Bumped for this pre-trials foresight (even though he was fifth):
LetsRunOurMouths wrote:
Webb made the finals in the Olympic trials that year, but was shockingly outkicked by many of the rising stars of the event, finishing a distant sixth. In an irony that would become familiar to Webb during the last half of his career, it was the younger runners who owed so much to him that took his place at the top of the US distance running scene.
this is very impressive. i thought that this was written after he lost at the trials, but wow. to guess that lopez would beat webb is crazy.
I'm not a webb hater but I gotta admit, this was pretty good.
I read this a few months ago when it was first written.. scary to realize how accurate it actually is.. people saying Ritz wouldn't be remembered, but after the Olympics, after he beat Hall, people started speculating about him as well..
While this may be accurate in some measure, it\'s disheartening that no one has faith in the pioneers of our sport. Yes, I agree, Alan has been a bit of a let down one or six times, but so has every other runner at some point (American runners at least).
It\'s incredibly difficult to succeed when everyone, especially the media, is announcing your pitfalls and inability to overcome difficulties. So they prepare and race under such scrutiny that they OVERtrain, peak too soon, BREAK RECORDS, and then, in an attempt to carry fitness from one season to another, fail.
While some individuals may thrive on pressure and expectations, some people, and I suspect Alan is one of those, dont. Leave the guy alone and maybe he\'ll come around.
dont you realize that by posting this you are disturbing the space time continuum?
F*** the space time continuum.
Bump
Been about one year since this was posted, and it's starting to look like maybe it WAS from the future.
I didn't say this was going to happen.
T9000 wrote:
F*** the space time continuum.
This is my third favorite letsrun post of all time. So fcking elegant. Good work T9000.
John Titor wrote:
I didn't say this was going to happen.
Dang! I forgot about you Mr. Titor. Dude's an old-school internet reference.
What are the first two?
Damn yeah I definitely didn't realize this was written pre-trials
Bump.
haha, YO wrote:
Agree on the Ritz thing, he will never hold any ARs when his career is over and he will not have any medals. Webb will have won more US championships than him.
How embarrassing that a major poster on the site would make such a large mistake. Fool.
He got the part about first American under 27 in the 10k wrong too, but otherwise pretty good.
This deserves a bump. I mean holy sheet how did this thread not recieve 1000+ replies? One of the best thread intros i've seen on here.
Have to give him credit for Rupp being first American under 27. Solinsky's former record should properly be rounded up to 27 and doesn't count anyway because he'd never have run anywhere near that without Rupp.
There should have been another bump when Hall went "under 2:06" at Boston in 2011.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing