- See Less -Alan Webb jumped into the national scene in high school with his success at the Footlocker National Cross Country Championships and more notably with his success in the mile. He smashed Jim Ryun's HSR of 3:55.3 at the Prefontaine Classic with a time of 3:53.43. Webb is also the first high schooler ever to run a sub 4:00 mile indoors.
After a year of running at the University of Michigan, Webb turned pro and started running for Nike under high school coach, Scott Raczko. He broke the American Record in the Two Mile at Nike Prefontaine Classic in 2005 in 8:11.48. Webb has since broke Steve Scott's American Mile Record (3:47.69) in Brasschaat, Belgium in a time of 3:46.91 and has also racked up personal bests of 1:43.84 in the 800m and 3:30.54 in the 1500m.
if you subtract 1:00 off my mile time
Ive never ran indoor so i was wondering is this a pretty slow track, given the sharp turns without embanked sides?
I'm working out on one Tuesdays right now, and the times I'm putting up for my intervals are usually slow by around 1/2 - 1sec. per 200m compared to what I would do on an outdoor track.
I would definitely put an asterisk beside any time recorded on such a track; it'd be worth a faster time on almost any other track.
in a few months when he is running fast everyone will be ready to stroke the shaft. He ran so easy.. If any of people actually knew anything about running or the history of it then you would understand that he ran in a small meet, doubled up, and went really easy. all of you morons that think German can beat him are ed.. German is great don't get me wrong, just wait for webb to get back on his game. I'm not saying he will be Willis next weekend but he will run a solid race coming off of his worst year of racing.. (keep in mind he got down to a 3:35 last year, none of you posting could even dream of running that fast)
And also I love this guy cause he isn't a punk.. He is a nice guy and when you meet him the second time he remembers you from the first time. He isn't out hitting the bong like Phelps.
What's the status with Nike contract?