Now, some people think a time closer to 3:48 or even
3:47 is not beyond reason. [snip] Could Webb start to approach these times
as soon as next summer
AS much as I think Alan Webb is great and doing everything right ... I would
give all takers 10:1 odds on him NOT RUNNING 3:47.XX for 1 mile
John Dye [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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AS much as I think Alan Webb is great and doing everything right
... I would
give all takers 10:1 odds on him NOT RUNNING 3:47.XX for 1 mile
this summer.
What odds would you have given a year ago that
--- Mcewen, Brian T [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Moving from the 3:36-38 level he was at in '01 all the way to 3:31 is a
lot of improvement, even between 18 and 19 when you are likely to mature
a lot.
Going from 4:00 to 3:53 (mile) in the same one year span isn't exactly
child's play...
But
I think Brian is correct in his assessment. I'd almost be willing to take
bets that he does not PR in the mile this summer. I say this not as an
insult or intended disrespect but simply because the chances of everything
being just right again are small. The benefits of a different training
What odds would you have given a year ago that he would improve from
4:03 to
3:53 in his senior year in High School?
5:1 ... and it would have been a good bet. Considering only 1 US
high-schooler had ever run under 3:59 and that one was 35 years earlier ...
Nobody expected a 3:53. Not even
I tried sending this a few days ago, but it doesn't seem to have made it
through to the list. So, here it goes again, as best as I can piece it
together from memory.
--- Martin Dixon wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/sports/27WEBB.html?ex=1005221221ei=1en=fec901d09013dffe
An item from
In a message dated Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:52:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, Dan Kaplan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Probably at least as many chances as he had with his intentionally limited racing
schedule the past two years. If ElG continues to race at Pre, and if Webb is in good
enough shape to
