Former Sub 14:00 wrote:
milermb wrote:
"Now what about a 3:31 1500m guy? You don’t “require” a super fast 800m to be able to do that. You just go to crank 56s for 3.75 laps. They just approach their training from one side more than others."
But in order to win championship races you do need to be able to accelerate and sprint. This is Jacob's weakness at the moment, witness the recent European Indoor 1500. Unless he improves his 800 pb he will be vulnerable in World or Olympic finals unless he can get someone to set a reasonably fast pace (one of his brothers??) as El G did in his prime.
Or he can just wind up from further out (400-500m) like El G used to do. None of those “kickers” would be able to handle that. All those guys sit back and believe they will be the ones to outkick someone else.
You mentioned world indoors, but he brother Filip managed to snag a WC medal in the 1500. Jakob won European champs as well. He outkicked the guy who beat Yomif. We can talk about the level or comp and the circumstances of his opponents all we want but the fact of the matter is that all the brothers do the same training and they are the only medal threats over 1500m other than Willis and Africans. They have produced. They are young. It’s working.
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