Not the standard 8 laps to the mile (or to the 1600m)?
The old 11 lapper?
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This f*cking guy can find every bit of disinformation and conspiracy theories on the internet, yet struggles finding actual facts about something real. 🙄
It’s pretty likely this is going down, if you go on the NB Indoor Grand Prix site they have a picture of Jakob and other runners. Clearly they are advertising him.
Crazy how Bekele’s last track world record is going to be gone in less than 2 months time. I know he ran 2000m Indoors as well but that time is pretty weak compared to Jakob’s 2k Outdoors.
What do we think he runs? 12:45?
Is it confirmed Jakob is running? Don’t see a picture of him on the website. Thinking of buying a ticket if he is but can’t figure that out
Why not buy one either way? The tickets are super cheap compared to NFL/NBA/NHL. Lots of other great athletes will be there, even if you dont care about Lyles/Alfred and only care about distance. Last year had Girma, Arop, Hoppel, Tsegey, Hull, Kessler.
Is it confirmed Jakob is running? Don’t see a picture of him on the website. Thinking of buying a ticket if he is but can’t figure that out
Why not buy one either way? The tickets are super cheap compared to NFL/NBA/NHL. Lots of other great athletes will be there, even if you dont care about Lyles/Alfred and only care about distance. Last year had Girma, Arop, Hoppel, Tsegey, Hull, Kessler.
Im cheap and driving into Boston is one of my least favorite things in the world to do. I’d do it for Jakob though.
There are threads about Chebet's latest world mark in which posters suggest that like most world records today it is a doped performance. Yet in a thread positing that Ingebrigtsen will beat a world record it cannot be suggested this will be just as likely doped as Chebet's feat. Yet if she is doping why should it be assumed he isn't?
4 years of training, and aging from 19 to 24 tend to do that for people. Do you honestly still not understand that an athlete might run faster four years after running a time trial?
I like the way it is assumed here that all Jakob has to do is say what he wants to achieve and it is done. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked out in certain championship finals - and then there was the HM debacle.
It is also interesting to see how he will be faster indoors over the 5k than he has ever achieved outdoors in 3 years. All he needs, it seems, is a "time trial". There may be more to it than that.
No, that is not assumed. What is assumed is that someone who have trained for four years and got a lot better at every distance will also be better at 5000 than what they was at 19. Or do you suggest that Jakob at age 19 would have been able to win three global golds?
It is also interesting to see how he will be faster indoors over the 5k than he has ever achieved outdoors in 3 years. All he needs, it seems, is a "time trial". There may be more to it than that.
Yes, there may be more to it than that, like 4 years of training, aging from 19 to 24, three global golds and WR shape in the 3000.
It is also interesting to see how he will be faster indoors over the 5k than he has ever achieved outdoors in 3 years. All he needs, it seems, is a "time trial". There may be more to it than that.
Yes, there may be more to it than that, like 4 years of training, aging from 19 to 24, three global golds and WR shape in the 3000.
You left out that which enhances performance more than anything else you listed, that is known to be throughout the top of the sport.
I like the way it is assumed here that all Jakob has to do is say what he wants to achieve and it is done. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked out in certain championship finals - and then there was the HM debacle.
It is also interesting to see how he will be faster indoors over the 5k than he has ever achieved outdoors in 3 years. All he needs, it seems, is a "time trial". There may be more to it than that.
No, that is not assumed. What is assumed is that someone who have trained for four years and got a lot better at every distance will also be better at 5000 than what they was at 19. Or do you suggest that Jakob at age 19 would have been able to win three global golds?
You confidently say he is better but he has yet to demonstrate it over that distance in 3 years, but has had no problem in improving over shorter distances in the same period, even while running few races over some of those distances. So the argument has to be all he requires is a "time trial". Sure.
It hasn't worked for him so far in anything outside 2km-2miles. It's just as likely he doesn't run "time-trials" in longer distances because the result would be much the same as his HM.
Yes, there may be more to it than that, like 4 years of training, aging from 19 to 24, three global golds and WR shape in the 3000.
You left out that which enhances performance more than anything else you listed, that is known to be throughout the top of the sport.
Global golds doesn't enhance performance, neither do "WR shape", did you not understand what I said, are you just clutching for straws or is this your way of saying that you in fact think that he probably is in better shape?
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No, that is not assumed. What is assumed is that someone who have trained for four years and got a lot better at every distance will also be better at 5000 than what they was at 19. Or do you suggest that Jakob at age 19 would have been able to win three global golds?
You confidently say he is better but he has yet to demonstrate it over that distance in 3 years, but has had no problem in improving over shorter distances in the same period, even while running few races over some of those distances. So the argument has to be all he requires is a "time trial". Sure.
Why do you invent things I say rather than answer to what I actually say? I say that it is assumed that someone who have trained for four years and got a lot better at every distance (they compete at) will also be better at the 5000, especially considering they were a teenager the first time around. Do you suggest that he probably haven't become better in the 5000? Do you suggest that he could have won 2x wc and olympic gold in the 5000 with the same shape he was in at 19? That would be remarkable.
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There are threads about Chebet's latest world mark in which posters suggest that like most world records today it is a doped performance. Yet in a thread positing that Ingebrigtsen will beat a world record it cannot be suggested this will be just as likely doped as Chebet's feat. Yet if she is doping why should it be assumed he isn't?
Interesting logic. Ingebrigtsen is a doper because of the eventuality that he breaks a record. But at the same time, there is no chance that he breaks that record and he isn't any better in the 5000 than he was when he was 19. Is it enjoyable to ride two horses? Do you ever argue with yourself in the mirror?
Armstr1: Ingebrigtsen is a doper, dummy! Beating the 5000m record! OBVIOUSLY DOPING
Armstr2: First and foremost, why are you comparing two different athletes, over two different distances, and two different records with different significance? Secondly, there is NO WAY he is beating that record. He has not progressed since he ran 12:48!
Armstr1: You are a dummy, he is breaking the 5000m record and obviously doping!
Armstr2: He haven't progressed in the 5000m over 4 years! No progress! EPO? More like Expired Past Olympics.
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I don't follow that indoor distance closely enough to have a number in mind. But you have to go with the low end projections. There's a lot of margin for error with endurance records. Far more often than not when they are broken they are shattered. That dates to Ayana in Rio and it's reached the point I'm shocked when anyone projects barely underneath.
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