A few months off at end of last year may end up being a benefit. Let his body rest and recuperate the way farmers let a field go fallow for a season to regenerate. Arturo Barrios always took a full month off following the season. Others have done the same. Given that Jakob has peaked for cross country and track for the last decade, some down time might end up being a plus. We'll know soon enough.
A few months off at end of last year may end up being a benefit. Let his body rest and recuperate the way farmers let a field go fallow for a season to regenerate. Arturo Barrios always took a full month off following the season. Others have done the same. Given that Jakob has peaked for cross country and track for the last decade, some down time might end up being a plus. We'll know soon enough.
Was thinking the same thing. He's been relatively healthy, and training and racing for a long time. A good deep rest won't impact him at all, assuming he's healthy. If anything, he'll be stronger after this. Hopefully he did take some of that time and just relax without cross training or doing much at all. Gain a few pounds and start the buildup fresh.
Here's the timeline since the 3:43 mile last September...
Oct-Jan: "barely ran for the past four months" (he said in an interview in January)
Feb: Mostly jogged it seems.
March: Back to normal training.
So by May 25th, he'll have about 3 months of normal training under him. What are the chances he, not only regains all of that lost fitness, but actually gets into 3:42 shape in just 3 months? I'm sticking with 0%.
0%?
To take less then one second of his PR run last summer?
I don't think he will show up unless he is in PR shape given the competition.
He has improved every year and is now only 23 years old
Unreleased Nike shoes that have name: Pegasus Turbo 4 Zoom Fly 6
Then there is the high stack shoe Conner Mantz has been wearing. It's similar to Adidas Prime X.
Maybe they are killing the Infinity and Invincible models and this is the replacement?
Wait, what shoes has Mantz been wearing? And when? He’s been injured and not running the past few weeks.
I can't post links but go to Trackstaa youtube channel and search "NIKE RUNNING SHOES in 2024". The shoe is around one minute mark. The original source is probably Mantz Instagram.
Now that I think I have seen Invincible 4 prototypes, so Nike is continuing that model.
Here's the timeline since the 3:43 mile last September...
Oct-Jan: "barely ran for the past four months" (he said in an interview in January)
Feb: Mostly jogged it seems.
March: Back to normal training.
So by May 25th, he'll have about 3 months of normal training under him. What are the chances he, not only regains all of that lost fitness, but actually gets into 3:42 shape in just 3 months? I'm sticking with 0%.
0%?
To take less then one second of his PR run last summer?
I don't think he will show up unless he is in PR shape given the competition.
He has improved every year and is now only 23 years old
Yes 0%.
"less than one second" is massive at that level. And you don't just improve because time has passed since last year. You have to train within that time.
He's showing up because he always starts his season in late May. And never with a PR either.
He's improved every year because of his consistency. But this past winter was the longest injury period of his career.
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All this article tells me is that from the photo and personal experience NAU's track needs resurfacing ASAP...... for as fast as they are that thing is beat down. UV proof mondo!!!!
In his whole career he's never ducked anyone. He seems to thrive on competition since he was like 15. Imagine in the 80s when they were at their peak is Coe and Ovett didn't duck each other how amazing would that have been. That's why I love the runners of today, so darn competitive esp. Jakob! Well, maybe Kerr did duck Jakob in Eugene at the end of last year to instead run some silly mile road race. But we can forgive him for that :)
Even if he loses he is smart enough to know there is always something to learn through competition. I have to give him credit he never ducks competition. That being said he knows Paris is the priority