Tim Cheruiyot 3:29.77, 0.03s behind Jakob who fell when leaning over the line

Great race but that was not a “fall” leaning over the line. He went Superman.

How do you know when the Africans arrived in Oslo? They are notorious for not arriving early. So for all we know they are more jet lagged than JI.

Tim ran 1:45.6 for his SB and 3rd place a week ago. Yes more of a workout effort (he ran 4 times over 2 days) but I don’t think he is in 1:43 form. Possibly 1:44 if he dialed into one. Not sure what it matters. A 13.1 last 100 is close to the best he’d do in his prime. But he would be the one doing it from the front and running slightly faster in those days.

He could have put in a full day on the potato farm before going straight to the airport.

Shortest flight time from Eldoret to Oslo is 21 hours, that will leave you pretty exhausted even if it's only a couple time zones. Driving the six hours to Nairobi doesn't save you any time, either.

Cheruiyot should have done what Kerr/Wightman did -- put pressure on Jakob with 200 to go. If you force Jakob to go to his last gear that early he's in trouble. Letting Jakob dictate until the last 100 allows him to save something.

The big question is WTF is wrong with Nordas? Third in the WC last year but looking worse this year.

Tim lives in Nairobi.

All I remember when I watched the team I* tv show was that Timothy was a huge hurdle for Jakob. Once he passed that hurdle Timothy was just not in the picture anymore. Now I see a recovering Jakob doing what it takes to win against a recovering Timothy.

The positive take is that Jakob needed to beat Timothy to continue on his recovery. The negative take is Timothy last year was not in the picture but he nearly beat Jakob in this race. The neutral take is they are both going to be better by the Olympics. I would say Jakob is not vulnerable so much as he is not dominating...for now at least. This race did teach me that Jakob is a gamer and had to win. He really wants to be on top again.

He lost his spike during the race so the fact that he still ran 3:34 is pretty impressive, but IMO I don’t think he’s in the same form he was last year. He ran 3:32.39 at around the same time last year and his SB currently is 3:33.87 from Doha

I hope Potato Tim sends Kerr back to his usual bronze territory

Jakob basically steps into the unknown in these early season races. Outside of 200m reps he does no intervals at his mile pace. He treats races as his true speed workouts.

His flagstaff workout day before Pre was a 30k mileage day. The kid is doing high mileage with high volume, slower reps. That's why looks "vulnerable."

Please bet against him in the letsrun prediction contest.

Yeah yall shouldn't be too surprised Potato Tim is back on the juice after being scared off/warned by doping authorities and regressing for a while. He's basically another Kiprop or Manangoi.

Too much haters of Moroccan in this site. (count the downvotes)

and an American/kenyan that play the good eyes for them

and thinking his Cheruiyot will be resurrected.

For now we are stopped at 3:29 High (OK?)

From the way Giles beats himself up on YT I would not have been surprised with last place today. Insane talent but even he admits he is all over the place mentally

Tim certainly looking stronger in this race like his old self. If he gets back to a similar form to Tokyo and takes on some front running that could play into Jakob’s hands. He took the lead at the Tokyo final at 450m and held it until the final 150m. This may be the best news for Jacob to get another front runner in form to help run the kick out of Kerr/Wightman

Hahah wtf?? The stupidity of you and cogg related to traveling fatigue is baffling. Kenya has a 1 hour difference in time zone, Oregon has 9….

Jesus…

Barely beating a nobody like Timothy Cheruiyot is super embarrassing. He is clearly in the twilight of his career. It's time for Jakob to move up to the marathon and collect appearance fees while people still remember his name.