Webb's Wife's Blog on His Career Change

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  • old and in the way

    Anonymous Poster

    10 years ago 01/28/2014 5:01pm EST
    re: adsadfsfas

    adsadfsfas wrote:

    He is going to pack on another 10lbs of muscle from swimming and biking. That is going to make it hard to come back and be a decent distance guy.

    look at the pic at the top of the blog post.. he's already got way too much muscle for a runner, it's not possible to have pecs like that from running. If he can resist the temptation to do all that gym work he could be a fine triathlete. In ITU it's key to be able to hang with the front swimmers and make the first pack on the bike, and Alan has the swim speed for that. I look forward to his tri career, just hope he can settle down to consistent training..

  • registered

    Charlie Freak

    Member since 12/19/2013.

    170 posts. Last post 8 years ago.
    10 years ago 01/28/2014 5:31pm EST
    re: I'll Miss Him

    A man's gotta make a living and keep the woman happy somehow.

  • calling dr. freud

    Anonymous Poster

    10 years ago 01/28/2014 5:59pm EST
    re: I'll Miss Him

    That blog post seemed psychologically and emotionally disturbing... very unhealthy and unbalanced vibes coming from that article

  • from the twitterati

    Anonymous Poster

    10 years ago 01/28/2014 7:30pm EST
    re: calling dr. freud

    "World Famous Message Boards now breathlessly debating Alan Webb's potential as triathlete. Please stop. Find new hobby."

    https://twitter.com/SITimLayden/status/426550895472832513

  • Hardloper

    Member since 08/20/2013.

    17,432 posts. Last post 1 day ago.
    10 years ago 01/28/2014 7:37pm EST
    re: from the twitterati

    from the twitterati wrote:

    "World Famous Message Boards now breathlessly debating Alan Webb's potential as triathlete. Please stop. Find new hobby."

    https://twitter.com/SITimLayden/status/426550895472832513

    HA! Excellent find. When asked if he browses LetsRun, he says he's "Almost never there." Yeah right!!!

    He seems to agree with me though, that Webb has gotten undeserved hate in his career. But he seems to think the message boards hate him... I think overall LRC has a very positive opinion of him.

  • TLW

    Anonymous Poster

    10 years ago 01/28/2014 7:55pm EST
    re: calling dr. freud

    calling dr. freud wrote:

    That blog post seemed psychologically and emotionally disturbing... very unhealthy and unbalanced vibes coming from that article

    Agree completely. Is his wife pulling the strings behind the scenes?

    Webb used to be one of the most passionate runners and now is just so...docile.

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    bleu

    Member since 10/30/2002.

    2,424 posts. Last post 2 years ago.
    10 years ago 01/28/2014 8:18pm EST
    re: TLW

    Yes, very strange relationship. So strange how she followed and finally hooked him.

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    redux

    Member since 09/18/2012.

    3,273 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    10 years ago 01/28/2014 9:06pm EST
    re: I'll Miss Him
    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1022610/1/index.htm

    Nice read. Wish SI still had balls and wasn't a tabloid rag.

  • mark b

    Anonymous Poster

    10 years ago 01/29/2014 8:46am EST
    re: I'll Miss Him

    I can't quite grasp the animosity towards Webb from many Americans. OK , so he never really achieved much on the world stage but he did post some exceptional times over a tremendous range of distances. Point out his failings by all means but credit where it's due , surely?

    One thing I never understood about his career. Before he went to college should he not have sat down with Warhurst and discussed the nature of the training he would be expected to do? It was very different from the approach adopted by his coach in High School and it's obvious from reading the book about Webb's year in college that he never had absolute confidence in the programme - which largey explains his lack of success that year. Since he was always going to pursue a career as a professional runner should he not have enrolled at a school where the training was at least similar to that which had bought him success to date?

    Arguably , his career was defined by this unsuccessful college year? Did it ever really get back on track in a competitive sense?

  • Rick Grimes

    Anonymous Poster

    10 years ago 01/29/2014 9:39am EST
    re: mark b

    "There’s big competition but big hope. The 2012 Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee from Great Britain raced in the 10,000m at Stanford to run 28:32 this past spring. Not discounting the strength of these guys in the water and bike. It is just exciting to know Alan has a chance. The thought of racing this sport brings him excitement."

    I say this as a huge Alan Webb fan but I really hope this isn't his perspective going into it. It's possible he will do very well but he needs to be realistic as he's barely been in the water for 15 years and just started riding last year. Lets win one first and then go after the Olympic Champ.

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