Re: Radcliffe in Oregon

Tony said:

Aesop wrote in message ...

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Anybody see the race ?

It was on NBC yesterday, they showed the big pileup, including
Radcliffe. Good men's 2 mile race with some young kenyan phenom
striding away, and Alan Webb gritting it out for 2nd and an new
American record 8:11....

-Tony

"Gritting it out" is what u used to describe Webb's performance. I look at
it a bit differently. Webb was smoked by Kipchoge. Breaking the Amercian
record and barely at that is non factor when u end up losing the race by
almost 5 secs.

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Tony said:

Aesop wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

Anybody see the race ?

It was on NBC yesterday, they showed the big pileup, including
Radcliffe. Good men's 2 mile race with some young kenyan phenom
striding away, and Alan Webb gritting it out for 2nd and an new
American record 8:11....

-Tony

"Gritting it out" is what u used to describe Webb's performance. I look at
it a bit differently. Webb was smoked by Kipchoge. Breaking the Amercian
record and barely at that is non factor when u end up losing the race by
almost 5 secs.

I agree kipchoge ran a beautiful race. I don't know where you're from. I'd
always cheer the local getting a record for their country. I happen to be
American, but I'm not generally a fan of Alan Webb, though he very obvously
did
"grit it out" to get 2nd, and it was a strong effort.

-Tony

"Tony" <qtrader2@(remove)hotmail.com> wrote

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I agree kipchoge ran a beautiful race. I don't know where you're from. I'd
always cheer the local getting a record for their country. I happen to be
American, but I'm not generally a fan of Alan Webb, though he very
obvously
did "grit it out" to get 2nd, and it was a strong effort.

Webb also ran the 4k and 12k national XC championships, too, one day apart.
He qualified for the national XC team for the 4k and dropped out halfway
through the 12k after running much of it in 2nd place. He doesn't seem to
be ducking challenges.

(the winner of the Mt. Wilson trail race ran the 12k nationals, too,
finishing in the middle of the pack)