Faith Kipyegon breaks her third world record of the season with an astounding 4:07.54 in the women's mile at the Diamond League in Monaco#NBCSports #Trackand...
Apart from now being the best distance runner, Jakob is also now the best preparer. Jakob more or less to the second, knows what time he will run nowadays. He is more talented and more mentally prepared than every other current runner....
Normally i would agree, but his IAAF profile does not have a single 5000m time for 2023. Not saying it doesn't happen (e.g. marathon), but how often does a middle distance runner start the WC without a single sanctioned race under their belt? His two miles is still ~1782m short.
I guess the first 2 rounds of heats will be his live race training. But yeah i agree, he probably knows exactly his 5k time under ideal conditions. Supreme confidence or...?
Is there a new drug or something? The times this year are bonkers. Also, crazy stuff in the TdF.
At a certain point, I think you have to accept that it's not a new drug. otherwise, you'd have to conclude that it's a a new drug AND everyone's on it.
I think psychology and bonkers pacing is the new "drug." Considering what's maybe possible, and then sending the pacers and wavelights off on paces that no one would have considered before.
Its the nature of running, when there's a GOAT on the line, the whole class improves so as to compete and lose with dignity. See the 5k suddenly everyone is a sub 12.50 runner, even the Americans lol
Remember when Bolt was running and we had multiple sub 9.9 guys. Now these guys are struggling to break it everywhere.
same as with Rudisha when he was running we had 1.42 guys and now no more.
Cameron Myers? Jakob will still only be 27 and eager to be the first 3 gold winner, 44 years after Coe became the first 2 gold winner in LA.
Raymond is just as likely to be another George Manangoi. What happened to Wayanomi tonight BTW?
Laros 800/1500 pbs of 144.78/332.89 currently stack up better than Myers 150.82/333.26. That was a 1 second 800 PB for Laros, so probably more in the tank, but Laros is 11 months older. Give Myers another year of training + the free-testosterone of youth, and aside from new PBs he might even start shaving.
Lots of early burnouts though: Timothy Kitum has the world age 18 best of 142.53. He never beat that again and was done by age 24, not even breaking 146 in his last 2 yrs of competition. Mo Aman faired much better, running 143.37 at age 18, he ran 5 consecutive years in the 142-143 range, winning the WC, Diamond league final and 2x indoor champ.
How is it not being in the arena? What is it like being one of those timid souls who offers empty criticism but is devoid of the requisite experience to have even the foggiest notion of what the gladiators endure? Go back to doing what you do best.
Yes, I am not misremembering, right? Teare was one of these guys that we hear about every winter, that was going to take all types of medals and beat Jakob, based on some workout that they overdid and a 300m kick in some 4:00 1500m race?
It's fun rooting for Beamish cause he improves by minutes each time, he's from New Zealand so we should see him at Worlds and the Olympics, and his kick kind of gives him an outside shot to be a factor. Anyway, I am always on the lookout for him in the last couple of laps.
Teare was always going to be out of his depth in this one. Tough place to run well for a 13:0x guy
But he's not really a 13:0x guy. I've said this before about other athletes: when they run a good time, it doesn't mean that they have a new floor, it is more likely that that time is what they can do on their very best day. Just look at his other results: his next best is 13:12 and his third best is 13:19. If everything goes perfectly, he is maybe a 13:0x guy, but most of the time, he's probably a reliable 13:10-13:15 guy. Nothing he has done in his career so far suggests he is above that level. I'm not saying he can't get there, but it's clearly not where he is right now, and he won't be sub-13 this year, I will guarantee that. Compare him to Joe Klecker who has levelled up over the course of three years and now, you'd say just under 13 is his level with his consistent sub-13 performances this year. Teare has done nothing to suggest he's comparable to Klecker.