I think we should boo Jason Lunn!!

lets all boo lunn that mofo!

Everyone knows you don't "boo" jackasses, you throw stuff at them.

he is also an anti-semite, got arrested for some grafittii at standford

He came off as a bit of a moron in that interview. I would love to see Webb take off with 600-800 to go and run his ass into the ground.

Does anyone have a link to this article?

Lunn would be more credible if he had the A standard. This sounds as silly as Stember criticizing Laget a few months ago.

It's not exactly Bannister versus Landy or Coe versus Ovett, but the men's 1500 meter final, which could come down to a two-man race between defending national champion Jason Lunn, and a rejuvenated Alan Webb, has a few people talking.

One of them was Lunn himself. He spoke Friday afternoon at a press conference sponsored by his management team, Global Athletics. Lunn was jet-lagged and spike-marked from a recent trip to Europe that saw him get within one-tenth of a second of the Olympic "A" standard. Lunn laid down the gauntlet to Webb in two succinct sentences. ""He [Webb] has run really well in rabbited races," Lunn said. "Let's see how well he does in a non-rabbitted race."

Webb has the four fastest times by an American this year (3:32.73 in Ostrava; 3:33.70 in Hengelo; 3:34.42 during the mile at Prefontaine; and a 3:35.71 to start the season at the Home Depot Meet). On paper it appears that Lunn, who has yet to break 3:36, does not have much of a chance. Yet Lunn is convinced otherwise.

"I'm gooing to go for the win," said the U.S.'s only 1500 meter runner at the Paris World Champs last year (Lunn was eliminted in the semifinals).

Lunn said he envisions three scenarios for the race. The first is a strong push by Webb from 600 meters out. "Alan came hammer the last lap and a half by himself," said Lunn, who admitted that this scenario would be the hardest for him to deal with.

The second would be a kick a lap out. Lunn said his all-out 400 meter speed (47.9) is comparable with Webb's. He also pointed to two last lap perfoprmances: A 54-second last lap during the 2000 Olympic 1500 final. And a 52-second final oval during his qualifying round in Paris.

The third scenario would be a kick from 200 to 100 out. This is Lunn's best chance, and on Friday he appeared to be baiting Webb to get involved in this kind of race. "I can close," he said. "That's important in a championships race. I can explode, change the gears. And I've never seen Alan run like that."

Lunn said he won't be chasing a time on Sunday, just the win. And then he would go over to Europe and nail the standard.

But first things first. "If I were in his shoes," Lunn said of Webb, "I would be nervous. There's extra pressure on him."

Thank you.

What Lunn said is mostly true. There will lots of eyes focused squarely on Webb, and if he does not perform, he will be facing some tough questions.

Lunn, however, should worry a bit more about himself. Lunn is treading a very fine line with his run from the back race style. You know Webb is going to take it out very hard, and Gruber has been mimmicking that as well, so if Lunn's not careful, dude could get bounced.

i you're gonna boo him for that you need to get off webb's jock. i thought from people's reactions that he had actually talked trash. you messageboard addicts get all worked up over nothing. dont bother posting a reply barking back at me, i wouldn't want to interrupt you jerkin to pictures of webb. i like webb, but you're either his secret admirer or lunn killed your mother or somethin. get a life.

Lunn talks about his explosiveness, and his last lap speed, but when I was watching the 1500 at the Pre Classic, I observed Gruber refusing the give up the lead, and Lunn for all his last 200 speed, couldn't get around him.

Sound and Vision wrote:

Lunn, however, should worry a bit more about himself. Lunn is treading a very fine line with his run from the back race style. You know Webb is going to take it out very hard, and Gruber has been mimmicking that as well, so if Lunn's not careful, dude could get bounced.

What makes you think he's not worrying about himself. His agenet put on a press conference, Lunn answered the questions exactly the way you SHOULD expect them to be coming from someone who's running the Trials to win. Where's the beef?

