Alan Webb 182 at club nats?

Oh God, not another t r o l l.

lost a shoe

always an excuse for webb

remember that sprint in the middle of the race for no reason, I think it was WC's

what a dumb ass

readrun wrote:

i watched that race wrote:

Awesomely deep and strong field for that race. There are plenty of well-known names buried pretty deep in the standings for that race.

Agreed.

This is the problem with getting older as a runner. Guys don't all of the sudden lose their desire to lace up and toe the line, so you'll see an Alan Webb type show up in the results of races from time to time. But people will always hold runners to the standards of their prime, which obviously is a very short window.

I think it's always cool when guys who have tasted the very top continue to compete as they get older and inevitably slower. It shows they love what they do and that they're not restricted by their egos.

Yeah but a runner at the caliber of which Alan was at doesn't fall this far off of their prime especially before 35 yrs old. It's insane that he fell this far off, even Chris solinsky hasn't fallen this far and he has definitely fallen off. I can't help but to think theirs something more to this something that we haven't yet discovered or can find in a study but his body is clearly not functioning the same. I would think it's a neurological thing but I'm no doctor. Lagat is just starting to fall off and he's much off of what he was a yr or two ago

Ryan Hall has fallen just as far, I believe. In any case, if he really could have run 30:xx on a 10k XC course while triathlon training, then it's hardly like he sucks.

You know, like Solinsky, Webb had a hamstring injury which he tried to run through, plus, I think a chronic thing with his achilles? Serious chronic innjuries take a big toll not only on your ability to train hard but also on your top end speed, the efficiency of your stride etc etc.

There are tons of examples, actually. Shorter went from world beater to also ran because he pushed it too long on a stress fracture. Even though equipment and training has cut down the injury rate from back in the day, injuries still play a large role in our sport. I think we forget that sometimes.

"Not surprising, as with almost all 1500m runners he was never an XC standout to begin with."

-typical Letsrun uneducated response. If you say it enough though, you'll believe it to be true. How does 11th as a freshman at NC's grab you?

Anyone noticed former USA team member Scott Bauhs in 78 place (Asics Aggies).

He's lost some momentum too.

So 11th as a freshman at NCAA's makes him an XC standout? Not buying it. For one race, one season, sure. Had he focused and trained for longer stuff in succeeding years and gotten even better results he could have earned the standout label but I don't give it to him based only on potential.

Now we can see why he really left U Michigan

stanhope wrote:

Anyone noticed former USA team member Scott Bauhs in 78 place (Asics Aggies).

He's lost some momentum too.

He ran sub 64 at the Monterey half a month ago ... will be at the trials

AW Pharmacy wrote:

So 11th as a freshman at NCAA's makes him an XC standout? Not buying it. For one race, one season, sure. Had he focused and trained for longer stuff in succeeding years and gotten even better results he could have earned the standout label but I don't give it to him based only on potential.

Webb was not an XC standout because he focused on racing 1500m. When he did race XC, or 5000m, or 10000m, he did pretty well.

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