Jakob - "I won't try this again for another two years"

Khamis wrote:

Hobbyhurdler wrote:

Not great, but not bad by any means. Keep in mind that he started this half-marathon 36 hours after running a 3:30 1500m i Brussels.

Jakob did a 27:54 in a 10k road race a couple of weeks after turning 19 (in bad conditions) He definitely has more potential in the half-marathon.

Also, he has been toying with Europe's best 10000m runners in the European XC Championships (2021 and 2022.) Absolutely destroyed runners like Kaya, Gressier, Cairess, Kimeli, Crippa, etc.

Oh come now sir, what's a 3:30 for Jakob you feeling me sir???? A 27:27 split for 10k is far easier than a 3:30 1500m you feeling me?????

I thought you folks said you loved Jakob racing everyday right??????????????????

Are you taking back your words now and trying to excuse his shameful half performance due to 'racing too often'????????????

Whatever happened to the adage "Jakob is a super aerobic threshold endurance monster"???????????????????????????????????????????

You reneging on your words now all ya LRC folks??????

Come on man, what's 27:27 10k split for Jakob seriously?????????? He gave some sh*t excuse about being mentally too long distance??????????? I mean that guy is an endurance long distance monster so why is he complaining about mentally not being able to handle a half marathon race mileage??????????????????

Jakob is probably running 130-150km per week like a marathoner and he is complaining his mind can't tolerate long distances???????????? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

presser wrote:

Eliud Bekele wrote:

In the post-race interview. He comments that the distance was way too long for him.

In the pre-race interview he said he didn't train for this and he didn't know what he was capable of. He even went so far as saying his lactate pace is ~21km/h but he said there is no guarantee he will do that (and that would have still been over 60m). Obviously he had a long season in a radically different event. I don't think Jakob misrepresented himself. I think fans were too enthusiastic but that is how fans are. No one really knew how it would go.

To those saying he cannot run faster than this wtf? This would only be true if he never trains for it. Even if he didn't train for it he probably could do better in the spring before track season. He would have done better today had he just started slower. I think he did this for fun to see how it would feel. He found out it was difficult. This gave me that Sifan Hassan feeling of adventure. Good for him.

presser wrote:

Eliud Bekele wrote:

In the post-race interview. He comments that the distance was way too long for him.

In the pre-race interview he said he didn't train for this and he didn't know what he was capable of. He even went so far as saying his lactate pace is ~21km/h but he said there is no guarantee he will do that (and that would have still been over 60m). Obviously he had a long season in a radically different event. I don't think Jakob misrepresented himself. I think fans were too enthusiastic but that is how fans are. No one really knew how it would go.

To those saying he cannot run faster than this wtf? This would only be true if he never trains for it. Even if he didn't train for it he probably could do better in the spring before track season. He would have done better today had he just started slower. I think he did this for fun to see how it would feel. He found out it was difficult. This gave me that Sifan Hassan feeling of adventure. Good for him.

Curious_Cat wrote:

presser wrote:

In the pre-race interview he said he didn't train for this and he didn't know what he was capable of. He even went so far as saying his lactate pace is ~21km/h but he said there is no guarantee he will do that (and that would have still been over 60m). Obviously he had a long season in a radically different event. I don't think Jakob misrepresented himself. I think fans were too enthusiastic but that is how fans are. No one really knew how it would go.

To those saying he cannot run faster than this wtf? This would only be true if he never trains for it. Even if he didn't train for it he probably could do better in the spring before track season. He would have done better today had he just started slower. I think he did this for fun to see how it would feel. He found out it was difficult. This gave me that Sifan Hassan feeling of adventure. Good for him.

I felt kinda strange when hearing that, because I'd read that his threshold was between 21-22kph as an 18-years-old, so I assumed he was well north of 22kph now.

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