Webb Running KU Relays

gruber will hand him his @$$ one more time. notice how he's always racing where he'll get beat by the least amount of people possible. funny, i thought he wanted to run with the best in the world. guys like berryhill get their butts handed to them a lot but at least they get out there and run (and run fast too).

This should be interesting. Wonder who is supposed to be in the field. Would be nice to see Charlie win it.

Last year they had to cancel the race due to the storm that came through.

Guess that means he won't be at Mt SAC, where everyone else will be...

Give the little fella' a break, it is April...

I know it's only april. however, if he's only doing a "tune-up", how about having a training partner pace him through a few laps and skip the travel. the point of going to a meet is to compete, you can't really compete if there aren't any competitors, which, no offense to the rest of the field but, aside from perhaps gruber, no one in that field will be competitive on the US level. if you're going to race, race the guys you will need to race later in the year at nats, i.e., the guys who will be in the mile and 15 at sac.

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I have always stuck up for alan and always kinda at least could understand why he was doing the things he was doing, but this I do not get. He def should be racing at Mt. Sac. Its almost like he's ducking the fast races. He can't build confidence and get faster against 4:00-4:05 milers.

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I have always stuck up for alan and always kinda at least could understand why he was doing the things he was doing, but this I do not get. He def should be racing at Mt. Sac. Its almost like he's ducking the fast races. He can't build confidence and get faster against 4:00-4:05 milers.

He's running at APU this Saturday.

Spin folks, spin. If Alan wins at Kansas against a weaker field, then the papers trumpet, "Webb Wins Mile at KU". If he runs a respectable time and finishes fifth at Mt. SAC, no one pays attention.

Could it be that Team Webb/Raczko is running lower key events so that Alan isn't burned out by the time Nationals roll around? I'd think that it would be better to peak for Pre and Nats than to get a "quality" race in at Mt. SAC in April.

Let him run and see what he does. How many of you high school and college types are training to peak next weekend at some "means nothing" invite?

Can you say: "over analysis"? Does every decision the kid makes need to be approved by the board of trustees? I heard he took a crap without washing his hands last week, maybe we should start a thread about how that will affect his future training. If he runs at KU, so what; if he runs at Mt. Sac, so what. I guarrentee you he doesn't give 2 cents about the uninformed opinions of people he could tool any day anyway, nor should he.

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i heard his time of 3:53 couldnt get him in the 1500 at mt. sac. not that great of a 1500 time if you ask me. probly shoulda tried to enter in the 5k.

jayhawks, why does Alan Webb have to impress you or anyone else? You sound so depraved--you must be one ugly mother fuker. What other user name do you usually use when you haven't got your head stuck up Alan's butt?

I personally think that he shouldnt even be racing till Mid to late May... possibly June... but whatev.

KU relays is a somewhat big meet for high schoolers also, and the boy isn't being paid to wear nike stuff at the GMU track - if he can win, it's an excellent marketing opportunity for nike, that might be one reason why.

Someone else, where have you been? The 3:53 is Webb's time in the MILE. He has run a 3:41 for 1500.

It is all about marketing...Webb in the land of Jim Ryun...not much competition...going into the books as winning the same race that many great athletes have won in the past...get it...

By the way I think it is a good place for him to run at this time of the year...makes good athletic and marketing sense...

It is ridiculous, in April, to be talking about any 1500-meter/mile guy "ducking" anybody. The key meets begin in May, then there's the USATF Championshhips, and then there's Europe. It would be a big mistake to treat any 1500 or mile in April as crucial.

He does seem to have a heavy racing schedule.

5K at Raleigh, a week off, 800, mile, Penn.

4 races in 5 weeks before May even starts (if he races what has been posted).

I figure he is training through the races and is incorporating other training activities on race days. Maybe he is lining up to feel the competive edge without doing an all out race performance. I really don't know. Guess we'll see.