Walt Murphy's News & Results Service is reporting that Alan Webb will take a concerted shot at Steve Scott's longstanding American Record of 3:47.69 in the mile this Saturday.
The race will be held in Brasschaat, Belgium. Scott set his venerable standard in Oslo in '82.
Webb's manager, Ray Flynn, says, "One has to give this record great respect. 3.47.69 is a terrific record. It will take a lot to break it, but Alan is in shape and capable of it".
Will the race be shown on sportsnet? Or somewhere else on the internet?
He certainly has the confidence now to break it. Something that seemed to be seriously lacking in previous years.
Here is a link to the meet website.
why does it say on that site there is a 1500 and not mile?
Does Alan ever learn? You cannot say these sort of hopes and goals to anybody else or you'll jinx it.
The only thing he can safely say right now is "I will be under 4"
For the first time since Scott and Maree an American could have the world's fastest mile and 1500 time.
matt21 wrote:
Does Alan ever learn? You cannot say these sort of hopes and goals to anybody else or you'll jinx it.
The only thing he can safely say right now is "I will be under 4"
Seems like Ray Flynn is doing the talking...
Here is how I see the race playing out. Webb this time is going to be even more daring then ever. He has proved that he can win, he is now trying to run fast. No more waiting for the last 50, no more relax faces with 200 to go. Its going to be mean face from the gun, from 300 out he is going to be holding nothing back. That last 100 its him vs. the clock.
Bang gun goes off.
200 26.9
400 54.8
800 1:51.3
1000 2:19.7
1200 2:48.4
1mile 3:46.9 to 3:47.27 ( gotta get that .01 ahead of Lagat's PR of course )
Why on earth would he go out so fast early and run positive through 800?
Best way would be even on the edge, 56.x, 56.x for 1:53.2-.5 for yards
get by 3/4 not 1200 in 2:50.x again another 56.x type and then whatever ya got.
Going out in 1:51.3, or 1:52.00 for 880 yards represents potential blow up area
No, going out in 1:48 is potential to blow up, like Ramzi did last year trying to break El G's 1500 world record. It is common for fast paced races in Europe to have a fast 800. Webb has gone out this fast before and races and faired well. Now he is in better shape and I bleive is going to run faster then ever. I am just predicting what I think is going to happen once the gun goes off.
1500m
Name Nat Club SB PB
Joeri Jansen BEL RIEME 3,41,82 3,35,97
Gareth Hyett NZL 3,38,63 3,38,63
Sean Jefferson USA 3,42,91 3,38,91
Mykola Labovsky UKR 3,42,42 3,39,13
John Jefferson USA 3,40,41 3,39,70
Max Smith NZL 3,39,93 3,39,93
Reid Coolsaet CAN 3,41,53
Ian Dobson USA 3,41,63 3,41,63
Ryan Warrenburg USA 3,42,93 3,42,93
Aaron Aguayo USA 3,43,17 3,43,17
Jean-Pierre Weerts BEL DAMP ? 3,46,60
Ruben Scheurwater NED 3,49,60
Justin Mahieu BEL DAMP 3,55,00
Jeremy Van Ophem BEL DCLA 3,57,43 3,57,43
Jurgen De Beule BEL OLSE 3,58,78 3,58,78
Brendan O'Keefe USA 3,41
Rob Caraciolo GUIN 3,45,87
Soufiane Bouchiki BEL OLSE 3,56
Thomas De Bock BEL VS 4,00
Cedric Van De Putte BEL VS 4,05
Wouter Van Der Elst BEL VS 4,30
Dimitri De Schrijver BEL ZELE 4,30
Tim Van Elsuewe BEL ZELE 4,40
Stijn Ghysels BEL VS 4,30
Nicolas Hendrickx BEL VS 4,30
5000m
Name Nat Club SB PB
Mark Caroll IRE 13,33,20 13,02,93
Kamiel Maase NED 13,50,65 13,13,06
Abdi Abdirahman USA 13,33,68 13,13,32
Ryan Hall USA 13,16,03
Alan Culpepper USA 13,33,10 13,25,75
Andrew Carlson USA 13,55,22 13,32,71
Kyle King USA 13,33,44 13,33,44
Thomas Morgan USA 13,36,91 13,36,91
James Carney USA 27,43,64 (10k) 13,37,66
Stephen Haas USA 13,38,51 13,38,51
With the way that Webb is running these days compared to Lagat, if he breaks the record it seems like it could be his for a long time.
Depends what Webb requests them to go through for splits. I would tend to think Webb would want the rabbits at 55, 1:52 and 2:50. That 440 and 880 split were about the same as his 1500's splits. He'll probably run a bit behind the rabbits through 880 and start picking up to catch the 1320 rabbit(assuming there're two) at 1320. Ideally, he'd run 55 high, 57 mid(1:53 low), 57 low (2:50 mid), 56(3:46 high-3:47 low). I don't think he will plan/should try to go out in 54/1:50 or anything like that.
The question is whether they can find any other 3:47 milers to run with him. They will find pacers to pull him through 1200 meters, but if he's running the last 400 all alone, he's not getting that record.
He needs someone to race over that last 150 meters.
there is currently no mile listed on the events list so unless they are switching the 1500m to the mile i think this might be a bogus thread. after all, why in the hell would webb go after the record at such a low key meet? i would think it to be more likely that he go after it at a larger meet where better/faster pacers can be acquired. there is going to be absolutely no competition at this meet for him. i would bet he would be 30m out front when the rabbit drops. i call bogus thread until i see proof on the start list.
sjc wrote:
there is currently no mile listed on the events list so unless they are switching the 1500m to the mile i think this might be a bogus thread.
Not if it is from Walt Murphy.
sjc wrote:
there is currently no mile listed on the events list so unless they are switching the 1500m to the mile i think this might be a bogus thread. after all, why in the hell would webb go after the record at such a low key meet? i would think it to be more likely that he go after it at a larger meet where better/faster pacers can be acquired. there is going to be absolutely no competition at this meet for him. i would bet he would be 30m out front when the rabbit drops. i call bogus thread until i see proof on the start list.
Because it can give his camp more control over the pacemaking, etc. I would have thought he'd make the attempt in London (where they do run the mile every now and then) but guess not.
Mile men 21.00
Youcef Abdi PACE 1
Surrum Samson PACE 2
Webb Alan USA
Fountain Mark AUS
Lukezic Chris USA
Dame Tasama RFCL
Looks like it was done just for Alan.