Kenenisa Bekele and Alan Webb will do battle this year at 5000m

Vipam wrote:

Mesfin

stop jumping to conclusions. I stated that Alan Webb will be racing the 5000m as well as Kenenisa Bekele at the Super GP meet in France. The post following stated that I didn't think Alan could handle Kenenisa in a time trial (super fast race) but that Alan in my opinion is capable of sub 13 minutes in 2006. Where did I compare the two???

he's not doing a direct comparison. he just said webb couldnt beat bekele in an all out race but webb can still go sub 13 this year, and i have no idea what NOLIMIT is going on about regarding that 3:47.

and in support of vipam, i dont know why people are attacking him, and alan webb's pr for the mile is actually ~3.50.

Webb's Pr is 3:48.92

And come on guys, this isn't gonna be a "battle" there is gonna be two completely different races run. How quickly people forget that Bekele came through his WR 10K in 13:08 (and then dropped a 13:07 after that). Webb can get down to maybe 13:05, but I don't think he'll go sub 13 this year. If he runs sub 13:10 in his first 5K of the season, he may have a shot of sub 13 this year but i dont see it happening.

Author: ohio_miler

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Webb ran a faster mile in high school than Bob Kennedy ever did. I have a huge amount of respect for Kennedy and his accomplishmnets but he was not in the same physiological class as Webb. Webb ran a 3:53 mile in high school, Kennedy ran a 4:05 1600 in high school and had a career pr of 3:56 I believe. Webb ran a 47 400 in high school, Kennedy has a 400 pr of 52. Webb has already shown that his endurance is close to Kennedy's with a 10k of 27:34, I am by no means saying that Webb is as aerobically strong as Kennedy was in 95/96/97, but it's not a question of if Webb will go under 12:58, it's a question of when. A rabbited, well set up race that goes through 3k in 7:45ish in Europe this summer with Webb breaking 12:58 is very likely.

Hey buddy, do you realize that Bob Kennedy also ran around 30 mpw in High School? Just because Kennedy can't turn a 47 quarter doesn't mean anything. I gaurantee you that Tergat can't beat Webb over 400/800/1500, but he can in the 5k and 10k. Saying that Webb is in another "physiological class" makes no sense to me. Did Webb go to college and win the NCAA XC champs as a frosh? No. Has Webb had any success at the Olympic stage? No. Kennedy made the 5k final in 92 and 96. Webb choked hard. The only races that Webb is succesful in are rabbited ones where he can stick around the front. With the likes of Bekele and Sihine in this race, he won't be able to (if he does he will blow up after about 4k). Essentialy, what you are saying is that because Webb can run faster for one lap, he is better than Bob Kennedy for 12.5? Go back to dyestat.

I don't think he will break the American but I hope he surprises us all and have a record run. Alan better get it before Bernard Lagat does in his run against a tough field including Kenenisa and others in late July.

doesn't webb have a faster 10k p.r. than kennedy?

irun wrote:

why do stupid people attack vipam?...oh wait...

Because Vipam is the only one who would suck Regina's cock.

haha wrote:

doesn't webb have a faster 10k p.r. than kennedy?

yes he does. faster at the longer distance, faster at the shorter distance; seems logical he can run sub-13 to me.

bekele has almost run sub 13 for more than five times in 5k.webb kick will not be able to overcome bekeles devastating kick which starts 200m to the final lab and if webb will wait bekele to run till 200m to go then to kick,he should be prepared for a 600m devastating kick by bekele.

So what was the deal with Webb? He was injured or why did he DNF?

What do you think are the chances we see Bekele in the triathlon this year?