So how do you beat Jakob in a championship 5,000m?

Yeah sure natural talent AND perfect professional coaching with an emphasis on aerobic/threshold development from the age of 8.

Its extreme talent + extreme work ethic from a young age + perfect distance development coaching = GOAT Distance Runner

Jakob cannot come close to 12:35 and he never will. His limit will be about 12:40 is what it looks like. He is probably about 12:46 now and just toying with these fields. He would be in big trouble against the legends of 2003.

The same way you beat Mo Farah.

This is my answer to those that downvoted me when I said that Katir did better than all that competed against Ingerbrigsten in Eugene.

If he continue with this form, I'm going to rank him 2 but he need to be consistent.

You talk about EPO era in an era where the 1500m/5000m WR were beaten ridiculously 2 years ago?

Ingebrigtsen brought a new dynamic to distance running in Europe but he benefited from favorable conditions (look at the family background and the experimentations of the father).

The naturally untalented Mo Farah did exactly the same thing Jakob's started doing, but better. I recall him closing in 51 one year

I've never liked Mo but I'm sure he'd handle Jakob pretty easily

Run the 5k in a faster time than he does.

Poor Mo would never have a chance to do the mobot with Jakob around

he ran a 51 in a 14:10 race. That is nothing but a 13:20 tempo run for 2.85 miles. In fact, it is slower than his HM pace.

Farah was only closing in 51 in 14:00+ races. They also have different racing styles, so not the same thing. Jakob preferring the long run from home, and Mo content with a 400-500m burnup.

True story, I was literally eating a cherry when I read this and nearly inhaled the pit as I laughed.

What world are you living in when you think it's "pushing the DQ envelope" to disrupt his rhythm by making pace changes either leading the race or as he's coming up to assume control of the race? So you're saying that if you are leading a race and someone attempts to pass you, you have no right to increase your own speed to stop that happening? That's a DQ?

I read some insanely stupid stuff on these message boards but this is Mt Rushmore. Congratulations, you made it.

And this is close too. Yeah way to state the obvious here - this is such a remedial statement it defies belief. Nobody thinks Sammy Parsons could magically take down Jakob by simply putting in a few surges mid-race in a 13.30 affair. But if just comparable natural talent was enough than how was it that the fastest man ever over this distance got utterly destroyed in Eugene? Are we going to contend that a guy who has run 12.35 (and is the Olympic Champion) is not of at the very least of "comparable natural talent"? So it's simply not enough - it's a basic prerequisite of even joining the conversation on taking Jakob down.

No, it was 60-59-53.7. Which is still crazy good.

Mo ran 3:28 twice without ever being a real 1500 runner. He would have burned Jakob up in today's race for sure.

The key to beating Jakob is having the speed endurance to endure his fast last mile, while having a better gear change fot that final 100m. Look at the 2003 5000m where Kipchoge beats El G.

True but Eliud only contested the 5000m whereas Kenenisa and Hicham were finishing their doubles.

Start fast from the gun Aregawi style. Jacob always lingers a bit in last place. That s your only window of opportunity...after that the boat has sailed.

It´s irrelevant what happened in the 5000m final in Doha 2019! Jakob had just turned 19 at the time.

He is - not surprisingly - a MUCH stronger runner now.

To answer the OP´s question about how to beat Jakob in a championship 5000m: You don´t! (As long he is at his best).