Usually, he does a stint or two at altitude in the Sierra Nevada in Spain and in South Africa and typically comes in the spring to Flagstaff. I would like to see him give a go at the 5000m record in May or June before he goes after the 1500m and mile records in July and August. I was out running against a cold wind today and that just brought home once again how much superior to the others he'd have to be to win championships in the 1500m with his frontrunning style. It's not that his kick is bad off of a fast pace. He proves that ability in fast, paced races on the circuit. The other guys can't hang with him at the end when he's been able to draft for 1k. But they're comparatively fresh when they get to sit behind him while he's running through the 16-17 mph winds he is creating at that pace. Let someone else like Tim or Stewie take some of the pacing duties and he'll get double gold in Tokyo.
Make it happen Jonathan, our British charge Kerr will be ready to mow him down in the millrose mile turn by turn until his wheels come off! His pictures look off, his face bloated with too much deliberation over wifey, and he has lost a patch of hair to boot and this signifies chronic low grade liver and adrenal stress and inflammation, all signs pointing to also man made elektramagnetica field exposure.
Jonathan it doesn’t look good here. I’m not being negative here but just look at his shot eyes! A winner does not look like that! 😢
You’re off your meds again, Khamis.
Yes I’m off it because I never had one eh! Anyway what’s your point? You in luv with Jakob? I’ll tell you I’m in luv with Kerr and that settles.
I’m assuming “the mountains” means altitude camp in the Sierra Nevada, not Flagstaff, so I don’t think we’ll see him in the US this winter. With that in mind, this is what I’m guessing he’ll do:
Jakob does the same thing pretty much every year: a target race in July (e.g. Silesia '23, Monaco '24) followed by a 3-4 week training block that leads into Worlds/Olympics. To maintain that schedule this year, his last race before Tokyo would have to be mid-August, which would mean skipping the DL final. I can’t see him doing that, so I think he’ll put that block in after London and try to hold his fitness through September.
This is all based on the DL calendar, which Jakob isn’t necessarily bound to. We could see races added or changed depending on what he wants.
Ahhhh now I understand why the Beasts under Mackey go to ABQ for altitude training - Makes alot of sense now - Josh's coaches basically copy cat Jakob training techniques....Smart but he should probably stop talking smack.
I think he will probably try to wait as long as possible to open outdoors and not go after it in the early DL races before his WR attempts. I think he'll win Oslo in 3:29high, kick to win over a strong field in Paris and set a new 12:46 PR, place 3rd in 3:45low in a competitive Pre mile behind Nuguse and Hocker, and just fall short of the WR (but will set a new PR) in London going 3:43.53 to win with Nuguse close behind.
I think he will go 3:25.78 in Silesia and 12:34.62 in Lausanne to grab both world records, then go on to win the double in Zurich. But I'm gonna say someone takes him down again at worlds in the 1500m--feeling Nuguse this year--and he'll bounce back to grab the 5000m as usual.
I hope he runs Valencia. I think he can go out smart and hold on for 57:50 or so with Kejelcha, Barega, Gebrhiwet, Aregawi, Kiplimo and co.
Race one of the seven remaining World XC Tour events, preferably one in which Aregawi, Kiplimo or someone of similar stature is entered. Ease out of your winter comfort zone, steam into the challenge and amp up global anticipation of Tallahassee 26.
Would not mind if he had skipped indoor season alltogether to be honest, its going to be a long season as it is. Would rather have him sharp for outdoor season.
How does this have 20/1 upvotes/dvs?? Like yeah it's gonna be a long season, that means he can get in a great indoor season, then take plenty of time to train before opening up outdoors. Maybe if WCs was in June I'd want him to consider skipping indoors, but he has till freaking September. What is the logic here???
Would not mind if he had skipped indoor season alltogether to be honest, its going to be a long season as it is. Would rather have him sharp for outdoor season.
How does this have 20/1 upvotes/dvs?? Like yeah it's gonna be a long season, that means he can get in a great indoor season, then take plenty of time to train before opening up outdoors. Maybe if WCs was in June I'd want him to consider skipping indoors, but he has till freaking September. What is the logic here???
Already forgot the injury problems he got from trying to do too much in one season?
I’m assuming “the mountains” means altitude camp in the Sierra Nevada, not Flagstaff, so I don’t think we’ll see him in the US this winter. With that in mind, this is what I’m guessing he’ll do:
Jakob does the same thing pretty much every year: a target race in July (e.g. Silesia '23, Monaco '24) followed by a 3-4 week training block that leads into Worlds/Olympics. To maintain that schedule this year, his last race before Tokyo would have to be mid-August, which would mean skipping the DL final. I can’t see him doing that, so I think he’ll put that block in after London and try to hold his fitness through September.
This is all based on the DL calendar, which Jakob isn’t necessarily bound to. We could see races added or changed depending on what he wants.
You would think he would mix in a DL 3k or 5k instead of doing 6 straight 1500 or mile races. I would say Stockholm or Paris DL in June.
Doubt he does any 5ks outside of worlds. He ran six diamond 15/mile races last year so it’s not like it would be unusual, and all evidence points to him having zero interest in the 5k record at this point. No way he wants to chase his own records while 3:26.00 and 3:43.13 are still standing, either.
Of course as a fan I want to see a 5k in June. An 800 later on would also be cool, but that seems even less likely. Probably gonna be a lot of 1500s. Hope one of them is 3:25.xx
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Jakob can go for pretty much any record from 1500-2 miles at Lievin. Lievin is hosting a 1500m, Mile, and 2miles or 3000m depending on what the star athlete wants
Here are the marks: 1500: 3:30.60 Mile: 3:47.01 3000: 7:23.81 2 Mile: 8:00.67
In terms of difficulty, I would say the mile is actually the hardest, followed by the 1500m, then the 3000m, and then the 2 Mile.
If Kerr or Nuguse break the Mile WR at Millrose, Jakob should aim to break it a few days later. It would be a big punch in the face. Otherwise, he should break 8:00 for the 2 Mile to remove Kerr’s only worlds best mark.
LRC note: We changed the title of the thread to make it more descriptive.
Jakob can go for pretty much any record from 1500-2 miles at Lievin. Lievin is hosting a 1500m, Mile, and 2miles or 3000m depending on what the star athlete wants
Here are the marks: 1500: 3:30.60 Mile: 3:47.01 3000: 7:23.81 2 Mile: 8:00.67
In terms of difficulty, I would say the mile is actually the hardest, followed by the 1500m, then the 3000m, and then the 2 Mile.
If Kerr or Nuguse break the Mile WR at Millrose, Jakob should aim to break it a few days later. It would be a big punch in the face. Otherwise, he should break 8:00 for the 2 Mile to remove Kerr’s only world’s best mark.
He already has the 1500 m indoor world record. If he is truly going after WR’s this indoor season, wouldn’t it make sense to get an indoor 2 mile organized. They could get his 3k split en-route, and he could essentially get 2 indoor world records in one attempt, right? Cherry on top would be he erases Kerr’s WR by a large margin since coming thru in 7:24 at 3000 would surely result in a time much faster than Kerr’s 8:00.
I think he should wait to see if the mile indoor record is lowered at Milrose, and take a crack at it after. He ran a 3:45 off of an injury to open his outdoor season last year. I’m confident he could run away from a regular indoor mile field and break 3:47 whenever he wanted. I also don’t think it is necessarily a given Nuguse/Kerr will break the indoor mile record at Milrose. They will not have Jakob to push the pace after the pacer drops off to get them to the finish. I think it will be close, but I don’t think it would be a shoo-in.