviously is a long way from his old self. That said he did go after it for half the race. Give how he ran his first 1500, i was surprised he didn't fade more. If you watch at the very end he actually looks like he finds a last gear and picks it up a bit. Hopefully US aside, this is just the start to his season and he sticks with it and stays with a system for another year at least to see if he can get himself together.
- 40.7 first 300, why?
- awesome footage
- did the kid hit his head and pass out? it would be tough to pass out exactly at the line otherwise.
- no matter how many times i see webb back struggling, my brain keeps telling me he's going to kick past them all any second. weird.
The literally dozens of spectators present to watch a 3:38 1500 race is one of the more depressing things I've seen in a while.
He looked the way I felt when I was running 100+ MPW and was way over-trained.
agip wrote:
fine - that's not my argument - I'm saying that some very solid marathoners don't have the foot speed velocity to run much below 4 minutes for a mile.
Is that really necessary though, as long as they have the leg speed velocity?
That was a really nice video.
All races should be filmed that way, with an electric vehicle alongside the runners.
What time of night did they run that race? It must have been surreal to be running that fast in an empty stadium after dark. There are no more than 20 people in the stands.
Julia Webb ran a great steeple n Portland last weekend to qualify for Nationals and I can't understand why Alan didn't run the 1500 there while he was there.
Great video.
Who was the as.hole who lay on the finish line and made half a dozen guys jump over him?