Glad to see Webb vent at the end of that race. He's still got a competitive drive.
Have there been any notable mid-distance runners that were able to make a complete comeback after being in a position similar to Webb's?
Webb was crazy fast five years ago in Belgium...
The Alan Webb discussion never stops does it?
I have said something similar to this before and will say it several more times before Webb gets hits by a bus and we can all finally stop arguing about him.
I do not doubt Alan's talent, he has TONS!
I do not WISH ill for Alan, I wish he was consistent and still running as fast as he could.
I do not, however, see how we are expected to have hope for him just because he has gone from top high school times to great collegiate times in a few weeks recently. The difference between Webb and the guys I can consistently cheer for (and retain hope for) is that they don't HAVE to keep coming back from high school times. Ritz battles injuries all the time; hell, the guy just took an entire year trying to get healthy, came back with a "weak" 5k effort in November, PR'd for the marathon in January.
But even his "weak" 5k was better than the sh*t Webb repeatedly comes back to the table with. This is why so many of us don't bother retaining hope. This is why he is constantly criticized. There are plenty of runners who deal with adversity and injury, none of them fall as far as Alan and, 1:52 to 3:35 notwithstanding, they show us much more consistent ability.
And stop talking about how hard he worked to run 1:43 and 3:46, right now I thoroughly believe Alan Webb is one BLESSED individual. He may have done work, but I struggle to believe it was ever that consistently hard. Maybe I'm wrong. Find me some training logs.
Does anyone think Webb win run another sub 4:00 mile?
Whitewomanrunningfaster wrote:
Does anyone think Webb win run another sub 4:00 mile?
Yes.
I think he was just testing his wig out. If it can take a fall like that chances are he won't have the problem Aggassi had where he choked because he was worried it might fly off in competition.
Guys this is exactly a descent sine for Webb. Had he not tripped he probably would have run 1:53 maybe 1:52. This is a very good improvement from a couple of weeks ago. This means he is getting faster and probably will get down to 1:46 by the end of the year. I'm still very confident he will make the trials and olympic team in the 1500, count on it!
If Webb medals, I will run a full mile at a public track fully nude.
stuck with match.com wrote:
I'm still very confident he will make the olympic team in the 1500, count on it!
No.
Viv Savage wrote:
this fall is bollocks. He maybe hit the "rail" - which is PVC pipes cut in half, laid loose on the ground - but this is not enough to cause a person to fall.
He realized he might not win, and somewhere in his unconscious, he needed to fall.
Oh bullsh*t he did not fall on purpose.
I eat Alan's girl for lunch.
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