Alan Webb is running 400 leg of a DMR on Friday -- can he split his mile AR pace (56.4)?

But he's a Triathlete now and they are notoriously slower than runners...

LRdoublestandard wrote:

Once again letsrun dumbfounds me. We have damn near everyone posting who claims they, while "out of shape," and "old" can "easily jog" a 15 something 5k. Yet somehow a man still in his early 30's, with a mile PR of 3:46, who by all accounts still runs and maintains a decent level of fitness is believed by some to only be capable of a 67 400m?

Come on ya turds. I was a very mediocre runner in high school (17:42 5k) and routinely ran sub 60 400's at the end of of dual meets. Even now, at 32 I unable to break 18:30 for a 5k, I can still handle a 62 400 with 25mpw and limited speed sessions.

Alan Webb can run sub 60. Alan Webb will run sub 60 10 years from now with 15mpw and strides only.

LRdoublestandard wrote:

Once again letsrun dumbfounds me. We have damn near everyone posting who claims they, while "out of shape," and "old" can "easily jog" a 15 something 5k. Yet somehow a man still in his early 30's, with a mile PR of 3:46, who by all accounts still runs and maintains a decent level of fitness is believed by some to only be capable of a 67 400m?

Come on ya turds. I was a very mediocre runner in high school (17:42 5k) and routinely ran sub 60 400's at the end of of dual meets. Even now, at 32 I unable to break 18:30 for a 5k, I can still handle a 62 400 with 25mpw and limited speed sessions.

Alan Webb can run sub 60. Alan Webb will run sub 60 10 years from now with 15mpw and strides only.

Agreed.

If Tony Gonzalez showed up at your family picnic and jumped into your pickup football game, would you expect him to get owned by your 15-year-old nephew who is a third-stringer on the JV team at his high school? That's basically what people here are predicting about Webb--that he's gone from world class to worse than JV kids with a few years away from elite level competition.

If Webb had put on 40lbs and hadn't run a step in the last year, sure, he might be that bad. But the guy is clearly still running and still in decent shape.

The real question here is who the eff gets the American mile record holder to run on your DMR and has them run the mile???

Didn't Alistair Brownlee run a 28:30 something 10k? He is "slow" by pro runner standards... but certainly fast for someone who trains more than just running....Dude can drop a 60 second quarter. I promise.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:

But he's a Triathlete now and they are notoriously slower than runners...

LRdoublestandard wrote:

Once again letsrun dumbfounds me. We have damn near everyone posting who claims they, while "out of shape," and "old" can "easily jog" a 15 something 5k. Yet somehow a man still in his early 30's, with a mile PR of 3:46, who by all accounts still runs and maintains a decent level of fitness is believed by some to only be capable of a 67 400m?

Come on ya turds. I was a very mediocre runner in high school (17:42 5k) and routinely ran sub 60 400's at the end of of dual meets. Even now, at 32 I unable to break 18:30 for a 5k, I can still handle a 62 400 with 25mpw and limited speed sessions.

Alan Webb can run sub 60. Alan Webb will run sub 60 10 years from now with 15mpw and strides only.

Apparently Alan Webb is incapable of beating a high school freshman track runner whose only previous training was soccer... 60 seconds isn't very fast people.

51.8 or thereabouts. Webb has serious talent a fact which was "revealed" here on LR when he was training with AlSal in OR. Webb has good basic speed mechanics for a guy who ran 27:30 at 10k. Watch his 1:43.84 800 from 07.

EASY

WEBB IS BACK BABY!

Webb runs somewhere between 50.17 and 50.19.

This is not only the American record holder but also a 1:46 800 guy, right? He's barely 30. Yeah, somewhere between 50.16 and 50.20.

48.xx.

Warm up, the anticipation, the comp. Competitive juices flow, 48.xx looking relaxed, feeling relaxed. 2017 comeback tour. The first of the BIG THREE RETURNS.

If Raczko's coaching him, I say 54.5. Otherwise, 61 flat.

LRdoublestandard wrote:

Yet somehow a man still in his early 30's, with a mile PR of 3:46, who by all accounts still runs and maintains a decent level of fitness is believed by some to only be capable of a 67 400m?

This. I ran 67 with no specific speed training at 38 years old. I've never broken 5 in the mile. If Alan Webb can't break 67 (barring injury), I'll eat my spikes.

what does the board think his mile time would be given only the info we have

he ran a 28 second 200 at undisclosed effort

he questions if he can run 56.5 for a 400 under race conditions.

Wonder what is 400m swim was and his 10k cycling time trial.

I assume that Triathlete's still train in BRICKS right?

If he is healthy and actually trying, I would bet every last nickel I have he goes under 56.

nothing between 50.0 and 60 would surprise greatly me given the obvious talent and that he's retired. Some guys can sprint on next to zero training and other guys lose it pretty fast.

Alan Webb's Triceps wrote:

WEBB IS BACK BABY!

no,

WEBB IS BLACK BABY!

Um, Webb went from World Class to JV while he WAS STILL A PRO..

Webb sacrificed the gift and his talent DID go away.