Exactly - and why meet Josh Kerr in London for his first outdoor race.
I'm not saying he should, but Jakob raced Kerr in his first race back from injury last year and only narrowly lost at Pre. If he did race London, even coming back from injury, the worst he finishes is second. And that's assuming Kerr himself is in shape. There's rumours he's been carrying a little knock
Really sir????????????????????????????? Snowflakes already mentioned he is still cross training on the bike and trainer. When Jakob finished second last year he had 6 weeks at doping paradise Flagstaff Arizona you feelin me??????????????????? Please do your homework alright!!!!!!!!!
Lol. He had inflamed achilles, nothing to do with motivation.
Probably from carrying the baby, doing manual labor for the wife or playing fetch with the dog. His abusive father wouldn’t have allowed for such distractions.
He'll be fine, and quite honestly he may have skipped Pre last year if it wasn't the Nike meet. He's doing things on his own schedule, and of course it makes sense for him to want to get a large altitude block in before worlds. perhaps even 2.
If this is true then he officially goes from "medium to spicy" on the concern "heat" scale.
And it's not just about if he makes it back for Tokyo (because he probably will), it's now that this same injury is taking to longer to heal itself in consecutive years and as with any athlete, the lifetime volume of high intensity training doesn't evaporate - it's miles on the clock.
I've always maintained this and people seem to get upset about it - this is why even the greats don't have forever to mark their marks historically (in terms of WR's etc) - they either have to scale it back in training to avoid getting hurt or they plough ahead and do get hurt. I felt that Jakob had this year and the next at best to get the 1500/5000m records - if this season is a write-off in terms of records (might not be, fingers crossed) then I really feel next year he needs to choose which one he really wants (for me it would be the 5000m no question) and get it done as soon as he can.
I also thought a month/6 weeks ago that when he got back it would still be the 1500/5000m for him in Tokyo, I'm beginning to wonder if it will be just one event in Tokyo.
This is one of the best takes here. Jakob is likely in serious trouble, and he is smart, so he knows it, and he needs excuses when it doesn’t all fall into place, and he can see that it is not likely to. His margin at 1500m, if he has one at all, stems from his ability to make the boys hurt on the 3rd lap, and he is beginning to doubt that this tool will be available to him this year. And at 5000m, he might have a chance, but Katir made him hurt, and although he is not a factor, there are some young hungry kids who can run 7:28 off a slow first 2000m and put the hurt on a man who is no longer guaranteed to be the fastest on the last lap, mostly due to an injury which, as you allude to, can no longer be dismissed as a minor nuisance.
If this is true then he officially goes from "medium to spicy" on the concern "heat" scale.
And it's not just about if he makes it back for Tokyo (because he probably will), it's now that this same injury is taking to longer to heal itself in consecutive years and as with any athlete, the lifetime volume of high intensity training doesn't evaporate - it's miles on the clock.
I've always maintained this and people seem to get upset about it - this is why even the greats don't have forever to mark their marks historically (in terms of WR's etc) - they either have to scale it back in training to avoid getting hurt or they plough ahead and do get hurt. I felt that Jakob had this year and the next at best to get the 1500/5000m records - if this season is a write-off in terms of records (might not be, fingers crossed) then I really feel next year he needs to choose which one he really wants (for me it would be the 5000m no question) and get it done as soon as he can.
I also thought a month/6 weeks ago that when he got back it would still be the 1500/5000m for him in Tokyo, I'm beginning to wonder if it will be just one event in Tokyo.
This is one of the best takes here. Jakob is likely in serious trouble, and he is smart, so he knows it, and he needs excuses when it doesn’t all fall into place, and he can see that it is not likely to. His margin at 1500m, if he has one at all, stems from his ability to make the boys hurt on the 3rd lap, and he is beginning to doubt that this tool will be available to him this year. And at 5000m, he might have a chance, but Katir made him hurt, and although he is not a factor, there are some young hungry kids who can run 7:28 off a slow first 2000m and put the hurt on a man who is no longer guaranteed to be the fastest on the last lap, mostly due to an injury which, as you allude to, can no longer be dismissed as a minor nuisance.
Look at how much this guy was downvoted for a reasonable and correct take. Can't piss off the jakob fanboys I guess...