WEBB IS BACK, BABY, 13:37

Webb has 3-5 pounds of fat he can lose based on watching the Flotrack feed. That alone is worth 15-25 seconds.

Long morning runs before breakfast for a month and suddenly he's in the front of that race, where it is dramatically easier to stay focused when the intensity/pain is through the roof.

That being said, losing the last 3-5 pounds is exceptionally difficult without tremendous motivation, and if he's making money and is happy emotionally where he is now, it won't happen. He needs to get fired up, pissed off, whatever emotion works for him, and drop that excess weight. Everyone knows he has the horsepower.

math is not back, baby! wrote:

bangalangadanga wrote:

I think it's a good sign too.

He went 4:20, 4:24, 4:30, 33.0 according to Brad Aagaard (Flostopwatch) - Honestly, that looks like a workout to me, but at the same time, it kind of doesn't.

4:20 +4:24= 8:44 + 4:30= 13:14 + 33= 13:47 BUT he ran a 13:37. what were his actual splits? if that last mile was really 4:20, then I would agree that this was a nice relaxed effort. anywho, good start, measured optimism, but a long way from being a factor come natls.

haha! looks like webb was at 8:24 at 3100 and 9:30 at 3500 meters. So, his last 1500 appears to be 4:07.

Here is a picture of Alan (blue kit in the back) at approximately 3500 meters.

Hayduke wrote:

What counts as a comeback to me would be someone who is competing. Webb is not competing. He slowed down and closed in a 30 sec 200???? Time may not matter early in the season, but a lack of heart always matters. I predict he will run decent times this year(around 13:10), but will never be anywhere the lead in a race that matters, and will probably run about 13:40 at USATF..... oh and whoever was talking about time to develop......whuuuuut?

Do you know Alan Webb? He is the toughest guy mentally on the track circuit. He's been through more than you can imagine. Had it not been for injuries in 2008, he would have been the first person to break 3:40 and 1:40 .

What are you talking about? I could run a faster 5k than Webb right now, and I'm a 400/800 guy.

bangalangadana wrote:

haha! looks like webb was at 8:24 at 3100 and 9:30 at 3500 meters. So, his last 1500 appears to be 4:07.

Here is a picture of Alan (blue kit in the back) at approximately 3500 meters.

http://i.imgur.com/zYWzu5H.jpg

haha! looks like you should crop your screenshots. So, tell me about Jenna from NYC '12, you creepy stalker dude.

Clafary wrote:

Hayduke wrote:

What counts as a comeback to me would be someone who is competing. Webb is not competing. He slowed down and closed in a 30 sec 200???? Time may not matter early in the season, but a lack of heart always matters. I predict he will run decent times this year(around 13:10), but will never be anywhere the lead in a race that matters, and will probably run about 13:40 at USATF..... oh and whoever was talking about time to develop......whuuuuut?

Do you know Alan Webb? He is the toughest guy mentally on the track circuit. He's been through more than you can imagine. Had it not been for injuries in 2008, he would have been the first person to break 3:40 and 1:40 .

Webb makes Steve Holman look mentally tough. Someone with those p.r.'s and never makes an olympic final..... yea thats the definition of mentally tough.

He's back again. Tweeted that he ran two 5k's this weekend in low 16's.

Pacing his wife, or is he pure hobby jogger these days?

Hobby jogging. His wife isn't running low 16 5k.

He's ready for the 'TROT. Gobble, Gooble, MF.

Hypothetical. If you're Webb running a local turkey trot and you enter the last 200 neck and neck with a local age group champ, do you make the effort to kick or just coast in, too good to compete with a never been?

Male pattern baldness wrote:

Hypothetical. If you're Webb running a local turkey trot and you enter the last 200 neck and neck with a local age group champ, do you make the effort to kick or just coast in, too good to compete with a never been?

YOU DROP THAT MF!!!!

when you're the mile AR holder you do WTF you want.

I was in one of the races Webb is mentioning.

his breathing was overly labored about a half mile in (at 5:20ish pace), and I thought I would beat him, but he stuck with me for 2 miles (about 10:40ish). I knew I'd have to get away before the last 800 but couldn't change gears. I ran 16:39 and he ran 16:19 I think. He put 20 seconds on me in the last mile alone, meaning he ran about 4:50-5:00 on a grass xc course. he was not letting up

gotoutkickedbywebb wrote:

I was in one of the races Webb is mentioning.

his breathing was overly labored about a half mile in (at 5:20ish pace), and I thought I would beat him, but he stuck with me for 2 miles (about 10:40ish). I knew I'd have to get away before the last 800 but couldn't change gears. I ran 16:39 and he ran 16:19 I think. He put 20 seconds on me in the last 400 alone, meaning he ran about 4:50-5:00 on a grass xc course. he was not letting up

Amazing.

Woah Dude wrote:

gotoutkickedbywebb wrote:

I was in one of the races Webb is mentioning.

his breathing was overly labored about a half mile in (at 5:20ish pace), and I thought I would beat him, but he stuck with me for 2 miles (about 10:40ish). I knew I'd have to get away before the last 800 but couldn't change gears. I ran 16:39 and he ran 16:19 I think. He put 20 seconds on me in the last 400 alone, meaning he ran about 4:50-5:00 on a grass xc course. he was not letting up

Amazing.

WEBB IS BACK BABY!!!!! ONCE A GOAT ALWAYS A GOAT