When will Jakob be relevant again? Update: Hopefully soon, we can report he's already up to running 8km on land

horse three · 2026-03-02T22:09:53-05:00

2nd straight global championship without him being a factor. When will he matter again?

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Here is LetsRun.com's update on Jakob's comeback: https://www.letsrun.com/news/2...

2 months ago 03/05/2026 8:15am EST

re: Yawn27385

Yawn27385 wrote:
People need to stop caring about world records. If he can get into PR shape, then he can get some new world records — simple as that. He’s still young enough and talent doesn’t go away. Stay healthy, stay patient, stay optimistic

Stay realistic.

This aint like 2024. In his 2024 comeback, he was coming off the heels of his best year ever. 2023 was the year he finally ran 3:27, broke the 2000 and 2 mile world records, ran 3:43-7:23 in the diamond league final and won gold-silver at the world championships. Had it not been for Josh Kerr defeating him in Budapest, it would have been a perfect year.

This time he is is coming off the heels of his worst year ever. A year that was ruined by injury. A world championship where he suffered a first round exit in his main event. That means he's coming back from a much lower fitness level than he did in 2024. It's easier to come back from top of the world than from rock bottom.

It's been around 11 months since Jakob was able to train full bore at his highest level without any injury complication. That is not the kind of base that leads to a world record.

2 months ago 03/05/2026 8:18am EST

re: career direction

career direction wrote:
Yawn27385 wrote:
People need to stop caring about world records. If he can get into PR shape, then he can get some new world records — simple as that. He’s still young enough and talent doesn’t go away. Stay healthy, stay patient, stay optimistic
Stay realistic.
This aint like 2024. In his 2024 comeback, he was coming off the heels of his best year ever. 2023 was the year he finally ran 3:27, broke the 2000 and 2 mile world records, ran 3:43-7:23 in the diamond league final and won gold-silver at the world championships. Had it not been for Josh Kerr defeating him in Budapest, it would have been a perfect year.
This time he is is coming off the heels of his worst year ever. A year that was ruined by injury. A world championship where he suffered a first round exit in his main event. That means he's coming back from a much lower fitness level than he did in 2024. It's easier to come back from top of the world than from rock bottom.
It's been around 11 months since Jakob was able to train full bore at his highest level without any injury complication. That is not the kind of base that leads to a world record.

WE will see.

Nobody thought he could smash Komen's 3k record.

2 months ago 03/05/2026 9:03am EST

re: Yawn27385

Yawn27385 wrote:
Neno wrote:
Why are you worried? Jakob is coming back, sooner or later, he will come back stronger than ever. If I were Jakob, I would not give up defending the triple/double European gold medals. There is time, the records will fall, all 5.
p.s. Jakob can always save time with a record en route. 😉
People need to stop caring about world records. If he can get into PR shape, then he can get some new world records — simple as that. He’s still young enough and talent doesn’t go away. Stay healthy, stay patient, stay optimistic

Fitness and heath go away, rnd 2

2 months ago 03/05/2026 9:05am EST

re: Jan Brady

Jan Brady wrote:
Yawn27385 wrote:
People need to stop caring about world records. If he can get into PR shape, then he can get some new world records — simple as that. He’s still young enough and talent doesn’t go away. Stay healthy, stay patient, stay optimistic
Fitness and heath go away, rnd 2

And are are regained at age 25

2 months ago 03/05/2026 2:22pm EST

re: career direction

career direction wrote:
Yawn27385 wrote:
People need to stop caring about world records. If he can get into PR shape, then he can get some new world records — simple as that. He’s still young enough and talent doesn’t go away. Stay healthy, stay patient, stay optimistic
Stay realistic.
This aint like 2024. In his 2024 comeback, he was coming off the heels of his best year ever. 2023 was the year he finally ran 3:27, broke the 2000 and 2 mile world records, ran 3:43-7:23 in the diamond league final and won gold-silver at the world championships. Had it not been for Josh Kerr defeating him in Budapest, it would have been a perfect year.
This time he is is coming off the heels of his worst year ever. A year that was ruined by injury. A world championship where he suffered a first round exit in his main event. That means he's coming back from a much lower fitness level than he did in 2024. It's easier to come back from top of the world than from rock bottom.
It's been around 11 months since Jakob was able to train full bore at his highest level without any injury complication. That is not the kind of base that leads to a world record.

Reread my last line — I’m not necessarily talking about 2026. If he stays healthy he can certainly get back into his best shape— perhaps by 2027

2 months ago 03/05/2026 2:39pm EST

re: horse three

Last year he took the indoor 1500 and mile world record in the same race, won the 1500m and 3000m indoor double in both the EC and the WC. Is that irrelevant?

