Jakob doubling mile AND 3000m??

SubSub wrote:

From an at a sponsors meet in Oslo today (translated with - sorry, but I havent put an effort into making the translation better than that):

Dismissing a record plan

When Ingebrigtsen ran 4.43.13 in the 2000 metres in Brussels on Friday evening, he erased Hicham El Guerrouj's 24-year-old record - the same man who holds the record for the 1500 metres (3.26.00).
Many are now wondering when we will see Ingebrigtsen try for the 1500 and 5000 metre records.

- "If I'm going to break as many records as possible, you have to start at one end. Now both 2000 metres and two miles went on the first attempt, so hopefully I won't have to run them for a while and can instead focus on other distances," says Ingebrigtsen to Dagbladet.

- Could you set a world record in the 5000 metres in the shape you're in now?

- "Yes, I think so. But I don't think I'm quite ready to prioritise it. It's about making it fit, and about what I need to do in training, in addition to finding the perfect race. You can't do everything at the same time," he says.

And continues:
- "Right now the focus is on the 1500 metres and the mile, maybe. I can try my hand at a 3000 metres next year. When I'm happy with that, I might try 5000 metres and the longer distances.

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For me, this seems like we might see him go for a record (WR or ER?) on the mile, and then race for the win on the 3k.

Link:www.dagbladet.no/sport/bildene-forblof...

Link:www.deepl.com/translator

Peach Pit wrote:

Gdoed wrote:

Jakob is NOT classy and he will get his comeuppance. He makes excuses and subtly denigrates his opposition.

few things feel better than watching the jakob haters seethe now that they can't say "this is his peak, he'll never get any faster than this" since he's setting WRs left and right.

I wasn't sure if he was actually sick at Worlds, and kinda thought he was just making an excuse for losing the 1500. Then he looked like crap in the 5k, with the race even closer than it was last year, and I started thinking he may actually have been sick. Then he ran 4:43 a few days ago and was so far above the rest of the field that I think sickness must be the only reason he lost the 1500. I hope Jakob clowns his opposition even more because it's funny and his opposition just isn't that good compared to him.

Gdoed wrote:

Peach Pit wrote:

few things feel better than watching the jakob haters seethe now that they can't say "this is his peak, he'll never get any faster than this" since he's setting WRs left and right.

I wasn't sure if he was actually sick at Worlds, and kinda thought he was just making an excuse for losing the 1500. Then he looked like crap in the 5k, with the race even closer than it was last year, and I started thinking he may actually have been sick. Then he ran 4:43 a few days ago and was so far above the rest of the field that I think sickness must be the only reason he lost the 1500. I hope Jakob clowns his opposition even more because it's funny and his opposition just isn't that good compared to him.

Well of course Jakob is peaking this year. You must be stupid to think he will ever run better than in 2023.

Gdoed wrote:

Peach Pit wrote:

few things feel better than watching the jakob haters seethe now that they can't say "this is his peak, he'll never get any faster than this" since he's setting WRs left and right.

I wasn't sure if he was actually sick at Worlds, and kinda thought he was just making an excuse for losing the 1500. Then he looked like crap in the 5k, with the race even closer than it was last year, and I started thinking he may actually have been sick. Then he ran 4:43 a few days ago and was so far above the rest of the field that I think sickness must be the only reason he lost the 1500. I hope Jakob clowns his opposition even more because it's funny and his opposition just isn't that good compared to him.

Well of course Jakob is peaking this year. You must be stupid to think he will ever run better than in 2023.