Will Robbie Andrews Be the Catalyst to Transform Alan Webb's Career?

ryan foreman wrote:

Can somebody explain to me why Webb is not exclusively a 5/10000M runner?

Because he is far better at the mile, or was

oldandfast wrote:

Umm. ever hear of Lagat? He is older than 31 and still one of the best. It can be done.

Lol! That's your argument? Lagat did it so this random dude on Letsrun can do it too?

All doping accusations aside for a moment, Lagat is a FREAK. And he's been a consistent freak for a very long time. Dude seems downright invincible at times. "Consistent" is not a term I would use to describe Alan Webb.

I think Robbie and Webbie can make a nice couple together. They will end up falling in love with each other and shaving their hairy Jewish chests together. How romantic! It will be a big improvement for Webbie having Robbie taking him from behind.

but...neither of them are Jewish?

ryan foreman wrote:

Can somebody explain to me why Webb is not exclusively a 5/10000M runner?

He's the fastest US miler of all-time. He has only run 13:10 in the 5k, i'm not sure how many people are ahead of him, but its at least 5. There is little reason to think that he would be more successful at 5k than the 1500. Its not his lack of speed in the mile that is his problem, he ran 1:43. A 3:30 guy with 1:43 speed should be able to win a 1500 champ race.

First post in a year wrote:

ryan foreman wrote:

Can somebody explain to me why Webb is not exclusively a 5/10000M runner?

He's the fastest US miler of all-time. He has only run 13:10 in the 5k, i'm not sure how many people are ahead of him, but its at least 5. There is little reason to think that he would be more successful at 5k than the 1500. Its not his lack of speed in the mile that is his problem, he ran 1:43. A 3:30 guy with 1:43 speed should be able to win a 1500 champ race.

How about because Webb has taken one shot at running a 5k (off of miler training), while every person ahead of him was a 3k/5k or even 10k guy. Lagat is clearly a 3k/5 guy these days.

those who can't do... wrote:

Obviously I do not know personally that Webb is better at the 800m/1500m than 5k/10k. Neither do you. However, Alberto Salazar probably does have some insight into the situation, and he choose to train Webb for the 800/1500m after reading his logs, saying something to the effect of "Webb should be able to run a lot faster in the mile." And I personally will defer to Salazar on that. Warhurst, too, thought that Webb was a miler.

Last thing Al wants is an american who can beat his boy so of course Al wants Webb to run the 800/1500 ya get it?

Too much talk about Webb on Letsrun. Just wait to see what happens.

Seems like Webb is being treated like the want-to-be movie star or maybe the long forgotten movie star and his publicist keeps him in front of the public by organizing ribbon cutting ceremonies to grocery stores and car washes.