After the NCAA Championships earlier this month, I was thinking that Leo Manzano needs to move up to 5000. But now its clear that he can run with the best.
I love Lagat's face when hugging webb. Its the look of "Calm the F**k down Webb you beat me after i ran the 5k & plus you'll probably suck at the world championships anyway"
he ran a sweet debut 10k...i dunno, i think he has good range. ofc, i guess if you're talking world class maybe he doesn't...but i still think he'd be sweet at a whole host of distances if he trained for them. we saw him run that 1:45 5 days before he pulled out that 3:30, so he can come down at least. but yea, he's optimally a miler...perfect high speed/strength mix. which milers have better kicks than him? his speed is sick.
yea, el guerrouj is sick. but a kick to me is the last 150, like a strideout - pretty much top end speed. the last 300 meters is more strength in my book. and in the last 150 i still think alan webb is pretty damn formidable relative to his peers.
@kungfusoccer77 It's because the World Championship was being held in Osaka Japan that year, other athletes were given Japanese flags as well. Still funny though hehe
Notice how Manzano just latches on to that surge Webb made in the last 50m.
Alan Webb is honestly one of the most muscular endurance runners ive ever seen, shows in his sprint finish!
After the NCAA Championships earlier this month, I was thinking that Leo Manzano needs to move up to 5000. But now its clear that he can run with the best.
Crazy to see lagat place 3rd at the US championships then win the world championship a couple months later
is it better to run with nothing under the shorts?
I thought its Kobe 0:48 LOL
legat is still da best
mazano is like 5'4 - 5'5...lagat is 5'7
I love Lagat's face when hugging webb. Its the look of "Calm the F**k down Webb you beat me after i ran the 5k & plus you'll probably suck at the world championships anyway"
Chris Lukezic probably a billionaire now.
and then lagat goes on to win the 1500m in Osaka and Webb goes downnnnnn...
Leo Manzano disrupted the narrative.
Webb's strategy was good even though he front ran some
It's much harder on the kick to be the hunted, It seems to me to be easier to be the hunter
Webb's kick is so inspiring... what happened?
i saw this on tv today. good stuff. lagat might have won had he not won the 5000 meters the day before. domination either way
he ran a sweet debut 10k...i dunno, i think he has good range. ofc, i guess if you're talking world class maybe he doesn't...but i still think he'd be sweet at a whole host of distances if he trained for them. we saw him run that 1:45 5 days before he pulled out that 3:30, so he can come down at least. but yea, he's optimally a miler...perfect high speed/strength mix. which milers have better kicks than him? his speed is sick.
yea, el guerrouj is sick. but a kick to me is the last 150, like a strideout - pretty much top end speed. the last 300 meters is more strength in my book. and in the last 150 i still think alan webb is pretty damn formidable relative to his peers.
That last 50 was so fast! looks like he could have run another lap.
did you see the annoying lady after the finish? @ 5:20 "Alan, Alan. Grab these, grab these." geez give him a break
@kungfusoccer77 It's because the World Championship was being held in Osaka Japan that year, other athletes were given Japanese flags as well. Still funny though hehe
yo pensando que lagat iva ganar
y va ganando webb
el que agarro el segundo lugar es latino?
alguien sabe?
kinda cool that the three guys wearing black and red milers were the ones to make it...
I know right? Webb was like half-bald in the Olympic 1500! Props to VA distance running.
Thank you, just thank you
As a man reading this in August 2012, I must say you are absolutely right
i totally agreed he was a junior at texas
@kdrast03 i'm not sure, but certainly a good question
Commenting is horrid
how true this is four years later. great foresight!
haha
thats funny ey