2 months ago 03/05/2026 3:00pm EST

re: Yawn27385

Yawn27385 wrote:
career direction wrote:
Stay realistic.
This aint like 2024. In his 2024 comeback, he was coming off the heels of his best year ever. 2023 was the year he finally ran 3:27, broke the 2000 and 2 mile world records, ran 3:43-7:23 in the diamond league final and won gold-silver at the world championships. Had it not been for Josh Kerr defeating him in Budapest, it would have been a perfect year.
This time he is is coming off the heels of his worst year ever. A year that was ruined by injury. A world championship where he suffered a first round exit in his main event. That means he's coming back from a much lower fitness level than he did in 2024. It's easier to come back from top of the world than from rock bottom.
It's been around 11 months since Jakob was able to train full bore at his highest level without any injury complication. That is not the kind of base that leads to a world record.
Reread my last line — I’m not necessarily talking about 2026. If he stays healthy he can certainly get back into his best shape— perhaps by 2027

Others are talking about world records in 2026. That's not realistic.

2 months ago 03/06/2026 7:19am EST

re: Upce

Upce wrote:
Jakob will always be relevant. At least for the next couple generations at least. He might be done as the best runner in the world. But for a generation the general consensus was that Daniel Komen’s 7:20 was unbreakable, and furthermore, that the Africans were simply too good. And a white boy from Norway said “hold my beer,” and he put the fear of a Norway god in them. So he remains relevant. And for all we know, there is no Cooper Lutkenhaus without Jakob.

fear of a Norway God. this is inane my lady. he was hit with neurological weapons from cell towers in tokyo 24 losing to kerr and hocker while hocker being american benefited from the sabotage of Jakob by hostile american forces.

this whole sport has been ruined by the AI algorithm that Jakob and many other sportmen are fighting against. they say your race is no longer against your human competitor but against a robotic CIA designed demonic algorithm.

the anti christ was responsible for jakob's tokyo loss and following a 2025 and 2026 year of failure.

i'm shouting at the top of my voice SAVE JAKOB AND OUR ATHLETES DAMN IT.

2 months ago 03/06/2026 7:27am EST

re: Newname

Newname wrote:
Sure he lost the 2022+2023 WC 1500s and the 2024 OG 1500s. IN each case he led much of the race only to be beaten in the homestretch run -- by a few meters. In each case he returned to win the 5k in domineering fashion. And in each of the years 2021-2024 his 1500 overall seasons put him as top 1500 meter runner per Track and Field News.
His injury repaired by surgery was relatively minor -- hardly career threatening.
He appears very motivated. He wants to be the GOAT of middle/long distance running.
He is 25 years old.
I surely would not count him out when it comes to future 1500 world titles.
El G hit the top in @ 1996 or 1997 and won an OG 1500/5k double in 2004, at the age of nearly 30.

My lady, you are unreasonably bullish. we live in a 1000 times more unhealthy EMF era than in 1996 El g. Can you do simple math? You can't calculate human health and physicality has inflated with theUS dollar and value of gold?????

A 12 year old may be able to calculate the depreciation of all material flesh and bone better than you do yeah?????

You think a elite athlete out for 1 year has the same neurons or will receive back the same neurons in the future no matter how young? He is 25 as you said not 15. If he has 2 achillesinjuries by 15 that's different than 2 at 23/25.

The central intelligence agency's diabolical directed energy weapons program using frequencies from cell towers has costed jakob a 3:20:00 1500m new weltrekord.

damn those beeches....

2 months ago 03/06/2026 7:33am EST

re: this and this

this and this wrote:
A link to this post was provided in Rojo's article "
LRC Great news: Jakob Ingebrigtsen is already up to running 8km on land as he comes back from Achilles surgery"
The title of that article is incorrect and deceptive.
JI did not have surgery on his Achilles tendon. He had surgery on the sheath surrounding that tendon.
There is the big difference between the two with regards to invasiveness and recovery.
Incorrectly calling that "Achilles surgery" is like labeling surgery on the pericardium 'heart surgery' or labeling surgery to the skin covering the knee as 'knee surgery".

It's the same my lady.

The tendon is attached to the sheath my lady.

They are one in the same thing.

Jakob had certain sections of his brain incapacitated in round 1 of tokyo 25 1500m heats last year. There was a research classified paper by a US army specialist where they pump him with frequencies till his brain could no longer fire his leg muscles properly,.

The weapon is called the vestibular ear otalitic weapon. basically suitable RF vibrates jakob's cochlear until he loses consciousness to put one foot in front of the other in tokyo 25 last year.

it's real guys, this weapon is LIT........it's from your mobile phone and phone towers

2 months ago 03/06/2026 9:13am EST

re: snowflakes

snowflakes wrote:
UngusBungus wrote:
Also stop with the world record talk for Jakob. He's not getting any this year, and in the future his best shot is in the 5000m, with the mile and under being too short and the 10k and over too long.
Even if he gets healthy again, the 5000m is no guarantee. I feel as though people heavily underestimate that world record.
no offense but you guys aren’t even reading my entire post. Likewise, Jakob was on cross training from october-Feb in 2024 and still came out and ran 3:26.73 and 7:17.55 so this Jakob is done with WRs rhetoric is a bit rich in response to me when I already conceded he may not be.
That’s why I suggested that he not run any championships so he can be ready to run WRs in August/September were he to find that fitness again.

