2007 USA Championships 1500m

[carsten011640]

Alan Webb is honestly one of the most muscular endurance runners ive ever seen, shows in his sprint finish!

[kozmon0t]

Webb showed he can win a champeenship but he has to learn to place in an Olympic trials

[masterbutan]

I thought its Kobe 0:48 LOL

[xcrunner000]

kinda cool that the three guys wearing black and red milers were the ones to make it...

[PickledHarrrington]

Webb's kick is so inspiring... what happened?

[GetUpAndTryAgain]

manzano stuck to webb's surge like a magnet during the last 50m!

[kungfusoccer77]

lol @ the lady trying to give the japanese flag @ 5:20

"Alan! Alan! Japanese!"

[4241600m]

haha

[Exorcist92]

@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

[delewareboy]

He might not be the most consistent, but he has a world record, an american record, and he beat lagat at least TWICE. That should be enough for people to stop trash talking him.

[M3anDAD]

webbs kick was scary!!!

[eseperro213]

yo pensando que lagat iva ganar

y va ganando webb

el que agarro el segundo lugar es latino?

alguien sabe?

[saikirari]

超うれしそう

[pur01mexicano]

I don't think he was celebrating when Lagat smoked him at the WORLD championships and won gold hahaha.

[kdrast03]

is it better to run with nothing under the shorts?

[nickstabblack]

@kdrast03 Oh yah

[lsufan1234]

yea

[okonh0wp]

@kdrast03 i'm not sure, but certainly a good question

[iamreally9]

on the home straight with about 20m to go webb lliterally just moves up a gear

[9s0b04trieph1dy6]

it's funny how all you faggots that talk shit about the best runners in the world don't realize you're just in gay love with other male runners you don't criticize.

[deco9987]

haha, good point. I see the light now mate. I'll start fucking guys from here on out. Thanks for the highbrow analysis of the athletics culture, there

[xcrunner000]

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"

[eseperro213]

haha

thats funny ey

[GetUpAndTryAgain]

i dont think they give enough credit to leo manzano sometimes

[moye41]

i totally agreed he was a junior at texas

[GetUpAndTryAgain]

yeah i live in texas and he actually went to one of my cross country meets and signed some autographs for people and stuff.

[miler726]

I love Leo's emotion on his face when he kicks.

And Webb didn't make it to Beijing lol

[iamreally9]

gebreselassies is still the best though :)

[ahoymatey46]

manzanoooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooo

i've been running against him in tx in hs. now he is like a 1500m god in NCAA

[ellisdog00]

monzano just kicked webbs ass! olympics baby! say what...yeah that's right monzano's going to the olympics and webbs not. suck it bitch!

[nwkennon]

TEXAS FIGHT!

[Mrcg12190]

webb's final 100m is probably the best in the world right now..if he could just be near the front in the olympics he might actually do something

[runmatt]

no lol

webb has never been known for his final 100m ability. He was blown away in the last 100m in the olympic qualifying rounds for 1500m in 2004, and he got raped in the last 100m in the 2007 world championship 1500m, which was won by Lagat's stellar kick. You can more than sure that Lagat will be the gold medalist this year in the 1500m due to his long-standing experience in championship races.

[GetUpAndTryAgain]

That was a nice finish

[noeljtbroke]

it does seem like lagat is carrying webb.

[Sway213]

Is the announcer an idiot? He doesnt remember the last time Lagat couldnt respond to a moment like that...04 Olympics ring a bell??? Derrrrr

[runwithheart4]

Manzano Freaking Rules! I hope he beats all of them!

[ellisdog00]

I can't wait to see Manzano beat Webb. Manzano is way under rated

[xDCotton]

manzano wont beat webb

[ellisdog00]

manzano won't what?

[HeshimaJameni]

Bernard Lagat had the last laugh by winning two gold medals at the world track and field championships in 1500m and 5000m.

[NideronVideos]

What a race!

Webb Rocks

[BongosDK]

WOW Webs burst at the end is so fast!

[Timothy513]

im a 1500m runner and theres guys are fukin rockets

my time in the dubs was 4:49 i know i had a bad day but i still won by lots :) and now im in the al-irelands any tips :) by the way im 14

[rosevillerunner]

tips for what? just keep running and you will improve

[Timothy513]

i know that i posted without thinking and i dont know how to delete it i wish it didnt post that lol

[XDominationStationX]

What's your 3000m time? Your one of the best in ireland

at age 14?

[mosotkm]

I think Webb had a little bit left at the end. By the way, what ever happened to Andy Powell? I thought he was going to be an Olympiad like Webb.

[cheemoana1991]

Andy Powell went to run for Stanford after highschool, but injury and the fact that he was never, ever, anywhere close to as good Webb was kept him from doing anything spectacular.

[SportzFSU]

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

[salsasonic]

I know right? Webb was like half-bald in the Olympic 1500! Props to VA distance running.

[wscards]

dont hhate on webb, hes strictly a miler

[yeunewb]

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.

[funkymario]

which milers have a better kick than Alan webb ? you must be jocking lol, i think you never saw Hicham el guerrouj's races, when there is 300 meters left in a race a hicham elguerrouj kick will leave his oppenents 50 to 80 meters behind..

[sarniatrack1]

El G and Webb have different types of kicks. El G runs away from people, whereas Webb, lets people try to run away from him, but hangs on and surges about 50m from the tape again, where he still has the reserves from drafting for not 1300m or 1200m but 1450m

[yeunewb]

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.

[1MileRunner]

Gotta be the hair.

[1quickDr]

WOW, what a beast kick. This is the Webb that will go places. This is the Webb that can run under 3:30. VA represent baby!

[simonj73]

did you see the annoying lady after the finish? @ 5:20 "Alan, Alan. Grab these, grab these." geez give him a break

[aaronj77]

DCsolorunner repping the stat!!

[madvegamusic]

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.

[realrunner2000]

I'm mad they didn't mention Monzano until the end.

[pianoxwires]

wow alan webb has hair?

[BongosDK]

yes lol

[keving1214]

mazano is like 5'4 - 5'5...lagat is 5'7

[phirobins]

im surprise at manzano his only like 5'7 and he beat lagat.wow!!

[fjohnson41]

legat is still da best

[theoberman]

announcers suck... he didn't beat lagat at pre. He won at the reebok GP.

[need4speed4245]

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

[HeshimaJameni]

Lagat ran the 5000m semifinal two hours earlier.

[xcguy411]

ya he did, still pretty sweet though.

[aidanlynch001111]

unreal... webb is the man, for now, haha

[sometimesidothings]

AAAHHHHHHHH!

awesome race. thanks for posting.