How was I wrong?
How was I wrong?
and from NZ wrote:
Many 17 year olds have done that sort of time. Quite a few were even white.
An Aussie ran 3.46 last year, just after turning 17.
Yep, good run by the Kiwi boy.
The Aussie boy is being developed by experienced coaches who are hopefully bringing him along right. Seems so. He is steadily improving.
Karma Police wrote:
Yep, good run by the Kiwi boy.
The Aussie boy is being developed by experienced coaches who are hopefully bringing him along right. Seems so. He is steadily improving.
Yep, Jackson Sharp is the real deal.
kiwi kiwi kiwi
nick moulai
sam tanner
theo Quax
sorry kiwis, but aussies are better...
16 year old ran a 3:44, and a 3:45.01 a week before.
AngusBeer wrote:
sorry kiwis, but aussies are better...
16 year old ran a 3:44, and a 3:45.01 a week before.
Elliott vs Snell all over again.
I was getting tired of the 'Kenya vs Ethiopia' rivalry. It's about time the Ozzies and the Kiwis are deciding who is best again.
Not much of a Kenya/Ethiopia rivalry in the 1500.
At this time it is Kenya vs Norway
Then it is UK vs Ethiopia vs Morocco
Aussies/Kiwis have a ways to catch up...They're with the USA
A couple pages back someone said Jakob would run about 336 in 2018 and maybe eventually max at 332. Oops. He actually ran 331 and a 13:17 5000. He was still 17 for both of those.
https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/rio-2016-mens-1500m-finalNo rway wrote:
Not much of a Kenya/Ethiopia rivalry in the 1500.
At this time it is Kenya vs Norway
Then it is UK vs Ethiopia vs Morocco
Aussies/Kiwis have a ways to catch up...They're with the USA
Oh Please wrote:
A couple pages back someone said Jakob would run about 336 in 2018 and maybe eventually max at 332. Oops. He actually ran 331 and a 13:17 5000. He was still 17 for both of those.
It's funny because somebody just posted a new upload of Alan Webb breaking Jim Ryun's high school mile record, which was considered impossible at the time, and yet Jakob last year ran over a second faster in the same Bowerman's mile at a year younger age. Alan Webb is widely regarded as not fulfilling his potential and finished with 3:30 1500m and 3:46 mile. And obviously as we saw with the way he ran later in the season (and the way he finished that Bowerman's mile) Jakob would surely have been capable of breaking 3:50 last year, at 17. Wouldn't be surprised if he runs 3:47 or 3:48 this year, which would put him 5 or 6 seconds faster than Webb as an 18 year old miler.
Jakob has demonstrated the potential surely now to run close to El G's records in the future. And he has also proven to have a great Championship race mentality already too.
But it's great there is so much emerging talent about. Max Burgin ran 3:47 in his only 1500 race last season (and I think he only ran one the previous year), and his coach thinks he might have greater potential there than the 800m.
Kiwis have little wiwis
Coevett wrote:
Jakob has demonstrated the potential surely now to run close to El G's records in the future.
how could anyone do that without doping?
Right? You said it yourself.
Now go on and prove yourself wrong.
It's been over a year since this thread was created and the kid hasn't bettered his 3:44. Methinks too many exclamation points were used.
sub4@40 wrote:
There are plenty of cautionary tales of early developers that were unable to continue to improve .......Matthew Shirling 3.44.11 at 16 and that remains his PR to this day!
A training buddy of mine ran 3:42 (3:59) at the age of 17 or 18 (but was already in college). He was ranked on all-time top 10 American junior 1500 back in the day but never ran faster. He had good competition because his teammate still holds the collegiate mile record of 3:50.
double talk wrote:
tough to tell as well as we don't know there training but, if he solidly progresses in his career, next Nick Willis?
We DO KNOW how New Zealanders Train.
9 Months 0f
Monday-10 Miles -Fast on Flat Road
Tuesday-15Miles -Moderate on rolling hills
Wednesday-10 Miles-Fast On Flat Road
Thursday-18 Miles Easy on Hilly Course
Friday -10 Miles Hard on flat road
Saturday 15 Miles moderate on rolling hills
Sunday 22 Miles Very Easy on Hilly course
Then a few weeks of hills, speed, sharpening, (I don't have the details exactly, but it is easy to look up) followed by a 6 week Peaking Phase, this has been there system since the 1950's Even 800 runner Peter Snell followed the 9 month distance phase of 100 miles a week on 1 run a day.
Fatty R. Belt Buckle wrote:
sub4@40 wrote:
There are plenty of cautionary tales of early developers that were unable to continue to improve .......Matthew Shirling 3.44.11 at 16 and that remains his PR to this day!
A training buddy of mine ran 3:42 (3:59) at the age of 17 or 18 (but was already in college). He was ranked on all-time top 10 American junior 1500 back in the day but never ran faster. He had good competition because his teammate still holds the collegiate mile record of 3:50.
And that record is almost 40 years old.