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The Buddy System Helps Keep Webb on Track
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"You would think, he's some world-class athlete, he eats like brown rice and grilled chicken," Zak said. "But nah, he'll eat like the greasiest Chinese food, and he'll eat like ice cream and cookies. He loves McDonald's. We went to Five Guys the other night. He ate a cheese steak with me a couple hours ago. He eats whatever he wants."
Rudd has marveled in the past when Webb has polished off an entire box of Entenmann's cookies in one sitting. "Alan could be sponsored by Entenmann's," she said.
When Webb competes overseas, his friends set their alarm clocks so they can catch his races. When the races are during normal hours, they often congregate at someone's house. They have even talked about traveling to Beijing this summer to cheer on Webb.
In turn, Webb has been to many of Zak and Voss's flag football games at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, bringing with him the enthusiasm of an NFL tailgate.
"He's been to more games than my girlfriend," Voss said.
Webb's focus has narrowed over the past four months, leaving him planted on his couch when he's not working out. During the rare times he ventures onto the streets of Reston to run -- asphalt is hard on his legs -- or when he jogs to the South Lakes track for a quick workout, people shout encouragement from passing cars and honk their horns. When Webb heads to the nearby Safeway, the same store he shopped at with his parents 20 years earlier, people shake his hands and dispense encouragement.
In Reston, "I get recognized for something positive that I've done, or am doing, but at the same time it's not craziness, it's not like People magazine or something like that," Webb said. "It's not like Britney Spears in rehab, like every moment is being photographed. It's cool that I get recognized, but it's not over the top."
