Lol a runner trying to explain to a non runner... Story of my life

this would be a great interview if letterman knew anything about track lol

Alan Webb seems like a great guy. Good for him, I hope he has much success in his life.

As a freshman in high school runs a 4:23 first year .......crazy

I actually met him a year ago he was really cool

alan webb at it with that Jay joke!

wow I seeing distance running getting some interest and media attention

Webb's amazing!

That doesn't suck! That is great stuff!

Woahhh a 14 year old video on KZfaq, what a rarity!

nice dude

the mile should be the official race distance. 1500 blows.

he was in high school...running against THEE EL G

sound kind of like my PR's. Came out for track in Soph year 5:02, junior year 4:28, I'm a senior now and made 4:21 happen so far, year isn't quite over yet either.

oh there is 16a. i go the his school and there are 100,000 kids. he is super good.

The secret to his speed is his oddly shaped head.

"That's the idea" hahahahahah

"at least I didnt call you Jay"

"at least i didn't call you Jay".. lol!

My god, I just found the oldest video on youtube!

@phantomofthedrivein he ran 3:46 in 2007 which is the AR

Solid kicker

why does the audience laugh and clap at wierd moments like "you get better as you get more mature don't you?", "did you start getting fan mail from Europe?" Neither of those things should provoke laughter but the Dave Letterman audience laughs a lot. Anyway, I've met this guy and my friends ran with him in HS, he's cool

wat song was that they played when he came in?

@TheMachanga that actually made me laugh out loud

I went to Oakton High School, he went to South Lakes. He used to CRUSH our runners, and our runners were the 2nd best in the state. I think I beat him once in a race, but only cuz he wasn't trying :-)

110%

He could be the next Pre.

Anyone come back just for laughs?

good call, yeah that guys bro is def. full of it.

What is Webb's PR in the mile? just curious

his brother prolly ran 4 laps back and forth on the football field in 4:03 lol

hahaha funny guy.

@mjp589544 that's the attitude!

oh i see, ok, that makes sense

what year was this?

i agree with enderthegreat. didnt live up to what everyone thought he would. but still a great runner.

If you run a 4:17 in 7th grade you're either 15 and still in 7th grade or you are not from the United States. Are you from Europe or Africa?

@TheMachanga so you're an Olympic world champion in your age group... wait so you also have a world age group record by over 1 minute? ok sure dude

My one mile time consists of certain digits :o wut?

well im running 3:44 in the mile and im only a freshman

@sanitary103 3:46 i think

dude....25 is peak performance time. if anything, its most likely that he'll drop the most time when he's at this age.

College sports works like this. 1. You must be an elite athlete first. 2. You go to the college and work your ass off and get good to great coaching and compete. 2. The college makes all the money. So to summarize this for you...does this even need summarizing?

4:23 WHAT THE FUCK HOW DO YOU DO THIS IN YOUR FIRST YEAR OF TRAINING

are you serious!?!?!?!? He was a high school kid running against a world record holder in the mile. Alan shattered the national high school record. I am sorry but that is 10/10 on the dumb scale.

at least he didn't call him "Jay."

@rockinsurfkid man, im a sophomore and mine is only 5:35

What State?

lol :)

@rockinsurfkid He just ran a 4:02 two months ago and almost went sub 14. But he is from kenya.........go figure

@fastmover564 yea, I'm not doing track this year tho, gotta focus on football

Im not sure if he can break the world record. It'll be a while until El Guerrouj will be dethroned.

...I ran a 3:19 mile and I'm 6 years old...

He seems so rehearsed. I've met the guy in real life, he's cool, though.

haha hes funny. two wives lololol. 2nd best american miler ever? (jim ryun) fails to show up on the big stage though....

no peter snell

@rockinsurfkid you are really fast, but man, you sure arent making me feel any better about my times. haha, just kidding

i know he's a great runner and all, but whats with the double chin and 1:47??

I think instead of baseball you meant to say trolling

Turning over cars???? What the hell is he talking about?

@rockinsurfkid 1500m...

@TheBheuberger - no shit it's a joke. I'm saying I didn't get the joke.

That was rich

I'm just saying when you beat him, let the shit talking begin, I'm not trying to be an asshole but alot of people talk shit when they can't do it themselves.

@sanitary103 3:46.91

what he said with the whole sprint with a distance mix...omg that is the worst kind of training

@MikeDunn its called a joke.

@TheMachanga Don't try to bullshit people like that. Its disrespectful to the athletes who have actually worked hard to get that fast.

well, at least you're modest

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@linglingjr who cares

@jasonxcbball david also dont know Crap about politics. ..just saying.

Just another opportunity for Letterman to display his ignorance. He does it with the musical prodigies, too.

he's bored and doesn't care anymore

haha webb is sweet. letterman doesnt know crap about track which i kinda find funny

LOL thats a d1 time

how about running 3:46.91 as a pro? Broke the American Record. I doubt he will ever break the world record. At 25 years old he will never drop another 3.5 seconds. He is just too old to talk about dropping that much. There is a reason why Hicham El Guerrouj is called "the king". Sadly Webb will never break it. I wish he would because I support Americans.

baseball

dang i can barely run over 1:00 minute 400 m and trying hard

why does david letterman's audience traditionally laugh at the wrong moments. "so you get better in this sport as you get more mature?" "that's the idea" [laughter} there was nothing funny about that situation. dumb audience

When you beat him enderthegreat then you can talk shit about him.

Sub 4 mile yada yada but why is his head like that

I wrote that 2 months ago. I can now run a mile in 3:52, but I'm not doing track this year, because I'm focusing more on baseball

Man. Alan's fast! And honestly why do people brag about their times on KZfaq? Who cares if your a freshman or a sophomore or a junior or senior and you run so fast for a mile. Unless it's a world record nobody cares. Or a national or state record. There's been plenty of freshman who have run 4:40. There's a freshman at great oak that runs 4:29 and another that ran a 4:38. So it's not that special...

I'm in 7th grade and I run a 4:17

he lost the race what is all the ooopla?