Jakob Ingebrigtsen: "My main goal is to become the best runner that ever existed."

You have a taste for them since you comment on nothing and no one else.

What do you think about his chances to become the grestest distance runner in history?

this board deletes more posts within threads for absolutely zero reason. and yet they continually allow armstrong to derail threads with dozens and even hundreds of posts.

Bro do you ever get tired of just being you.

I've answered it. He is currently not in contention.

When I look at the alternatives here I'm relieved.

The whole thread is derailed by those who become hysterical when confronted by an opinion they don't like.

No, you haven't.

What do you think about his chances to become the greatest distance runner in history? To better the careers of Bekele and Gebrselassie.

There are no alternatives. Poor you.

Won't happen.

You are a narcissistic sociopath. Read:

"If you've ever managed an online community, a blog, or a brand's Facebook page, you have encountered the dreaded "troll." These community members can be provocative and rude, and are known for creating posts for the sole purpose of agitating their fellow members. Trolls add inflammatory comments not because they hope to inform or convince others, but because they know they'll spark an avalanche of negativity."

"New research shows that internet trolls are, in real life, narcissists, psychopaths, and sadists."

You are on record saying that you only post on Letsrun to rile people up. You need help. Please seek help.

I think you've successfully described yourself. Everything you say always does.

You don't have to think. I stated facts. You are on record saying you only come here to rile people up. The study says that's a clear sign of a narcissist.
I knew you wouldn't like to read the truth. You never do.

That's what you believe.

But when looking what he already has achieved up to age 23, for sure it's not out of question that he will achieve his ultimate goal.

So, the question was: what do you think about HIS CHANCES to become the greatest distance runner in history? 10%? 20%? More?

I know that you don't want him to be successful on this, but this is not the question.

You have posted 1000s (!) of times regarding Ingebrigtsen, but you refuse to answer any concrete question.

Why do you post at all, if you have no interest in seriously discussing the subjects?

I hugely disagree with your post here, despite being a Jakob fan boy that of course finds some of “Armstronglivs’s” posts “irritating”, because:

1. "New research shows that internet trolls are, in real life, narcissists, psychopaths, and sadists." -this conclusion is clearly unscientific. If it had claimed “most trolls”, or “trolls seem often to be” I could have bought into some of this, but not now…

2. Sometimes acting like a seemingly troll may be very called for. Armstronglivs might have good reasons for doing so. Plus he doesn’t qualify for being a traditional troll -being annoying isn’t being a troll. You on the other hand seem to use very classic troll techniques -single out another poster and hanging over him, calling him outrageous things, and possibly hiding behind multiple unregistered handles… That doesn’t of course necessarily make you a narcissist, psychopath or sadist -you can simply be very good at turning off your empathy in some cases because you think you have a righteous cause…

3. Irritating others can be legitimate when they are too un nuanced in one direction. But both you and Armstronglivs know about the blocking function, so claims about ruining threads are weak IMO. And I think you sometimes take his words to literally -that he is here only to be a pain in the… What if he holds the time of Elliott and Snell in high regard -a time we knew for sure that mid and distance runners didn’t dope..?

4. Using some time daily on the Lrc message board isn’t in my view sad or sickly -on the contrary: Dealing with others opinions and fronting one’s own can be a good activity. And Armstronglivs’s frequent posting contributes to keep interesting threads open…

5. I don’t buy into everything Armstronglivs claims. But let me remind you about claims this poster has made or agreed with, that I at least, find very reasonable:

A) People are very driven by feelings -hoping something doesn’t make it a reality.

B) Jakob has very little basis for claiming to be distance Goat material. His best 10 k performance (Euro xc) was beating a 27.37 guy with a few seconds, and none of his 5000m wins has indicated WR shape (a guy with a pb of 13.02 getting silver behind him in OG 2024 is more typical for what he has faced than not. The stronger athletes don’t seem to have been at their best in those races…).

C) Training a huge mileage doesn’t necessarily make you a better distance runner than a mid distance guy -Walker, Ovett, Snell all comes to mind…

D) Armstronglivs acknowledges that Jakob probably can run close to 12.40.

E) He also sees Jakob as a very good 3000m runner, with his sweet spot somewhere around that distance.

F) He doesn’t think Jakob can float on his good 3k ability to a 5000m WR. -I totally agree here.

G) He thinks Jakob should have kept his big mouth shut when it comes to own future “greatness”. I agree, despite viewing the word “arrogance” somewhat differently…

H) He thinks a slightly bettering of the WR in the 1500m isn’t enough to general Goat status, and maybe not even by breaking both the 1500 and 5000m WRs. I agree. Also in his view of a WR in the 3000m as significantly less important than in champ events.

I) He is clearly irritated over some naive Ingebrigtsen posting on this forum -very understandable in my opinion. -I think Kejelcha, Gebrhiwet, Barega, Arigawi, Kiplimo get far to little attention on these boards when it comes to the Goat material question…!

Conclusion: Armstronglivs is annoying. But I at least would miss him. -We all need some irritation sometimes to not fall asleep…