A runner who has never beaten 1:46 for the 800 puts two 1500's together at the pace of the great milers of the past, who trained just as hard - 100mpw - and were faster than him over 800. This sport is farcical.
Imagine believing he is still a 1:46 guy lol. Remember when Hocker was closing 3:35 races in 52? You were one of the ret*rds convinced he was maxed out.
Alright, then all the better. The younger the more likely the record is broken. Morceli was the outlier though, the rest of the distance WR holders on the track all broke their WRs before 24 years old.
7:17 OMG that has to be the greatest distance world record of all time. I remember when Komen set that record and how amazed Ovett and Cram were () and Jakob finished so strong he could have taken a second off what he did. Just amazing!
It was Tim Hutchings, not Ovett on the call, along with Steve Cram. Hutchings called Jakob's world record today too. The pacing lights take some of the excitement out of it as we know if someone if going to break a world record now, but still awesome to see one of the all time great distance records go down. I wish NBC would upload the full race instead of 3 minutes of it. Kind of silly we can get a full race from the 90s but not today.
$7 subscription to the whole DL season just too much? Too bad that wont last with FT taking over. I might be complaining about the same thing next year.
I can only imagine that some of his workouts are even more impressive as I watch his face, breathing, fluidity of movement through relaxation/redlining. Incrdible strength and control of maximal performance in the moment. Yes, he can do better.
Probably because he hasn't contested it since he was 19. While I agree with your sentiment your logic is horrible. There's no way you actually think he is currently in 1:46 shape
If he was significantly faster than 1:46 he would have competed over the distance. He lacks speed. If he tried to run a faster 800 he still wouldn't beat 1:45. He would need to be able to run 22-high for the 200 - he can't. Low speed with freakish endurance equals the best drugs modern technology can supply.
A runner who has never beaten 1:46 for the 800 puts two 1500's together at the pace of the great milers of the past, who trained just as hard - 100mpw - and were faster than him over 800. This sport is farcical.
Imagine believing he is still a 1:46 guy lol. Remember when Hocker was closing 3:35 races in 52? You were one of the ret*rds convinced he was maxed out.
You have just confirmed my view that Hocker is doping. If either he or Ingebrigtsen could beat 1:45 for the 800 they would race it. They don't because they can't. By today's standards they are pedestrian - B level runners (even C level) - over the shorter distance. But doping enables them to excel when endurance comes into play.
Jakob ran a 1:46 in 2020 for 800m and then a 1:47 in 2022 while being in supposedly better shape 2 years on and a stronger athlete. I don't expect his 800m PB to be faster than 1:46 given the profile presented to me here. Only a 1:47 in 2022 despite running 3:46 and 3:29 that season. While he improved to 3:27:95 in 2023 his 1:47 in 2022 still very fresh in the memory as a red mark on his raw speed ability. So I say still a 1:47 in 2023 if I need to put a value to it. Then in 2024 he progresses to 3:26:73 and now I'm thinking back to 1:46 but this is no ordinary 1:46 you feeling me sir????
This is 1:46 4 years on from 2020 in 2024!!!!! 1:46 in 2020 is not equal to 1:46 in 2024!!!! Why??? Because the space-time circumstances are all different alright!!!!!!!!! Just as Olympic gold at 21 is different from Olympic gold at 30 for the same person. So Jakob is no faster than 1:46 in 2024 right now.
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Two points - Aregawi ran PR 7:21.28 that's only 3s+ behind Jakob so this record is breakable too.
and second : 90 degree heat, high humidity 22 mph wind gusts - Jakob could DESTROY this record too if he ran on a better day. The calculators all add some insane amount of time - 4s per mile for 2 degrees F - obviously not that accurate at this level but 5 or 10s for sure with No wind, 50 to 60 F & low humidity.
Honestly this is the worst possible conditions for breaking a WR.
Two points - Aregawi ran PR 7:21.28 that's only 3s+ behind Jakob so this record is breakable too.
and second : 90 degree heat, high humidity 22 mph wind gusts - Jakob could DESTROY this record too if he ran on a better day. The calculators all add some insane amount of time - 4s per mile for 2 degrees F - obviously not that accurate at this level but 5 or 10s for sure with No wind, 50 to 60 F & low humidity.
Honestly this is the worst possible conditions for breaking a WR.
Are you saying Jakob runs 10 seconds faster on a windless and cooler day? Does that mean 7:07 for 3k?????? LOL that would really throw me off a cliff for real!!!!!!!! You might as well say he runs 7:00 flat then, makes a perfect number ya know???? That's double 3:30 1500m!!!!!!!!
That would force me to admit Jakob is in 3:20 shape for 1500m LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A runner who has never beaten 1:46 for the 800 puts two 1500's together at the pace of the great milers of the past, who trained just as hard - 100mpw - and were faster than him over 800. This sport is farcical.
He obviously is much better then them over 3000m. What don't you understand on this?
He is not an 800m runner (but surely can run under 1:45 currently) and even 1500m is too short for him. 3000m is around his best distance and it was no question that in the right conditions he could run such a time.
His last 2000m was much faster than Walker's famous former 2k WR, which means he clearly can run faster.
Have you seen the race, Armstrong? Fantastic sport, don't you think?