It is interesting to see that the last couple times he's raced he's doubled up. I wonder why this seems to be a trend with him, because he did this under Salazar also. I wonder if racing-style workouts, where he's going at maybe 90-95% effort is a good way to expose his body to racing situations but without placing the same stress an all-out race might place on his achiles? I guess my general questions is: what training advantages does racing two events in a day have over training that doesn't simulate the same types of workout situations?
As far as him seemingly having no kick in the 1500m, that wouldn't worry me since he doesn't want to have his best kick until the trials. If you think about it, he's better off with people underestimating him and having a great kick on the days he needs to finish well. And if he's going to be training with Robby Andrews, who better to have for competition in developing a good finishing kick?
I noticed both of Vig's athletes raced this past weekend to compete, not going for times. Makes sense since it's still mid April. Plenty of time to get qualifying standards, particularly after the trials. I know some runners like to have their olympic qualifying times before the trials, which would make more sense for a 5000m or 10000m runners because you don't want to have to keep racing those distances to get a fast time when you could be focusing on just training and resting. For a 1500m runner though, particularly one like Webb, running a few 1500's between the trials and the Olympics (assuming he were to make the team) wouldn't be a bad idea, because surely a few of those meets would bring him through the A standards barring injury/setbacks. I think Vigilante is taking a slow but effective route toward getting Webb and Andrews into good positions and shape for when it comes time for them to hammer it home.
