Running with Alan Webb at Club Cross

Teams will have assigned boxes at the start. Alan will be in the Bowerman box with his teammates.

You should be in the box assigned to your team.

If you don't have a team, there are some boxes available for unattached runners. If you are really foolish enough to go to clubs to try to run with Alan, then pick the open box nearest the Bowerman box.

I hope marriage and fatherhood have mellowed Webb, because he was never pleasant to fellow runners. He was nice to professional runners for a hot week in high school when he paced off them to set records.

Weeeigh wrote:

agip wrote:

The sport is unique that we can run with the stars - might as well enjoy it.

False. You do not get to run with them in the world championship finals nor do you start in the elite wave of road races. Any time you actually run with them is no different than an NFL/NBA guy playing some pickup in the community.

Yeah, because NFL/NBA stars sign up for the rec flag football league or shoot hoops at the local park. All the time!

Is your name Brian Roth by any chance?

YungFartlek wrote:

Do you have the thread for that? Sounds really funny/interesting

80s kid wrote:

What's more creepy, this post or the creeper who posted a pic of a girl in a coffee shop and stalked her for 3 hours only to add her on Facebook and give his number without getting hers?

It's right here

Say "hey man," wish him luck, and race your race. He was there in Lexington a couple of years ago and he's a normal, friendly person.

ChiefKeefer wrote:

What are the odds I will be able find Alan Webb at Club Cross in San Fran, so I can run with him? We've been running some similar results lately, on similar courses, and I think it'd be legit to find him and give him a good race. Huge idol of mine, and I heard on the boards he would be running there, so I wanna make this happen!!

The odds ain't good. I was in Ireland in September and saw he was third in a road race near Cork city where he is training with a Tri group of some sort. I asked if it was THAT Alan Webb and was assured it was.

Nope just a lonely runner from Chi-town

Inquisitive wrote:

Is your name Brian Roth by any chance?

ayy wrote:

I met Webb when I was in high school in 2011 at a George Mason home meet. He was really standoff-ish and wouldn't take a picture with me. Not sure if he'd want to run with you for fun, but if it's during the race go for it.

Perhaps you caught him at an opportune time because normally he goes out of way for H.S. kids. Bear in mind that Alan is a human being and no one is capable of being 100% gracious to 100% of the people, $100% of the time.

To the guy that wants to run with Alan, the meet is not so large that if you simply walk around you, you will most likely spot him and he is pretty distinctive looking after all. I would check the elite/VIP tent as a starter, but be warmed, Alan like everyone else will be focusing on preparing to race.