Webb 1:47.32 at SAC

Windy conditions obviously made this a tactical (read: slow) race. It is unrealistic to expect Webb at theis stage to outkick good specialists when he isn't sharp. He will run 1:45, easy, this summer.

you guys remember this is EARLY for Webb while other guys are starting to tune out for the big show. Webb's peak running is about 3 months away so this is a good result. I didnt expect anything faster tahn 1:46 for him anyways and he shouldve lost to the 800m specialists who are shooting for NCAA's. Webb will be 1:45 able by late june early july and possibly high 1:44's late if he even runs an 800m during the season.

runner321 wrote:

Both of his training partners (lukezic and burley) ran the 1500 on friday and did this as a workout, so he should have beat them since he was going for a PR. bad weekend for all of the Raczko coached athletes, but webb will be fine. no need to bash him now for a mediocre 800.

Lukezic isn't coached by Scott. He's coached by Juli Henner. Though Alan and Chris do train together in workouts often.

Oh, Juli Henner coaches Sam, also.

Why does everyone have to hate on Webb. He's a good guy, and is obviously not training to peak in April or May.

anyone know why zach glavash only ran 1:56, did he fall or something, seems ridiculously slow for him.

juicy miler wrote:

anyone know why zach glavash only ran 1:56, did he fall or something, seems ridiculously slow for him.

I was thinking the same thing. He hasn't run that well at Texas Tech, unfortunately. Hopefully he can get back on track soon. He's a hell of a talent and a nice guy.

In the runners world interview he says he might run a 5k later this season.

Take a second and think about that...how could somebody who is strong enough to consider running a 5k later on, somebody who is far from doing any kind of lactic work going to outkick two middle distance specialists four months from their peak?

Only in the lestrun dream world i guess

he is probably just adjusting to how the wind plays with his beard

Webb will be fine come go time

I was at the race today. Two waterfall starts with webb on the inside group. He was boxed in from the start. For the first 600 meters he was in 7th or 8th and then he made a surge in the last 200. He looked like he had alot left. Could have possibly gotten 1:45 high.

You people should know that there's more to a race than just reading the result sheet...

Webb should get rid of that beard he has. He could shave off at least .5 seconds off that 800 time

Wow, this thread has been surprisingly tame for one about The Nike-Approved Savior of American Distance Running.

Observations wrote:

I was at the race today. Two waterfall starts with webb on the inside group. He was boxed in from the start. For the first 600 meters he was in 7th or 8th and then he made a surge in the last 200. He looked like he had alot left. Could have possibly gotten 1:45 high.

You people should know that there's more to a race than just reading the result sheet...

Good word.

Like I said, you people are ridiculous acting like webb should run faster or even if you said oh hes running too fast this early....nothing is ever right for you people, of course. You dont know his plans, his training, his schedule. Only he knows how he feels and what he might be capable of.

and you letsrunners who want to bash him can actually talk to him after the race too. thats what i did. he's pretty friendly, very well spoken and showed a lot of class for a young guy with a lot of pressure on his performances. i didn't really want to talk about running with him, but he brought it up. said the middle part of the race was kinda tough, as he was on the inside of lane 1 and couldn't get out (just like the observer said). some of the comments he made sound like he wants to focus on 1500/ mile this season.

also, the weather today was the pits. if it was anything like friday's weather, i think the performances overall at the meet would've been better. the sun finally came out after the men's mile (won in 3:58 by barrios. leaders split 58, 1:58, x:xx 3:58 [missed the 1200 split]) with almost no one watching. i remember seeing the guys come off turn 4 into the homestretch at 300m and it was silent. no one was cheering. as they approached the quarter, people started clapping/ cheering, but it was almost embarrassing. very anti-climactic. i felt so bad for some of those kids desperately trying to run hard with basically no support. the adams state and USC kids were runnin hard, and vigil (sitting with me) remarked at the finish, "wow, those guys are tough."

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juicy miler wrote:

anyone know why zach glavash only ran 1:56, did he fall or something, seems ridiculously slow for him.

I was thinking the same thing. He hasn't run that well at Texas Tech, unfortunately. Hopefully he can get back on track soon. He's a hell of a talent and a nice guy.

What? He ran 1:46 indoors last year while at Tech and earlier indoors this year 1:49. Probably just a really bad race.

1.47 isn't bad at all in April, I would be worried if he ran 1.45 now. The only problem was that he didn't win the race.

Shorter Than Frank wrote:

Metahuman wrote:

He lost by less than .3 in an early season effort that he didn't taper for.Only slightly over a second off his p.r.

He's got 4+ months of training/racing ahead, with a peak scheduled for August and the World Champs, hopefully.

He's fine. Look for a 1:45 in mid-summer.

i agree...webb is right on target to having his best year. come on guys, who can claim a similar range that webb can. i think it's smart for him to be mixing up his racing...do you really think he tapered for this? how many of you webb haters are even old/wise enough to make judgments on his ability or training?

Ha ha ha, you clowns say this every year he puts up less than expected times, then goes on to get his ass handed to him all year long. Then, you start making excuses about him being over trained, not training for "his" distance, yada, yada, yada.

He is the MOST OVER-RATED RUNNER IN HISTORY, and quite possibly the most over-rated athlete in US history.

It is April for christs sake. He prob didn't even taper and is doing relatively high mileage. What did you all expect, for him to come and run 1:43?? I would be more worried if he had run 1:43 since that would indicated peaking too early. 1:47 in April is fine... He is not even and 800 guy anyway

runner321 wrote:

Both of his training partners (lukezic and burley) ran the 1500 on friday and did this as a workout, so he should have beat them since he was going for a PR.

He wasn't going for a PR. He said so in an interview a few days ago. In fact, he specifically said he WOULDN'T PR because he wasn't tapering and it's only April.

He did say he wanted to PR at 800 this year, however, and I'd bet that he will. 1:47 in April is fine for him.