Jakob Ingebrigtsen wants ALL of the WRs - 1500 through marathon: "If Some People Can Do Something, I Believe I Can Do It Better"

in distance the only premier events are 1500, 5000 and marathon. so i agree with this.

it is a prestigious record within the track world though

The fastest someone not born in Africa has ever run in the marathon is 2:04:51. The WR is 2:01:09 - so you're talking almost exactly 8.5 seconds per mile that he'd have to be better than anyone else. He's like within 1 second of the mile and 2 seconds of the 1500.

The marathon based on what others have done should be by far the hardest.

BRILLIANT point I hadn't thought about. We praise him for being like Pre and going all out in the 1500 but maybe that's because he's got no other way to win.

do you have a link to the article? I'd like to read it. I remember a few years ago hearing about how they had his VO2 max testing and how amazing it was and I kept thinking to myself, "This doesn't make any sense. Wouldn't that mean his best event is the half?" We'll find out soon enough.

It’s my opinion and I’ll stick with it. He first has to run World XC or the 10,000. We will be on 2 years plus since he ran a fast 5,000 by next season.

This year yes. 2022 I would not say was a sit and kick. He took over with 900 to go and squeezed the life out of everyone.

You just make it up as you go along. You are NOT an objective observer at all. You threw objectivity out the window a long time ago. You cannot just make up numbers because they make you feel better.

But it's world records Ingebrigtsen says he wants and you guys think he's going to get. He simply isn't in the same class when it comes records as Clarke - 17 to 2.

wrong numbers from the liar - as always.

steeple, 10k & marathon. will not happen. sorry.

It doesn't matter what you think the numbers are, he is nowhere near Clarke - and never will be. But it's good you keep turning up to represent the losers here.

I don't think he can resist the temptation, assuming he accomplishes everything else he wants first.

For sure, trying to get the fact correct means losing for you.

No one cares about indoor marks. They aren't part of the conversation. But you drooling Ingebrigtsen fans are desperate to shore up a resume that includes more losses than wins at the world champs and where he has no real records in his specialist distance.

No athlete stands a chance of achieving world records from the 1500 to the marathon - unless they are a pharmacy of peds. So I guess he does have a chance.

So your ignorance was exposed again? Haha

I don't think 12:30 is outlandish at all. Chep and Addy Ruiter both said Chep could have run 12:30 that night had the conditions not been what they were.

Actually, it wasn't part of the conversation. But let's go back to his junior marks as well because his resume of records is so spare it needs shoring up any way you can. 3 consecutive WC losses at his specialist distance and only 2 outdoor world marks that are both at non-championship distances. But his bragging never stops - like his vacuous fans. Sure, he's going to take all the records.

Ron Clarke is one of THE great record setters in distance running history: 4 x 5000m, 3 x 10000m, 1 x 1 hour, 2 x 2 Miles (weaker marks than the 3000m record) (+ a very weak 2 Miles indoor mark).
He set his 1st world record at age 26.

For sure J. Ingebrigtsen can't challenge that with his 2000m (bettered a 24 yo record), 2 Miles (bettered a 26 yo record) and 1500m indoor (bettered a 3 yo record which has bettered a 22 yo record) marks. His 2000m record is slightly better than the Mile WR and his 2 Miles record is better than the 3000m record.
He has set those records before age 23.

Who has said he will get those (which?) WRs? I don't think he cares about the hour. 5000m is difficult, but I think definitely possible for him. 10000m? Apart from himself, nobody might have a clue until he runs the distance. I think he has some chance.

Clarke has not won a single important title. Not in 56 OG (age 19), not in 58 CG, not in 60 OG, not in 62 CG, not in 64 OG, not in 66 CG, not in 68 OG, not in 70 CG. He either didn't even qualify (at age 19, at age 21, at age 23), or he lost the 5000m and the 10000m (at age 25, at age 27, at age 29, at age 31, at age 33).

At age 18, Ingebrigtsen has missed a medal two times closely (4th), at age 20 he became Olympic champion, at age 21 he has won a Gold and a Silver, at age 22 he has won a Gold and a Silver. All at WORLD stage (whereas Clarke has not even won a Gold at the Commonwealth games), What about SEVENTEEN European Golds? Before age 23.

Your attempts to downgrade Ingebrigtsens's success is just plain ridiculous. Clarke in the 1960s has set more records during his career than Ingebrigtsen did in the 2020s up to age 23. Great stat, imby.

Just an info old man. I'm not a Ingebrigtsen fan at all.