Jake Whiteman will no longer be coached by his father

justanothercuriousdude wrote:

I don’t understand why all you guys don’t seem to know about Jake’s DL win in 2017, where he took down a lot of WC medalists and even the gold champ that year… Check out this link:

Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpH4QutPmEA&pp...

Skuj wrote:

blahblahblah3 wrote:

Jake's dad's statement via Instagram:

"For 15 years this has been the best kind of adventure that a father and son could have together.

My training worked ok until the end of 2022. Since then it has just produced a series of five badly-timed injuries. If you aren't part of the solution, sometimes you are part of the problem, and it's time to step away.

I won't be coaching Jake going forward. He will do his own thing, but here's to many more days like the ones above"

Seems unfortunate, but probably the best move for all involved. Dude was a heck of a coach when he was on, A WC gold and the 3rd fastest British 1500 ever is nothing to sneeze at.

This makes much more sense now. (Jake's initial post is too political.)

Skuj wrote:

blahblahblah3 wrote:

Jake's dad's statement via Instagram:

"For 15 years this has been the best kind of adventure that a father and son could have together.

My training worked ok until the end of 2022. Since then it has just produced a series of five badly-timed injuries. If you aren't part of the solution, sometimes you are part of the problem, and it's time to step away.

I won't be coaching Jake going forward. He will do his own thing, but here's to many more days like the ones above"

Seems unfortunate, but probably the best move for all involved. Dude was a heck of a coach when he was on, A WC gold and the 3rd fastest British 1500 ever is nothing to sneeze at.

This makes much more sense now. (Jake's initial post is too political.)

yay marxism wrote:

Well he is too old and does not have the endurance to compete with the new gen anyway.