Saturday Night after the 5000m final won by Krop or Chelimo he will Say that woke up with fever in the morning and that he felt very sick.
Saturday Night after the 5000m final won by Krop or Chelimo he will Say that woke up with fever in the morning and that he felt very sick.
Agree with this. As soon as he looked back I knew he was done. He did it in the 22 and 23 finals along the back stretch. Hodgkinson did it on the CG final against Moraa.
Very sensible and I agree. Big difference with high 54 v 56 first lap (esp with 2 rounds in the legs). But, I’m not sure it would have changed the outcome. The fastest pace he could muster didn’t run the kick out of Hocker, Kerr or Nugese (Full credit to them). I don’t see how a slower pace would have resulted in a better outcome for Jakob.
Erin1980 wrote:
Very sensible and I agree. Big difference with high 54 v 56 first lap (esp with 2 rounds in the legs). But, I’m not sure it would have changed the outcome. The fastest pace he could muster didn’t run the kick out of Hocker, Kerr or Nugese (Full credit to them). I don’t see how a slower pace would have resulted in a better outcome for Jakob.
Big difference also in how you go about running a 54 or 56. If you go slow in the first 100-150 then jump to the front and come through the 400 that fast then you cooked your legs unnecessarily. Jakob is a single gear (although a huge) runner who needs to run evenly in this distance more than several of his competitors. He's a smooth runner so it's deceiving when he makes a move, but it absolutely takes a lot out of him.
Erin1980 wrote:
Very sensible and I agree. Big difference with high 54 v 56 first lap (esp with 2 rounds in the legs). But, I’m not sure it would have changed the outcome. The fastest pace he could muster didn’t run the kick out of Hocker, Kerr or Nugese (Full credit to them). I don’t see how a slower pace would have resulted in a better outcome for Jakob.
It's not about a slower pace - it's a different distribution of pace.
It's a very different race for Hocker and Kerr in particular if laps 2 and 3 are in the low to mid 55's. The key for Jakob are always the concentrated blocks of pace that his threshold can handle and the other guys can't (as we have seen on the circuit the last what, 3 years?). So even though he got to 1200 in 2.47.3 yesterday, he did it going (as we know), 54.8, 56.6, 55.9. That 800m stretch of 1.52.5 (from 400-1200m) is nowhere near hot enough to trouble Kerr and Hocker (Nuguse either). The one difference is that those guys - and especially Hocker - didn't expend the energy running so fast in the opening 200/400m or leading the race. I know this sounds like splitting hairs but at this level of performance it really adds up and matters.
Jakob would have theoretically been better off getting to the front, leading a first lap in 57.0 then trying to run 55.5, 55,0 for the 2nd and third laps. That would be even fractionally slower than what he did yesterday but it's totally different physiological race at that point.
As it stands he didn't. What he "could have/should have" didn't happen - he got it wrong and there were 3 guys good enough and ready enough to beat him which they did.
Useless without pacers? He essentially ran a solo 3:27, Nobody ever could run a solo 3:28 low. Nobody else could run the race he did. Yes, it didn't work and they wouldn't want to run that race. If somebody had even taken it the first 700m, that energy saved puts Jakob first. It didn't run that way obviously. He couldn't Rudisha a 1500. Not many guys could ever. Had he gambled and gone out in second-third and kick from a spot of his choosing, he could have surprise and a better chance at winning. As it was , Jakob made it the best 1500m Olympic final ever.
copy pasting wrote:
Copy pasting the full translation from another poster:
“It was the race I expected. It all came down to how I was feeling, how much I’m able to recover from the previous races. I felt extremely good, and that’s why I pushed the pace a little too hard.
"I saw that I got a starting gap, and I was a little bit eager. Of course, it’s not what I was hoping for. I can only blame myself. It’s a difficult game, balancing your energy. It’s difficult to get 100% of that.
“It’s not as fun if I’m not able to get the results I want. But the others did a great race. This was a risk I was going to take.”Reasonable.
I expected much more bravado.
He could have called the other guys cheaters, accused all the officials and half the audience of cheating. Then he could have posted home addresses and phone numbers of officials online and tell fans to "make it right". Then he could have protested the length of the track, the limited view of the officials and failed timing equipment that was obviously hacked by the deep sport. Then he could have claimed there were magnets in the track that were only attracted to his spikes. His loyal fans would back him 100%. Heck, he might even get a gold medal if they stormed the IOC Headquarters before they ratify the medals.
Wgaf your not even qualified to discuss how he runs or races