Yakob has been living as an experiment since the age of 6 lmao.
Yeah if theres any reason to expect an early retirement, its that.
Yakob has been living as an experiment since the age of 6 lmao.
Yeah if theres any reason to expect an early retirement, its that.
snowdays wrote:
OozmaKappa wrote:
Yakob fans back at it again, this time insisting Yakob can run 46/1:41 lmao
If Yakob can run 1:41 then Kiplimo can run 3:26.
i was the one who originally put those numbers out there - i'm not a yakob fan and i think anyone who thinks yakob can run 1:44 is an idiot.
you can't gush about the scientifically optimized aerobic training and the lactate meter and then turn around and say "well actually, this guy is ALSO faster in the 400m and 800m than people who do real speedwork year round"
i don't care if he can run a 52 20 times if he can't run a 48 once.
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glittertind wrote:
SDSU Aztec wrote:
Saying he's been living like a science experiment is nonsense. A lot of very young tennis players are sent to academies in Florida that are equally as unpleasant as anything Jakob has done. When he won a gold medal at Tokyo I really doubt he felt like some kind of experiment. Doesn't he have a girlfriend and doesn't have to have a part-time job? It sounds like he's living a pretty good life. During the amateur days, some elite runners had full-time jobs in order to support a family.
When he goes for a run tomorrow morning I really doubt he will feel exhausted from having run at age ten. All elite endurance athletes train hard and an extra 4 years or so makes no difference. I've read that Jakobz started training at age 10-11 but certainly not at 6.
I would suggest that you listen to the podcast interview posted earlier in the thread. I think it would clear up some misconceptions that you might have developed regarding his process since age 6 as well as his current feelings.
Some of you are still predicting that he would make the extraordinary decision to quit while still being the best 1500m runner in the world. Thousands of other athletes have fanatical dedication that never get anywhere near his level, but he's just going to quit? Being whiney and making such a heinous decision are different things.
Gabriella Szabo quit at the top of her career.