(sorry 'bout the weird formatting, that's how it was when it came to me)
Alan Webb, Nike (4th place)â??It wasnâ??t a big surprise to me today that I
could run long. Yesterday, I wasnâ??t wearing long enough spikes, and with it being
such a short race like that, and with the ground the way it was, the race was
over after 200 meters. You really couldnâ??t move, even though I was only
behind by 15 meters or so.
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I got a much better start today, put longer spikes in. It was a slower pace,
so I could get into a better rhythm.
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My confidence was really, really good at the beginning of the race. Guys
started making moves after the first couple of laps. They might have thought tha
t it was slow when they saw me up front, so they started picking it up, then I
started hurting after that. It was sort of hang on mode from there. From
the second lap on I was trying to stay focused on the backs of Bob and Jorge and
Abdi, and I survived.
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This and club nationals (Webb won the USATF national club cross country
championship in December) are really confidence builders. Iâ??ll definitely go to
Brussels.