Alan Webb @ the Armory

bryn_r wrote:

Thie I'm fairly sure has a faster 1500m PB than Baddeley...maybe not, but both are comparable at least. Baddeley is a 3:36-8ish 1500m runner apparently in good shape.

3:37.06 as far as i know for thie in 2004, Baddeley 3:36.43 in 2005....so close but bad has him.

crazy streaker wrote:

Supposively he just ran a tempo run of 10 miles at sub 4 pace. I think Webb is bringing american distance running to a whole new level./

Since the American 10-mile record is 46:13, it seems he's already taken it to a whole new level.

What time does this race go off at?

I saw break 4 as a high schooler at that meet. Ian was going wild. Watching him break 4 as a college drop out isn't as exciting. Should have gone to Mayor's.

Eliud Njubi is also in the race. He just ran 3:58 at Arkansas.

http://www.flashresults.com/2007_Meets/Indoor/Arkansas_Inv/

NY runner wrote:

What time does this race go off at?

I saw break 4 as a high schooler at that meet. Ian was going wild. Watching him break 4 as a college drop out isn't as exciting. Should have gone to Mayor's.

what do you mean by college drop out?

This is a quality field for a mid-Janurary race on US soil. As far as I can tell all of these guys are sub 4 milers. This is a race Webb should win, but make no mistake about it, it will not be a cakewalk becasue class B guys always want to run fast times to secure contracts or to hold onto them. A field of elites would be most interested in just winning at this time of the year.

With that said, this race s/b fairly fast and if the race is honest, it should be won in about 3:55.

Also, in reference to Webbs schedule, racing a mile every other week is not going to kill you. A couple of decades ago, our top milers use to race practically every weekend in a host of US televised meets like the Philadelphia Classic and Sunkist Invitational, etc.

bryn_r wrote:

Thie I'm fairly sure has a faster 1500m PB than Baddeley...maybe not, but both are comparable at least. .

Get real man, over the last 2 seasons there has been nothing comparable about the performances of Baddeley and Thie. Making such a statement has lost you any credibility you ever had and in future please refrain from commenting about UK MD runners as you obviously know nothing about who the best guys in the country are

"college drop out" = dropped out of college

don\'t worry about it wrote:

"college drop out" = dropped out of college

i thought he transfered to Georgetown and just stayed out of college sports

jack it wrote:

i thought he transfered to Georgetown and just stayed out of college sports

George Mason.

He's not a drop out. He transferred schools.

He studies economics.

BS. He went to Michigan to run on scholarship. Didn't like it and went home. Thats dropping out to me. He hasn't graduated although he is past the age where he should have. Webb is a professional miler. He as a 3:48 guy should be held to a hire standard. He wasn't at that standard when he last ran XC. Breaking 4 in SC is BS.

twice a runner wrote:

jack it wrote:

i thought he transfered to Georgetown and just stayed out of college sports

George Mason.

He's not a drop out. He transferred schools.

He studies economics.

Let's just say he won't run faster than Nick Symmonds. Now there's a guy who sets a "hire" standard.

By the way, NY Runner, the substitution of 'hire' for 'higher' would be great, had it been a pun of some kind.

3:57 at best

FWIW, Walt Murphy seems to be hinting that Webb is planning a big one for the Armory on this T&FN thread: http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=23714

Northwest Apprentice wrote:

Let's just say he won't run faster than Nick Symmonds. Now there's a guy who sets a "hire" standard.

Not sure you know this....but 356 isnt THAT good...fr symmonds it was a HUGE sign....but Webb is a 348 outdoor guy when fit...356 indoors when fit isnt that amazing for a guy like webb if hes aiming to run fast. Lunn ran faster then that last year indoors and he cant hold a candle to webb when both are fit(although i hope lunn has a breakthrough finally) It all depends on where webb is in his training and what his goals are.

Stroup runs for nike

You again. So much jealousy. I keep telling myself I'll let you troll in peace, but I just cant.Just calm down, take a breath. You, like probably 90% of this board just wish you could spend as long as he has in college. But despite, his longer than average time in college, that does not make him a "drop out" per se. He was providing a service to the college and did exactly what was required of him. Nike made a much better offer of about 5x the value that Michigan was providing. He took them up on their offer and is much better for having done it. That's not dropping out, that's business sense. That'd be like calling Allison Felix a dropout because she's running professionally instead of USC.

NY runner wrote:

BS. He went to Michigan to run on scholarship. Didn't like it and went home. Thats dropping out to me. He hasn't graduated although he is past the age where he should have.

Webb is a professional miler. He as a 3:48 guy should be held to a hire standard. He wasn't at that standard when he last ran XC. Breaking 4 in SC is BS.

A few reasons why if Webb runs a 3:57 it'll be better than Symmonds 3:56

1.)Symmonds ran 3:56 at Washington State. It's a legit time and good for him, but the WSU track is 300meters long and is therefore very fast

2.)The armory is a slower track and is shorter(more turns, more slowing down time).

Yes, but the Amory is banked. Its equals a 300m track.