Could Jakob Ingebrigtsen run 56 minute for the half marathon?!

It doesn't matter if it's Greg or Jacob.

You have to run the distance in order to find out how you do. Everything else is just talk.

Exactly, I'd like to see him run a single 26:30 10,000 track race first. Kiplimo ran 26:30 a few years ago (in old spikes, not that that really matters) and likely translates to the half marathon BETTER than Jakob would, and he is only at 57:31. I think Jakob's over/under is a 58:20. He brings a lot of speed to the 5k which is why he still runs a great 5k, but he'd likely see some dropoff to the 10,000 and even more drop-off to the half.

I went to his World Athletics page to see what his 10,000m track PR was, not realizing he hadn't run one. More interesting was that I saw his 2017 3000m steeplechase pr of 8:26, never realized he ran one. I'd be more curious to know what Jakob could run in a steeple now that his flat 3000m is almost 40 seconds faster. Would be cool to see him line up for one post-Paris or even in the seldom run 2000m SC against Soufiane and Lamecha.

Jakob ran the steeple at World’s one year, that shouldn’t be news to you.

The theory is Kiplimo runs a 55:31 on this course….

all this downhill, wind and so on is a guessing game about if it is 60 or 120s and probably differs by individual. It why we don’t take Boston times too seriously.

Jakob says he can get every wr from 1500m to marathon. Right now he's 1.14 seconds from the 1500m record, within a second of the mile record and he owns the 2k and 2M records (bests), with a closing 7:21 3k, a second off the record, in the 2M race, plus he is two-time world champ in the 5000m against fields full of 12:40s guys. Much of his training is at 10k-half marathon pace. So, it's time to start see him going for records up the distances, though his priority remains 1500-5000m. But 2024 being an Olympic year, we may not see a lot of record attempts from him. Maybe a 1500 or 3000 attempt before the Olympics and a 3000 or 5000 attempt after? The first window for Diamond League meets where he might go for a record is Eugene May 25, Oslo May 30, and Stockholm June 2. I would think he'd go after the 1500 or mile in Oslo. Then London isn't usually suited for record attempts but just before you have Paris July 7 and Monaco July 12. If they have a 1500 at Monaco that would be the place for his attempt. Then Oslo would be the mile. Then after the Olympics, you have Lausanne August 22, Silesia, where he ran 3:27.14 this year, August 25, and Rome August 30.

Yeah. whatever you predict for Jakob.. subtract 45s and you’ll get Kiplimo’s time

I'm sorry but y'all are giving Jakob way too much hype right now strictly on lore and second hand advice from his Dad.

Do I think Jakob could run under 60 minutes for the Half and beat Kerr? Yes.

Do I think Jakob could run under 56 minutes? Heck no.

Yes, He's a 3:27 1500m and 12:48 5000m guy with a high VO2 max and does many endurance-style training. But, he has not even done a WR Attempt on the 5000m for us to be making a strong assumption on his Half Marathon potential. He hasn't even run an all-out 10K to know if that's his event to beat Chep. It's an insult to Jacob Kiplimo to suggest a 1500m/5K guy can beat him at an event Kiplimo has spent the last 5 years training for + Kiplimo's a 12:41 5K/26:33 10K guy - It's not like he's a slouch.

I'll just say Sub 60 to be frank. Anything faster is beyond anyone's knowledge to test. If I'm proven wrong in the future it's because he would have trained for the Half by then.

Jakob doesn't do long runs. His longest run is something like 20k. I don't see him running any faster than 59 or so without specific training.

Facts soon. god willing.

If Jakob accepts God into his heart all things are achievable through Him. Has Jakob been baptized?

Almost all Norwegians are baptised, and almost all doesn’t believe in God…

Josh Kerr, 1500m champ, runs 62 and you think Jakob can run 56?

Fat chance in hell

In Valencia course, 45 degrees, pace setters and a half dozen Africans also going for it. Yes.

What makes you think Kerr is better than Ingebrigtsen in any track distance above 1500, let alone the half?

12:48 vs. 13:23

The answer to the thread title is no.

He cant,and he wont.

No way broh. He’d struggle to get under 1h without dedicating a lot of time to the distance.