the longer jakob doesn't say anything, the better it looks, imo. if he's just putting a video out about getting in his first practice at race pace, do you really think he's ready to battle with the best?
no. he needs a good 4 or 5 week block of stacking workouts without interruption.
Jakob is a smart guy. look at how methodical he's been playing this. Mid June: finally starts running again. Early July: cuts the cross training and begins running full time. Mid July: off to altitude camp. Early Augus: first race pace work. I think it's fairly typical for people to say 4 to 6 weeks of specific prep to be fully ready for racing. Here we are.
My optimism is very cautious. but I see a lot of logic in the timeline that's been presented here.
The logic of the timeline makes sense. But he had previously announced that he was running Brussels and Silesia, and now he isn’t. That’s obviously a negative indicator. It could be some kind of mind game, but Ingebrigtsen has been very averse to those in the past.
Did HE announce it, or did the meeting organizers announce it?
the longer jakob doesn't say anything, the better it looks, imo. if he's just putting a video out about getting in his first practice at race pace, do you really think he's ready to battle with the best?
no. he needs a good 4 or 5 week block of stacking workouts without interruption.
Jakob is a smart guy. look at how methodical he's been playing this. Mid June: finally starts running again. Early July: cuts the cross training and begins running full time. Mid July: off to altitude camp. Early Augus: first race pace work. I think it's fairly typical for people to say 4 to 6 weeks of specific prep to be fully ready for racing. Here we are.
My optimism is very cautious. but I see a lot of logic in the timeline that's been presented here.
Hopefully, you are right.
And yeah with the meet announcements, it's really hard to tell if those were commitments made by him pre-injury, that were announced recently by the meets to promote them, or if Jakob reaffirmed his commitment only to drop out last minute due to a setback. Hopefully it's the fromer.
Adam Jensen had an interesting video on YT with the timeline, comparing it to last year's timeline.
The logic of the timeline makes sense. But he had previously announced that he was running Brussels and Silesia, and now he isn’t. That’s obviously a negative indicator. It could be some kind of mind game, but Ingebrigtsen has been very averse to those in the past.
Did HE announce it, or did the meeting organizers announce it?
Announce his entry or announce his withdrawal? Regardless, meet organizers do not tend to announce either without consulting the athlete (or their team).
Did HE announce it, or did the meeting organizers announce it?
Announce his entry or announce his withdrawal? Regardless, meet organizers do not tend to announce either without consulting the athlete (or their team).
as far as the entry, most of Jakob's schedule was committed to back in April, before the injury. This is what the organizers are basing the announcements on. For all of them, he has been withdrawing 2 or 3 weeks prior to each event's date.
the longer jakob doesn't say anything, the better it looks, imo. if he's just putting a video out about getting in his first practice at race pace, do you really think he's ready to battle with the best?
no. he needs a good 4 or 5 week block of stacking workouts without interruption.
Jakob is a smart guy. look at how methodical he's been playing this. Mid June: finally starts running again. Early July: cuts the cross training and begins running full time. Mid July: off to altitude camp. Early Augus: first race pace work. I think it's fairly typical for people to say 4 to 6 weeks of specific prep to be fully ready for racing. Here we are.
My optimism is very cautious. but I see a lot of logic in the timeline that's been presented here.
Hopefully, you are right.
And yeah with the meet announcements, it's really hard to tell if those were commitments made by him pre-injury, that were announced recently by the meets to promote them, or if Jakob reaffirmed his commitment only to drop out last minute due to a setback. Hopefully it's the fromer.
Adam Jensen had an interesting video on YT with the timeline, comparing it to last year's timeline.
Based politics? Its based on merits and who is most likely to medal, not who is best to avoid a stomach bug a random day in august.
“Most likely to medal” according to whom? How do you ensure that the process has no favoritism?
If likelihood of medals is your criteria, it can’t be seed times. It has to be a race. Winners in, and losers out.
I can assure you that you don't need a race to send SML, Duplantis, Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Jakob Ingebrigtsen to a world championship in their respective specialities.
For what it's worth, his most recent video (posted five days ago?) certainly looks pretty recent. Central Europe has been having terrible weather (cold, rainy, cloudy) for most of July and into early August. It's only the past five days or so that the weather has gotten better and it looks sunny in his video
“Most likely to medal” according to whom? How do you ensure that the process has no favoritism?
If likelihood of medals is your criteria, it can’t be seed times. It has to be a race. Winners in, and losers out.
I can assure you that you don't need a race to send SML, Duplantis, Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Jakob Ingebrigtsen to a world championship in their respective specialities.
And last year you would have had Athing Mu on that list. Which is why you need a race.
I think this is a good thing… keeping cards close and grinding.
The dude isn't 100%. Why go to WC if you're not 100% ready to compete? His training is probably progressing, and he'll probably run a time trial very soon to see where he's at. Not "racing" isn't good, if he can't rip a great workout/time trial very soon he'll probably bag worlds and try for a quality mark in September and then call it quits for the year.
It sucks!, but so goes the way of an elite professional runner. Sh^t Happens!
what is it about achilles/calf strains that makes them more serious than other muscle injuries?
lack of blood flow and more importantly, it isn't a muscle strain, it's tendiNOSIS. Achilles tendinitis is a misnomer, because in most cases, Achilles injuries aren't inflammation in nature (there may be some though), it's degenerative.
That's why once you've got it, the Achilles will never get back to 100% especially with insertional ones (mid-portion has more blood flow in comparison). However, 90%+ is possible if it isn't too bad and with good care which will be enough to not hamper performance, but he may need to be extra careful with stuff like hill sprints.