Delusional? Jakob Ingebrigtsen says he wants to break 10 different distance WR's. (Link attached)

Valencia, trying for the NR.

He’s like to push himself and to compete.

Definitely true. Tremendous competitor.

Well, despite you not seeing the point of him racing the SC,13.1 and 26.2, he does -he said so…

He's already got 4, 1500m indoors, outdoor 2 mile; 3,000 and 2,000. Since started his world championship races as a 16 year at the steeplechase at 2017 IAAF world championships in London in 8:34.88, I repeat as a 16 year old, I have no doubt that he can take down that record and based on his 3k and multiple titles, the 5,000 will go and based on his training the 10 and 1/2 marathon road should also go and that will take him to 8 and since he is so close in coming years the mile and 1500 will go. That's 10 :)

Not that difficult. He has a very simple goal: to become the greatest distance runner in history.

Success at one distance not enough.

He's already got 4, 1500m indoors, outdoor 2 mile; 3,000 and 2,000. Since he started his world championship races as a 16 year at the steeplechase at 2017 IAAF world championships in London in 8:34.88, I repeat as a 16 year old, I have no doubt that he can take down that record and based on his 3k and multiple titles, the 5,000 will go and based on his training the 10k and 1/2 marathon road should also go and that will take him to 8 and since he is so close, in coming years the mile and 1500 will go. That's 10 :)

No offence my friend but nobody will approach 3:27 in Brussels let alone the WR.

Fast times are finished for this season, sprinters included. All the athletes are wiped.

The only exception may be the men's 800m seems to have unfinished business.

Down the line if he changes his training the Half and the Marathon is doable. Personally i did 2:08 and was capable of a 1:01 half in the right conditions and couldn't dream of lower than 13:45 5k. Believe me for him a 60 min half would be barely more than a training run..ridiculously effortless.

He's just having fun with goals that help motivate him and direct his training. It's not entirely delusional, he's basing it on his age, progress and performance metrics in training.

I'm sure he'll get more records, but getting all of them is unlikely, partly due to the fact that the Ingebrigtsen's seem to get injured often. Another question is, whatever records he gets, will he hold them all at the same time? If not, who will beat them first?

Should be fun to watch, and as Noah Lyles said, after stating he will get Bolt's 200m record: "People love to watch people fail. They just do. I don't know why."

the actual distances he was talking about are: 1500m, 1500m during a decathlon, 1600m, mile, 2000, 2000 steeplechase, 3000, 3000 steeplechase, 3000 step 3200, 2 mile

What do you think Jakob could run in the 1000m? 2:12-2:13 would be my guess

What he or anyone else says he will do means nothing until he does it.

Obviously, he doesn’t have the leg speed to run that fast for 1000m. If he could, he would be unbeatable at 1500m.

As much as I like him, seems extremely implausible that Jakob could run 1000m significantly faster than Arop, Wightman, Sedjati, or Laros, who are all 2:14 or better. 2:15.x on a good day probably.

In 2020 Jakob’s brother Filip ran 1.16.46 three weeks before a 800m in 1.46.74 where Jakob won in 1.46.44. Filip also did 3.30.35 later that season.

I think Jakob could have done 1.15 in 2020. Bout now? I don’t know, but he is 2 sec faster in the 1500m…

Remember when you said he wouldn't break Komen's 2 mile WR? We all remember how that went.

It's marvellous what doping can do. But records are a compensation for Ingebrigtsen, for failing at the Olympics and WC.

IF he is a doper, I can see why he acts the way he does. It totally makes sense to me now.