Chris Lear × 2 Review
Former record holder Jim Ryun Everywhere Webb was hailed as America's Next Great MilerIn Sub 400 noted track writer Chris Lear follows Webb to college at the University of Michigan As we witness Webb's freshman track season watching him struggle with injuries interpersonal conflicts the. If you ve really trained and raced before you might like this book Almost like a training log for Alan Webb s year at UM A lot of reading through crazy workouts and times he was running Rather astonishing stuff
Characters Sub 400 Alan Webb and the uest for the Fastest Mile
For than three decades not one American schoolboy had run a sub 400 mile Then in January 2001 Alan Webb clocked a 35986 mile the fastest indoor US high school mile ever Just a few months later the young track star achieved legendary status he ran a 35346 mile a full 2 seconds faster than. Sub 400 starts with the story of a American high school boy who had run 400 mile But after 34 years no one from American high school beat the record and one day Alan Webb new hope of american runner came out And this book continues about how Alan Webb went to Michigan university and talks about him and his teammatesThis is a great book and inspires young runners to not give up IT also not only talks about the Alan Webb but also talks and makes us visualize the actual races and practice It was a great book and I recommend for any other runners to read this book
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Politics of the collegiate track world and his own aspirations to become the best miler ever we get an unprecedented behind the scenes view of the life of one of the nation's most promising track athletes with a new chapter describing the latest developments in Webb's fascinating career. Intriguing story imperfect execution My expectations weren t too high this wasn t recommended to me but I saw it on a shelf in a running store and figured what the heck since I d followed Webb since his high school days in Northern Virginia Rodale Press books in my experience as a general rule aren t necessarily the best edited and this was no exception Conversely they fill a niche that the large publishing houses freuently ignore so I can put up with their imperfections My biggest criticisms 1 the author failed utterly to disappear from the narration without offering any compelling reason why he should have been part of the story or why the reader should care about him and 2 the author failed to get particularly close or in depth with the runner the coach the former coach the runner s colleaguesfriends or the runner s family all of whom seem well situated to have added significant depth to what ultimately is all too often superficial coverage Still overall an interesting snapshot of Webb s young career
I reread this during the recent Olympic Trials Interesting juxtaposition with the rabid pro and mostly anti Webb posts on letsruncom of late I thought Lear did a great job of staying objective regarding some of the controversial stuff eg Webb
Sub 400 starts with the story of a American high school boy who had run 400 mile But after 34 years no one from American high school beat the record and one day Alan Webb new hope of american runner came out And this book continues about how Alan Webb went to Michigan university and talks about him and his teammatesThis is a great book and inspires young runners to not give up IT also not only talks about the Alan Webb but also talks and ma
Decent coverage of the subject matter; not uite as riveting as The Perfect Mile
If you've really trained and raced before you might like this book Almost like a training log for Alan Webb's year at UM A lot of reading thro
What happens when you go from being a big fish in a small pond to another fish in the sea
I gave the book two stars based on the description of the stars where 2 it was ok That sums up exactly how I feel about it Reading the title Sub 400 and sub title uest for the Fastest Mile I thought the book was go
Intriguing story imperfect execution My expectations weren't too high this wasn't recommended to me but I saw it on a shelf in a running store and figured what the heck since I'd followed Webb since his high school days in Northern Virginia
Chris Lear follows up his highly acclaimed book Running with the Buffaloes to follow Alan Webb in his uest to b
Similar to 'Running with the Buffalo' Chris Lear does an excellent job of capturing a runner's experience in the sport Reading how talented Alan was and how he still experienced similar thoughts that I had during my running career especially in college was reassuring to know that regardless of the level of talent we all w
Always knew the name Alan Webb but never knew his story Now I know I really enjoy the running culture and it reminded me of my races and workout