Jakob speaks about his WR attempts in 2025

They haven't a chance of doing it. Once Jacob has a pacer he is miles ahead of the rest.

Ideally maybe two pacers

He just IS that stupid.

McSweyn has paced him before. He is the guy to do it.

There's what he wants and then there's what he can get. Kipsang, if fit, could get him there on pace. But maybe Jakob needs to start making friends on the circuit. He was good friend with Stewy McSweyn, who then paced him to an AR, but Stewy isn't at that level anymore. Maybe he should start hanging out and playing Mario Kart with Nuguse

2026 will be one of those seasons without both Olympics and a World Championships (2022 would've been one too, if it hadn't been for Covid moving both the Tokyo and Eugene championships) I really hope Jakob goes all in that season for breaking several world records.

World Athletics Ultimate Championships that year

You forgot to add final line:

- It's 1,500 and not 5,000 meters you're going for?
- Absolutely.

Sadly this is illegal according to WA rules. As per the technical handbook:

How bout Wightman and/or Hoppel?

Surely they can both run 1500m WR pace for 1200m

Wightman isn't doing it, though he could.

I kinda doubt McSweyn is ever gonna be in 2:45 1200m shape again.

I don't think he has a good relationship with Wightman. lol

Jakob stresses that 2 peaks in addition to the one in WC should be possible.

Not sure where this idea is coming from that Jakob has no friends on the circuit. He seems to have a good rapport with pretty much everyone not named Josh Kerr, just based on post-race interactions and listening to what others have said about him. This board is full of people who don’t know him and think he’s an a-hole, but I don’t see evidence that his competitors feel the same way.

In my opinion, the only reason guys like Nuguse or Hocker wouldn’t want to pace him is because they’d rather be sitting behind him chasing a time.

How about paying Arop for 800+ m then Stewy? Arop is 193 cm tall (6'4") and would provide a good draft. Plus, he has no aspirations for a 1500 m record.

Kessler could take him through 12 and would probably be willing to do it for the right paycheck, being a bit younger and just outside the top 3-4. Arop through 900/1k, Kessler only needs to hold it for another half a lap. I think that's your team. Or throw in Hoppel instead of Arop and make it a Very Nice record attempt.

Then he's destined to lose the 1500m again.

you can use 2 328 kenyans for pacing to 1100 or 1200m. for $$. no problem.

these guys are erratic but one would hope they can follow the pacing lights.

they could run a couple of pacing 600 m time trials say 4 days out. good training as well.

or jacob can make a deal with Laros, if he is in peak shape, 328,

where laros paces from 600m to 1200, with a competent jouneyman taking them to 600 to 800m.

in return , jacob could pace laros at sone later date.

make a deal.

nuguse with progression, would be in quite the spot to cash in and ride to the homestretch for free.

im not seeing kerr or hocker quite making it, without their A plus game.

no they cant.

a sit and kick 329 free ride guy is sketchy to lead after 1km.

the free ride 329 is really a 331 or 332 front running. at best.

and then the 329 sit and kick guy probably brings the B game, and fades uncermonously.

i cant think of decent pacing to 1300m in any 1500 wr attempt.

though there has to be some.