Do you care about world indoor?

You have it backwards. Jakob fans have said for years that world indoors doesn’t matter. Now they are suddenly preparing to make a big deal out of Jakob’s double if he wins it.

He's not racing WICs. Perhaps you were being sarcastic though

Because the talent in the races was better in Boston then at worlds.

you are right though, we arent spoiled enough and there isnt enough track and field on TV these days anyways...so Im watching it regardless.

No. Fields are always weak. The only good thing is that we don't have distance - 5000 and especially 10000, let alone marathon, are too boring to watch. I'd rather watch 100-3000.

I bring receipts.

Ruxton Towers XC: “Nobody agrees with you because we don't care about a few indoor races. You can't force us to care about things that don't matter to us. That is why we will probably never agree. Indoor is just not something everyone cares about.”

Wrong Again: “I also forgot to mention the WIC 3000m. Once again, it is hard to take this win as dominant as it could have been because his only true opponents in that race were Nuguse and Barega. Barega had not even approached 12:40 in a while in any true 5k. Meanwhile, Aregawi, Kejelcha, Gebriwhet, Cheptegei, 12:35-12:40 guys nowhere to be seen.”

Actinium: “No one cares about World Indoor.”

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13018827&page=2

Wilma Nielsen (NCAA mile champ) is also going. She competed at Apeldoorn 2 weeks ago and then came back to the US for NCAA indoors. It'll be interesting to see how she handles all this travel and if she'll be doing the 1500, 800, or both.

Hard to get excited about world indoors this year. None of the medalists from the 2024 Olympic men's 100, 200, 400, 800, or 1500 are racing in China. It will be a watered down competition.

I think most running fans don’t care about World Indoors as a metric for determining who is the best at X event. It is the outdoor championships and records that matter.

But it is always exciting to the the best athletes compete for championships and records. So (as an American and unashamed Jakob Ingebrigtsen fan), I’m excited to see Jakob compete at WIC and disappointed in the absence of Hocker/Nuguse/Kessler/Fisher and other top distance runners.

Can you blame them? When you and so many other fans say loud and clear that indoor championships don’t matter, why should they fly all the way to China for it? If you don’t care, why should they?

No, but it is a bragging right for some people. Ingebritson being one who seems to be doing it for bragging rights.

Regarding hoey, it will interesting to see if how long his dominance really lasts. He looks good to me. His elbows are lil bit to far out, but he's getting the job done. There is a possibility that what we are currently seeing with him is very similar to a Jeremy Lin "linsanity" streak. In other words, it's great while it lasts, but never comes back around full strength again.

Bryce Hopple, who has repeatedly outrun Hobbs Kessler in the 800, has dedicated his entire life to the 800 meter event alone. His center of gravity looks alot better than hoey's, which indicates he has a stronger core. Pretty insane how Bryce ran an American record in Paris and it still was only good enough for 4th place. I hated the other individuals in the field and authentically felt sorry for Bryce. I just hope he has a big enough heart (and energy) to try to medal in the Olympics 4 more years from now in LA.

Hobbs is still improving, but after the incredible effort I saw from Bryce in Paris and still not reaching the podium, that's one heck of a disappointment to bounce back from. Perhaps, just perhaps, medals in the modern day sense of the word are overrated.

It's hard to get excited for it when the UK has sent only a handful of athletes.

There's no buzz as a lot of the best British athletes will probably be in an altitude camp before trying to get the standard.

If they don't need the standard, they're looking at a bigger paycheck at some backwater meet.

Grandstand track in 3 weeks is certainly going to be more exciting.... and that shouldn't be the case...

Jakob said himself that indoor track doesn't really matter and was noncommittal about competing at worlds until recently. He'll be happy if he wins or breaks a record, but I don't think he'll do too much bragging.

I would if there were fewer long distance races. I get bored and wander away from the tv.

This is basically why I don’t care. I expect Jakob to win both the 1500 and 3k. I know it’s hard with doubling but Jakob is Jakob. Winning does nothing and if he loses I’m just going to be devastated. So things can only stay status quo at best. I’ll be watching but won’t be looking forward to it

shame on Grand Slam Track and scheduling conflicts. How OAC is not sending Nuguse is tragic. They say they are running for medals and World Athletics puts on an event and the athletes say, well nah, i'll skip, i'm good. can't have it both way.

Yes, good post! That was the point of the thread from last year... It was a discussion about whose whole year was better: Kerr or Jakob?

I was saying that nobody cared about Indoors when trying to figure out who had the best season/year.

A few good races indoor can't surpass a great outdoor season. That said, respect to all the people who ran world records this year during indoor and who are racing championships right now! The times are crazy-fast these days!

p.s. I also agree with your second paragraph.

I care about Bekele. Nothing beats Bekele's pre super shoe and wavelight 2,000m which is still standing

If you love, or even like the sport, you care.

Yes, because Jakob.