""He [Webb] has run really well in rabbited races," Lunn said. "Let's see how well he does in a non-rabbitted race."

Translated: Webb has balls, lets see him try and run with the rest of us ballsless 1500m types and get the job done in a race where the only thing we're trying to accomplish is to see who can run the fastest last 100m of the 1500m.

What a bunch of Webb polesmokers you are. Lunn gave an honest interview. If anything it just made the trials a bit more exciting. I'm sure Webb would approve of teh interview. He is confident, Lunn is confident, I'm sure Stember is as well. Good. They should be. And as for teh post saying Stember should have been quiet on the Lagat case that is BS. That drug cheat is going to medal and detroy someones dream as a result.

two things:

when the hell has lunn ever gone 47.9

2) 2000 Oly final? pleauuusee

what happened in 2000 little guy?

Whoever wrote the article was mistaken. Lunn never claimed to make the Olympic team in 2000.

Career Highlights: 2003 USA Outdoor Champion; 2002, 2003 USA Indoor champ

Lunn captured his second career national championship by winning the 2003 USA Indoor mile title over fellow Stanford alum Michael Stember by a half-second margin, and then added the outdoor title as well. Lunn won his first national title by winning the 2002 national indoor mile crown. He enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2000, finishing 2nd in the mile at the U.S. Indoor Championships and 4th in the 1500m at the U.S. Olympic Trials. After running 3:45s throughout 1999, Lunn served notice of what was to come in 2000 when he ran 3:40 in Canada late in the season. Lunn had the opportunity to make the U.S. Olympic Team by making the Olympic ‘A’ standard following the Trials. He bettered the standard of 3:36.80 with a PR of 3:36.74 in Zurich, but was bumped off the U.S. roster when his former Stanford teammate Michael Stember, who finished 3rd at the Trials, bettered the standard later in the season.

2004: 5th at USA Indoors (3:42.95)…9th in 3,000m at adidas Boston Indoor Games (7:47.20i). 3:36.38 Ostrava GP

2003: USA Indoor 1500m champion (3:42.23)…USA Outdoor 1500m champion (3:44.00)…10th in semi-final at World Outdoors (3:41.71)...1st at Home Depot Invitational (3:57.59)…3rd at Tyson Foods Invitational indoors (3:55.49PR)…5th at adidas Boston Indoor Games (3:40.53)….6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic Mile (3:54.43, U.S. Leader)…9th in Zagreb (3:36.99)…bests of 3:36.99 & 3:54.43…ranked #2 in U.S. by T&FN.

2002: USA Indoor champ (3:57.45)…5th at USA Outdoors (3:41.96)… 4th (mile) at adidas Midwest Track Classic (3:58.58)…12th at Nike Prefontaine (4:00.69)…ranked #6 in U.S. by T&FN…bests of 3:57.45i & 3:40.42.

2001: 2nd in USA Indoor mile (3:59.79)…5th in opening round 1500m at World Indoors (3:40.42)…5th in opening round at USA Outdoors (3:42.78)…2nd at Peregrine Systems U.S. Open (3:41:65)…ranked #8 in 1,500m in U.S. by T&FN…best of 3:36.5h in Heusden and 3:59.01.

2000: 4th at 1500 at Olympic Trials (3:37.24)...2nd at 2000 USA Indoor mile (3:58.50)...ranked 5th in U.S. by T&FN...best of 3:36.74PR.

[quote]Sound and Vision wrote:

What Lunn said is mostly true. There will lots of eyes focused squarely on Webb, and if he does not perform, he will be facing some tough questions.

Lunn, however, should worry a bit more about himself. You know Webb is going to take it out very hard,

The fact is:you don't know what Webb or anyone else is going to do. This is why we have races. Look at the "surprises" thus far. We have more surprises coming in the 5000, the 800, and the 1500 for both the men and women.

I haven't read the article yet, but based on this thread I see nothing wrong with Lunn's comments. Let the races begin!