Mehdi Baala and Matthew Centrowitz were masters of this, too.
There was this sense of pace with Centro when he took off. I can barely detect Jakob changing gears. No tell at all, from his face all the way down. It makes you think he could go MUCH faster. Maybe that’s not true, but G-D he is smooth.
He's not changing gears he's just running the same approximate speed while everyone else drops off
I’m curious to know if Jakob can do what Kipyegon just did and drop a 52 second last lap off of a slow pace.
It doesn't matter because he'll never need to. He'll lead the whole race just to make the pace honest. There's nothing anyone can do to stop him - unless they can kick better than him off a fast pace.
Steeple has been pretty boring this year as El Bakkali wins everything with ease.
With his current form, he could rivalise with the best current milers (I don't say he is in the Top 3). He spend all the year training in the High altitudes of Ifran.
