Father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen belive Jakob could run a half-marathon under 60min under an interview lately

yyy wrote:

Jakob's future is in the 5000m. I think even Henrik will gravitate towards this event as he realizes that his speed is just not good enough in 1500m. Both will crack 13 min if healthy. In 10 years, this thread will resurface and we'll see whether my

prediction was crazy.

ex-runner wrote:

It's amazing that he is running such great times so young.

However the fact is he will get stuck at around 3:31 like his brothers. This kid isn't going to run 3:26.

The Kenyans couldn't care less about Jakob running 3:39 at 16 or whatever.

If he wants to win any medals like Fillip then he better work on his speed. Forget this half marathon ability nonsense.

Middledist wrote:

i belive he will be better at the long distances. 3km and above is perfect, maybe too slow for 1500

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Optimistic, very optimistic. Sub 60 @ 17, faster than Moen (who does Renato's training). My guess with Jakob is that he will peak at about 19, like Ryun etc.

Agedwell wrote:

This didn’t age well…

this aged quite fine wrote:

Middledist wrote:

i belive he will be better at the long distances. 3km and above is perfect, maybe too slow for 1500

Nicely predicted.

ex-runner wrote:

It's amazing that he is running such great times so young.

However the fact is he will get stuck at around 3:31 like his brothers. This kid isn't going to run 3:26.

The Kenyans couldn't care less about Jakob running 3:39 at 16 or whatever.

If he wants to win any medals like Fillip then he better work on his speed. Forget this half marathon ability nonsense.