Imagine he runs 3:25 in Brussels and then 57:20 2 days later. He would be the ALL TIME GOAT
Exactly!!! It would be epic. Is it likely?? Who cares! You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. No one cares about the Copenhagen Half Marathon—now it’s mist watch television (or steaming).
The fact that we all can discuss WR’s when a rumor like this comes around and discuss them with a fair amount of seriousness only speaks to the level of Jakob’s talent. What an exciting time to be a fan of track & field.
Actually it speaks more to how stupid most of the posters are here. Jakob claims he has been sick with a cold. Jakob is completely unproven at this distance. Jakob would be fortunate to run 59:00. World record talk is NOT a serious discussion for the intelligent.
I'm not getting too excited just yet. I think he entered a HM before and ended up just pacing one of his brothers.
But if he does run, I expect he'll aim for the European record rather than the WR. That's 59:13 and I would think that's in range for him even off his normal 1500/5000 training. He's a calculated sort of person and he'll know that 57:31 in his first HM isn't a realistic goal. If he runs it, I expect something like 58:50
He has said he wants all the distance records from 1500m through marathon and this is a very fast race. The weather in Europe is also cool right now, perfect half conditions if the course is not wet and rainy.
He has said he wants all the distance records from 1500m through marathon and this is a very fast race. The weather in Europe is also cool right now, perfect half conditions if the course is not wet and rainy.
He never said that, to my knowledge. He did talk about getting 9 WR, but that could easily be 3k indoors, 2m indoors, steeple, 1500 outdoors, road mile, 5km (o/i) 10k (o/i)
Yeah with a pacer for 57min (what I heard). Maybe Jakob wants to go with that and see if he can hang? If not he can always claim a cold or the 1500 the day before, lots of legitimate excuses there (he needs them).
He has said he wants all the distance records from 1500m through marathon and this is a very fast race. The weather in Europe is also cool right now, perfect half conditions if the course is not wet and rainy.
He never said that, to my knowledge. He did talk about getting 9 WR, but that could easily be 3k indoors, 2m indoors, steeple, 1500 outdoors, road mile, 5km (o/i) 10k (o/i)
False. He was asked if it included the marathon, and he said yes.
What Banana Bread said (great username). We're never going to hear this kind of talk about Josh Kerr or Hole Cocker. Ever. Buddy can step all over them (most of the time) in the 1500 then turn around and beat down the half marathoners.
Not quite right. -Hocker made a “rumour” pre Olympics that he could beat anyone in the 1500m, and even delivered..!
Yeah with a pacer for 57min (what I heard). Maybe Jakob wants to go with that and see if he can hang? If not he can always claim a cold or the 1500 the day before, lots of legitimate excuses there (he needs them).
I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t go all out. I expect this will be his very last race of the season so racing it to his absolute max will have no repercussions
