Winter… indoors is a strange time of the year for runners. Some focusing on indoors others not. Fitness levels, sharpness levels, tiredness, sickness, injury, motivation.
Is Jakob injured? Was kind of expecting the 2 mile wr holder.
Something might be up in the air as it doesn’t seem like he’s at altitude. Hopefully no injury. And for the guy saying that Jakob is dodging kerr? That’s laughable. Kerr has not had a good result to challenge Jakob since 2024. Dude won nothing last year except two GST sit and kicks.
Ya, I don't see Kerr winning this unless he's peaking early.
Is Jakob injured? Was kind of expecting the 2 mile wr holder.
Something might be up in the air as it doesn’t seem like he’s at altitude. Hopefully no injury. And for the guy saying that Jakob is dodging kerr? That’s laughable. Kerr has not had a good result to challenge Jakob since 2024. Dude won nothing last year except two GST sit and kicks.
Like I've said elsewhere, I won't be surprised if Jakob skips a lot of the Indoor season, and times his build differently. The meat and potatoes for 2026 is breaking outdoor WR's.
Having said that, Henrik's instagram said something about heading to training camp. Not sure if this involves Jakob.
Something might be up in the air as it doesn’t seem like he’s at altitude. Hopefully no injury. And for the guy saying that Jakob is dodging kerr? That’s laughable. Kerr has not had a good result to challenge Jakob since 2024. Dude won nothing last year except two GST sit and kicks.
Like I've said elsewhere, I won't be surprised if Jakob skips a lot of the Indoor season, and times his build differently. The meat and potatoes for 2026 is breaking outdoor WR's.
Having said that, Henrik's instagram said something about heading to training camp. Not sure if this involves Jakob.
I don’t think it does as Jakob recently started posting on Snapchat and he’s not there. Obviously there is a chance that the posts are old and he is reusing old pictures but I doubt it.
You are mistaken: Strand is a legitimate contender. You’re dismissing him as a kid who’s out of his depth or something, but you’re lagging behind. The last time he was in a fast 3k/2-mile (13 months ago) he won in 7:30.15, the equivalent of an 8:04-high 2-mile, and almost exactly what Kerr split (7:30.14) in his indoor WR.
Then he won two competitive 3:48 miles.
Then he beat Hocker, Nuguse and Kessler in the U.S. final, running 3:30.25 with closing splits of 1:49.40/53.07/39.09/25.88/12.69. This in particular is a super elite performance, the kind that wins global medals.
Now he’s training as a full time pro for the first time and when we saw him on Saturday he was matching Reynold Cheruiyot stride for stride in a 2k XC race.
The “lag” you’re exhibiting is not uncommon: people have a certain cognitive dissonance in recognizing when some NXN contender type or boyish blonde Tar Heel has officially become a world beater. We saw it big time with Hocker, and even last June after Nico crushed the 3k at GST half the boards thought he remained in a league below Fisher…until 11 days later he won the Oslo DL in 12:45.
Strand is ready to run way under 7:30/the 2 mile equivalent, he’s got a lethal kick and he’s a winner. Do not be surprised.
Something might be up in the air as it doesn’t seem like he’s at altitude. Hopefully no injury. And for the guy saying that Jakob is dodging kerr? That’s laughable. Kerr has not had a good result to challenge Jakob since 2024. Dude won nothing last year except two GST sit and kicks.
False. Kerr advanced further than Jakob in the 2025 world championships 1500m. That's the third year in a row Kerr did better than Jakob in that event at the outdoor global championship.
4:11.23 is embarrassing, please don’t use that as a comparison point.
i don't think hocker wins. we've seen a pattern the last several years of his championship performances and regular season performances not lining up. he only wins championship races. he might be the most talented american distance runner we've ever seen but he also leaves something to be desired from a tactical standpoint. his talent is so incredible and allows him to overcome tactical mistakes.
realistically, this race goes out right around 4 flat and then fisher is the one most likely to be keeping the pace honest. if kerr is fit and healthy, he takes over with 2-3 to go and tries to hold off the dogs. then it is a question of whether some combo of strand/hocker/beamish is close enough to strike off the final turn. i will take strand.
Is Jakob injured? Was kind of expecting the 2 mile wr holder.
I don't think Jakob has ever raced indoor in the US. I would have been astonished if they had gotten him. Can't even imagine the appearance fees that went into this race as it is.