Alan Webb 3.30, so what ??

half marys aren't run that often? what planet are you from? are marathons rarely run as well?

I've said it before and I'll say it again- on this web site resides a portion of the biggest douche bags on planet earth. I'm sure there are many great folks on here- but the douche bags....unreal. Congrats to Webb for his fine performances.

whatever man wrote:

In five years Alan Webb will run 3:25. That's why.

3.27

"so what?? So let's dance!" - Al Czervik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3A9rLoz_0o

Dr Z Beleke wrote:

Everything on letsrun is just Web, Web,Web, Forget !!!!!!

That's why this is our favorite Web-site!

The non-african hope remains the thrill here. Americans have been looking for a distance runner to get them out of the doldrums and now Allen has the link to distance paradise. Let's all drink the cool aid and bask in his French-beating achievements.

How many under 3:30 have been produced the last decade? Well Allen now joins them.

1 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj

3 3:26.34 Bernard Lagat

9 3:27.37 Noureddine Morceli

15 3:28.12 Noah Ngeny

30 3:28.95 Fermin Cacho

31 3:28.98 Mehdi Baala

32 3:29.02 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen

38 3:29.14 Rachid Ramzi

39 3:29.18 Vénuste Niyongabo

45 3:29.29 William Chirchir

49 3:29.46 Saïd Aouita

49 3:29.46 Daniel Komen

52 3:29.51 Ali Saïdi-Sief

56 3:29.67 Steve Cram

64 3:29.77 Sydney Maree

64 3:29.77 Sebastian Coe

68 3:29.91 Laban Rotich

76 3:30.04 Timothy Kiptanui

79 3:30.07 Rui Silva

84 3:30.18 John Kibowen

89 3:30.24 Cornelius Chirchir

95 3:30.33 Ivan Heshko

104 3:30.46 Alex Kipchirchir

108 3:30.54 Alan Webb

I modified your list to just PR's cause I couldn't see past all the El G's.

I think people are excited cause AW's within a second of Coe and Cram's PR's. Considering the #5 all-time runner is only the 30th fastest ever, and about 1.5 seconds away, I'd say it's a good reason to be excited about someone born in america considering joining that company.

krummenacker ran 3:31 a few years back... didn't get quite the reception. he was taking some scalps in the grand prix circuit.

Alan is still young and if the pace is right and the condistions are good. He could very easily get pulled along to a 3.25.0 in the near future. He ran that race pretty easy considering the pace. 1.54.somthing at 800 gentelman is moving. The thing I like most about the race was when he got unfronted in the back stretch and had to check his stride or fall down. I could see the determination on his face then come alive. Sometimes in a race there is almost fists flying and guys screaming and cussing at each other. Its just not a foot race. Its a battle and seems Alan has learned to battle and have gutts. He has made a step forward in running. He will be hard to beat now that he has tasted victory at that level and ran that sort of time. He is almost there. I have not been a fan of his since the Olympics but I am now.

Are you being sarcastic?

He retired after 10 YEARS at the top level.

mr clean wrote:

out of the 23 ahead of him, how many would you say we're clean. Id say NON

WEBB THE FASTEST CLEAN 1500m RUNNER EVER

on what basis to you make either of these statements?

i don't think webb is dirty, but he's no more or less likely to be clean than anyone else on that list. (except maybe BL, who actually flunked half a test once.)

nice combat

You think Webb will run 3.25? You must be dreaming.

Sorry there are no pace makers during WC, Webb won't win.

Lagat

Millstown Grollly wrote:

Webb will be the fastest Anglo-American miler since Cram and Coe. Maybe the glory days of Coe and Cram will now be repeated in the US a quarter century later.

Cram and Coe are Anglo-Saxon(?) maybe, but neither are American.

Webb is good but he hasn't reached Coe or Cram status just yet...