Alan Webb never WANTED to be a marathoner, but he would have been the best in the world

Talk to gour doctor, your medication needs to be adjusted (again).

I play a doctor on LRC wrote:

Talk to gour doctor, your medication needs to be adjusted (again).

Don't worry, I'll take care of it! :)

Short, yes, and that's a plus, but his legs are like tree trunks. Fine for the mile but the best marathoners have thin legs and small calves.

How do you know Webb was clean? I would bet he was just as juiced as his competition.

Not Jamin wrote:

Webb grew up in the wealthy suburbs of Washington DC. Not exactly Appalachian poverty.

C'mon. His childhood home is worth no more than 800k.

Wrong, too muscle bound. Flywire spikes are terrible the Avantis from Adidas are superior to Nike, that is why Gebrhiwet is so fast. You need to live at high altitude, according to Renato.

???????? wrote:

the430miler wrote:

1. Fastest caucasian miler of all time

2. Fastest non African miler of all time

8. He did all of this growing up in severe desperate Appalachian poverty.

1. Steve Cram

2. Moroccans and Algerians are Arabic.

3. No.

What continent is Morroco in? How about Algeria.

Yep. Both in Africa.

Chris Froome is as African as KIp Keino.

??????????????????? wrote:

Deightarm wrote:

The two are not mutually exclusives.

Morocco and Algeria are in Africa. They are African. No one is saying they are black.

Would you consider the Dutch and English who live in South Africa African?

Yes...because they're from Africa

Just Christ move the f**k on from Alan Webb. There is a reason he accomplished next to nothing his entire international career. He was a pathetic and spoiled brat that couldn't dedicate himself to any training program. Webb constantly expected himself to improve at the rates he did as a kid and had tantrums when it took long periods of time to see results. How many times did he change events/coaches? How many times did he end up injured and completely failing to make any notable achievements for a season?

He ran two notably fast races in a decade as a pro athlete and you slow ass white boys idolize him like he had the talent to be the greatest in human history. Speculate all you want but Webb was never going to be a world beater. His body couldn't handle the grind of athlete training and his mind lacked the maturity to focus on a single goal.

I hear that Alan Webb is also a huge Washington Redskins fan!

1:43, 3:30, 3:46 and 10k in ~27:30 in a relatively short period of time 12 years ago was actually quite notable then, and is still impressive now. He absolutely should be a multi-time medalist with those wheels, but it did not work out that way.

For you youngsters, look up the name rod dixon.

Dwightarm wrote:

Also, racially, many Arabs would be considered white. So the argument can be made for both El G and Morceli to be considered fastest white guys.

However, aside from them, Steve Cram ran faster than Alan Webb.

In the United States, the root term Caucasian has also often been used in a different, societal context as a synonym for white or of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestry. Its usage in American English has been criticized.

Also you guys so freaking dense to the obvious troll.

Lol nope wrote:

the430miler wrote:

Seeing how extremely short and stalky he is, he would have hang glided his way easily past all 26 miles.

A short list of webbs accomplishments......

1. Fastest caucasian miler of all time

2. Fastest non African miler of all time

3. Fastest miler from the western hemisphere

4. 5th fastest human to ever run the mile.

5. He did all of this while being only 5 and a half feet tall.

6. He did all of this growing up in low altitude.

7. He did all of this before nike invented lightweight spikes with flywire technology. He ran in spikes weighing over 5.2 ounces, not sub 3 ounces like today's hottshots.

8. He did all of this growing up in severe desperate Appalachian poverty.

He grew in the rich burbs of Northern Va. Once the richest areas of the county.

seriously take this dense fool out back and beat him to a pulp.

Refer to Map wrote:

???????? wrote:

1. Steve Cram

2. Moroccans and Algerians are Arabic.

3. No.

What continent is Morroco in? How about Algeria.

Yep. Both in Africa.

A map doesn't tell you anything about their ethnicity.

Knowyourhistory wrote:

For you youngsters, look up the name rod dixon.

It's not about a lack of history, it's about rooting for and supporting another American, of which I am one.

Bonkers wrote:

??????????????????? wrote:

Would you consider the Dutch and English who live in South Africa African?

Yes...because they're from Africa

From Wikipedia, they break the ethnicities down into African, white, color, Indian/Asian and other.

Not a dumb down American wrote:

Refer to Map wrote:

What continent is Morroco in? How about Algeria.

Yep. Both in Africa.

A map doesn't tell you anything about their ethnicity.

African is not an ethnicity. Any more than American is. Or European.