Official Jakob Ingebrigtsen wrote:
This is the biggest problem with Jakob. He has such an enormous aerobic base but his body just cannot handle the load. This may be the end of him racing a ton. I predict he retires by end of next year. He needs a full year of rest for his achilles to figure out what is happening but usually these injuries never heal.
Seems like his left achilles (last years injury) probably has healed very well, so why so sure the right one have to be a continuous problem..? I myself had an even worse situation with both my achilles as a teenager (couldn’t even walk properly, and lost 6 months of training), but then it got away the next 30+ years, before it reappeared (only one leg). -I then just trained through it, and got completely healthy again!