I think 3:24/3:25 and between 12:30 and 12:40 is reasonable to hope for now. Of course, it's quite possible that he could run even faster. Even I didn't expect him to do as well this season as he has. Also, if he has a long career, he could be 'in his prime' around 2026 or even 2030. Who knows what improvements to shoes, tracks etc will take place by then?
I also think he can run some seriously fast 800 times one day. Maybe he will be like Aouita and want to win medals and break records at 800 to 10000 and even beyond?
It seems funny now people are saying that he only gets by on his kick in slow races. Before this season everybody was saying his problem was an inability to kick.
I even predicted super shoes in this post.
That's pretty generous. All I see is you predicting better shoes.
Jakob was a 3:31/13:17 guy when this thread was started. Crazy to see how far he’s come and it’s fun reading old predictions. Some people came surprisingly close. After his 7:17 today I’ll say:
This would be 5 WRs and a #2 All time in event number 6.
I think if Jakob does get down to 3.26.10 (I personally believe that will be tough for him based on his strengths and weaknesses but it is possible), then that mile time will be waaayyy under 3.43. I actually think right now with 3.26.7 and 7.17.5 (I'm laughing writing that last number because it's so outrageous) he could run 3.42.7/8 in Zurich in ten days time (I would beg the meet organization to put on a mile but that's just me).
That's pretty generous. All I see is you predicting better shoes.
Well I wasn't being entirely serious, but then again, the post was made in 2018 and I did suggest in it that new shoes and tracks might make a significant difference to times by 2026, and it turns out I was very much correct.
Bunch of morons, trolls, and white supremacists here. This guy from page one is the most likely to be correct. Up to 1.5 seconds faster at 1500m and 6 seconds faster at 5000m could also be called “reasonable”. Anything faster than that is moronic.