Most elites wouldn't have shown up after all those injuries. Most elites wouldn't have tried the 5k after his disaster in the 1500m. But he ran, he put himself into contention, and he ran a 13:02 in a !2:57 race. Whatever you thought about Jacob in the past, you have to give him props for how he tried at the WCs.
If he's actually healthy now (big IF) and running 13:02 off no running then I'll go out on a limb and say he skips his break this winter, trains through, and breaks a world record in Spring.
Yes, the real test is if he’s able to train without interruption. You’d look no further than his brothers to see this is no given. He seems reluctant to do it, but I could see the argument for incorporating a little more cross training into his base training to see if that takes pressure off his Achilles.
Exactly. He doesn't like cross training but he obviously can't afford to train at his previous level without more risks than he would prefer and cross training will balance that out.
If JI has more kids, that's gonna be tough. I'm guessing the 15 month old at home hasn't been the best for recovery.
This. Kids age people's looks fast no matter how fit they are. Even many thought kipchoge was in his late 40s during his peak marathon career. He has many kids...
The OP might be a little hyperbolic, but we all understand there is a possibility it's not far off the mark right?
I'm not saying it is - but if he didn't ever come back to his level it wouldn't be completely shocking would it? I know there is a lot of fearful leading to wishful thinking on this one but we all understand he's not only going to not be running at "WR threat every race" level forever, there will be a point where his body just says enough and he will retire right?
For all intents and purposes he just missed an entire season with injury. And he valiantly showed up for the worlds (maybe for contractual reasons which is understandable) but clearly was competitively fit by his high standards. At 25 years of age that not a great situation and it's easy to forget this isn't a "Yared Nuguse completely undertrained until his 20's" situation - this guy has basically been focussed and prepping like a pro athlete since he was 16. Sure at this age the workload and intensity is lower because it simply has to be, but who is to say that intense workload on your body at age 16 is any different to intense workload on your body at ages 23-24 in a relative sense with respect to your bodies career capacity?
We know how he trains. Sure he doesn't do many, if any, heavy anaerobic sessions but the flip-side of that is that he does a mammoth amount of volume at still a very high intensity. Now if you logically think he wants to move more to the 5000m side of things and look at that WR, that's even more worrisome when you think of how he wants to get there. Because it's not great when you think of a guy developing a pattern of achilles injuries know the volume and intensity of training his mind and drive want him to do.
I've always said that every top athlete, no matter what distance, has a 4-5 year window MAX where there are really in their career best form. It's not unreasonable to think this was either the 3rd or 4th year of that window for him, and it was a lost season. Not only was he clearly not in his best shape in Tokyo I agree he just looked old. He was noticeably thinner and just looked pale out there - he didn't look healthy at all.
We also don't know what he mental state of mind is. He's married now and a dad. Loves his cars, has other interests. Made a ton of cash and will do so at least until LA no matter what. Maybe he has changed - he's still just a kid growing into an adult. I do think he will be back but it's not as cut-and-dried as I think people are desperate to believe it is.
If anything I would think his being a prodigy has taken a toll. His body has had to work far harder for longer than for most athletes his age. Andre Agassi, the great tennis player, said when the end comes in a career it comes quickly. I believe we are unfortunately seeing that with Ingebrigtsen. The recurrent injuries will end his career. He can never regain what he was.
Next game Rodgers will throw a TD pass when he does he moves past Bret Favre into 4th place all time. And that is where he will stay unless he plays another season.
Rodgers could end up with 30 TD this sason, that would give him 533, Peyton is at 539 in third.
Wilson has 353 in 12th place, Eli is ahead of him with 566, Wilson could pass him if he stays healthy,
Both guys moving up that passing yards all time, Rodgers could end up at number five, Wilson at number 13 all time.
Henry could move into 11th place all time with another 1000 yard season.
Didn't he run a 3:45 mile indoors this year? His achilles is problematic but it still seems like he is progressing year to year.
People saying that he is unmotivated clearly missed out on his indoor season this year, for better or for worse, it shows he cares deeply about training and competing.
The same bastards or ignorant folk will also ignore the achievement of Wayde Van Niekerk yesterday. He ran a 42 second leg in the 4x400m, closed an entire second gap on the other team, I believe either Botswana or US.
all these ppl want to troll and dirty the water about people aging out or becoming irrelevant. I get trolling, but I also have a love for this sport, for performance, and fostering positive things
Correction, he is currently respawning inside a liminal space located somewhere in-between "he's cooking" and "he's cooked". From there he will go on to rake over the Coles of yesteryear come 2026 when he will break the world records in the 1500m, mile and 5000 before claiming double gold in 2028. Then he also get the 10000m WR in 2029, after which he will run off into the sunset, retire and live happily ever after.
People forget he ran that monster 7:17/3000 in 2024.
To come and run 13:02 in a W.C.after his far from optimal training past two months is a tremendous performance.
Jakob has money - he's set for life, I'm guessing multi millionaire (billionaire in $ worth? Perhaps Norge people could reveal?). The point is, he toed the line, and performed well, and that deserves kudos. Most champs wouldn't have lined up, let alone race.