You have to understand, he's never been in shape to run a world record in a main event apart from maybe the 5000.

At peak fitness he ran 3:26.73, and he's had even more injuries since then. There's no way he improves over a second over his previous peak in the 1500m. That leaves the 5000 and above.

First I think the 10000 and above are just too long for him, we've never seen someone with remotely the same build and speed as him do THAT well in the 10000. It's disrespectful to Cheptegei to think Jakob could best running two 13:05s in a row.

The 5000 is the only possibility, which could only happen with a perfect build up with no more injuries from Jakob. I don't think he's got enough time this year, which leaves next year and the year after for it. But again I'd still say it's unlikely he gets there (but the only one I could see happening).

2 months ago 03/06/2026 9:16am EST

re: horse three

I'll reiterate that I think Jakob can get back into great shape, maybe even better shape than 2024, but even if he does that he likely won't be in good enough shape to beat the 5000 world record, much less any other distance records.

2 months ago 03/06/2026 9:45am EST

re: Yawn27385

Yawn27385 wrote:
career direction wrote:
Stay realistic.
This aint like 2024. In his 2024 comeback, he was coming off the heels of his best year ever. 2023 was the year he finally ran 3:27, broke the 2000 and 2 mile world records, ran 3:43-7:23 in the diamond league final and won gold-silver at the world championships. Had it not been for Josh Kerr defeating him in Budapest, it would have been a perfect year.
This time he is is coming off the heels of his worst year ever. A year that was ruined by injury. A world championship where he suffered a first round exit in his main event. That means he's coming back from a much lower fitness level than he did in 2024. It's easier to come back from top of the world than from rock bottom.
It's been around 11 months since Jakob was able to train full bore at his highest level without any injury complication. That is not the kind of base that leads to a world record.
Reread my last line — I’m not necessarily talking about 2026. If he stays healthy he can certainly get back into his best shape— perhaps by 2027

Hard to say how long. If he stays healthy, can he not regain full fitness by this summer?

2 months ago 03/06/2026 6:28pm EST

re: Newname

Newname wrote:
Hard to say how long. If he stays healthy, can he not regain full fitness by this summer?

Doubtful

2 months ago 03/07/2026 6:39pm EST

re: career direction

He’s back home and training

Prefontaine July 4th??

2 months ago 03/07/2026 6:43pm EST

re: horse three

horse three wrote:
snowflakes wrote:
I think it would be a huge mistake if he focused on the European/WA DL final championships this year. This might be a hot take but I think at his best (in Paris), he was capable of sub 3:26. But from 2021 -2024 he had a global championship to peak for. Jakob has to make a big decision this year on whether to focus on WRs (which IMO supersede any championship this year) or focus on getting golds (which won’t move the needle at all in his GOAT rankings). I’ll respect whatever he does but I’m pretty sure he knows that he ATLEAST needs one Olympic distance record to set a legendary legacy.
You think WRs are in play this year?

Like come on, be real. Out of the question in any kind of standard event.

2 months ago 03/08/2026 4:13am EDT

re: horse three

The Achilles tendon ages by losing elasticity, flexibility, and water content and should impact older athletes. If the injury is a reflection of Jakob's running age. It cannot be salvaged.

Neither have the below athletes been able to recapture their best.

31 year Elaine Thompson-Herah suffered a small tear in her Achilles tendon
during the New York Grand Prix in June 2024.
29 Yulimar Rojas suffered a torn left Achilles tendon during training in Spain in April 2024
31 year Genevieve Gregson ruptured her achilles tendon
in the final lap of the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

2 months ago 03/08/2026 4:25am EDT

re: horse three

If he gets in full base training in april, may, june and july and then transitions into race prep training during August and peaks in september, he could absolutely threaten the 5000m WR.

2 months ago 03/08/2026 8:55am EDT

re: career direction

career direction wrote:
Newname wrote:
Hard to say how long. If he stays healthy, can he not regain full fitness by this summer?
Doubtful

Why?

2 months ago 03/08/2026 8:56am EDT

re: no spring in the achilles

no spring in the achilles wrote:
The Achilles tendon ages by losing elasticity, flexibility, and water content and should impact older athletes. If the injury is a reflection of Jakob's running age. It cannot be salvaged.
Neither have the below athletes been able to recapture their best.
31 year Elaine Thompson-Herah suffered a small tear in her Achilles tendon
during the New York Grand Prix in June 2024.
29 Yulimar Rojas suffered a torn left Achilles tendon during training in Spain in April 2024
31 year Genevieve Gregson ruptured her achilles tendon
in the final lap of the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Was not an achilles injury. Never mind a rupture

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