There were fewer championships in the Coe, Cram and Ovett era. World champs was introduced in 1983 and was every 4 years until 1991. European champs was every 4 years. Did any of them compete in any international indoor events? (I don't think Ovett or Cram ran a single indoor race)
Coe struggled with illness and injury in 1983 and 1987, otherwise it's likely he would have won medals at the world champs.
There were fewer championships in the Coe, Cram and Ovett era.
Exactly. That's what his fanboys can't understand. 6 European titles by three great athletes during their full careers compared to 19 by some single loser up to age 23 easily is explained by more Europeans (during corona in 2020 there were no Europeans) today.
Why would the greatest middle distance guy enter a Half Marathon??
Makes no sense. Why not enter the 400m?? Equally dumb.
Just run the 6 events you dominate in.
A Challenge is the Answer, Next year he should target the World Records at 1500, Mile and 5000, in 2026 a non global year, maybe try a Steeple and/or 10000 or another Half Marathon.
There plenty of challenges in life not worth pursuing. IMO, this would be one of them.
I think forget that he was walking on a couple of occasions. Throw in his 1500 at the championships and specific 15 training. Once he was dropped he just wanted to finish, hence the couple times he decided to walk. I give him credit for finishing. He's had a long season. He's not one to drop out, which I respect.
So for the would-be GOAT it isn't embarrassing for him to be reduced to a walk - like a hobby-jogger?
Jakob takes much more chances than the average athlete. He will therefore fail a lot more than if not. But he will also get some unexpected success…
F.ex he participated in 4 events in the Norwegian champs in 2017: success in all of them, despite little rest. And he did a hilly WC U20 xc in 2019: failure. And a mountain race in 2017: failure. And a Bowerman mile, front running with jet lag (9 time zones): success (3.43). And a 3000m only 24 hours later: Partly success (won by 1/100 sec, but 4 sec behind his potential). And a front run in Paris OG: failure (too fast first lap). HM Copenhagen: failure (but a NR in 10k).
Jakob wants to achieve something and tries very often to do this with bad odds. But sometimes he succeeds, and probably feels he got a free or extraordinary win. To get this he must suffer (some defeats), but learns a lot. And it’s fun…
I think forget that he was walking on a couple of occasions. Throw in his 1500 at the championships and specific 15 training. Once he was dropped he just wanted to finish, hence the couple times he decided to walk. I give him credit for finishing. He's had a long season. He's not one to drop out, which I respect.
I'm surprised he kept going after he had stopped. Huge respect. Would love to Gallowalk a 63.
So for the would-be GOAT it isn't embarrassing for him to be reduced to a walk - like a hobby-jogger?
Running humbles all of us at some point, even Bekele had to DNF many marathons. Kipchoge suffered and had to walk off the course in Paris this year in his bid for the historic threepeat. No shame in any of that
Is this supposed to be an own? That he pushed so far beyond his current capabilities that he had to walk? And it's supposed to be "embarrassing"? I pity you. Just a miserable worm of a person who's only joy in life is to sh*t on everyone who dares to rise above.
So for the would-be GOAT it isn't embarrassing for him to be reduced to a walk - like a hobby-jogger?
No. Goats of the sport are not cowards and are not scared to give it all. Only weak minded and vain people will stay inside their comfort sone to avoid the possibility of showing weakness.
When walking he was walking in the footsteps of the likes of Bekele and Kipchoge. Nothing shamefull about that. You have obviously never competed in anything.
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Is this supposed to be an own? That he pushed so far beyond his current capabilities that he had to walk? And it's supposed to be "embarrassing"? I pity you. Just a miserable worm of a person who's only joy in life is to sh*t on everyone who dares to rise above.
So for the would-be GOAT it isn't embarrassing for him to be reduced to a walk - like a hobby-jogger?
No. If it would be embarrassing he would have DNFd. It was a humbling experience for sure. But of course you wouldn't understand it. All you care about is spending hours of your day putting down an athlete you never even met.
So for the would-be GOAT it isn't embarrassing for him to be reduced to a walk - like a hobby-jogger?
No. Goats of the sport are not cowards and are not scared to give it all. Only weak minded and vain people will stay inside their comfort sone to avoid the possibility of showing weakness.
When walking he was walking in the footsteps of the likes of Bekele and Kipchoge. Nothing shamefull about that. You have obviously never competed in anything.
He was also walking in the steps of countless hobby joggers.
So for the would-be GOAT it isn't embarrassing for him to be reduced to a walk - like a hobby-jogger?
No. If it would be embarrassing he would have DNFd. It was a humbling experience for sure. But of course you wouldn't understand it. All you care about is spending hours of your day putting down an athlete you never even met.
Nothing embarrassing for the would-be holder of all wr's - who wasn't injured - to be reduced to a walk like overweight novices in a turkey trot.
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I think forget that he was walking on a couple of occasions. Throw in his 1500 at the championships and specific 15 training. Once he was dropped he just wanted to finish, hence the couple times he decided to walk. I give him credit for finishing. He's had a long season. He's not one to drop out, which I respect.
Even if he didn't want to finish for a moment, Jakob was urged to continue by the spectators along the route, by fellow runners (like Cheserek and his second group), not to mention the expectations of fans around the world. Although he couldn't take a breath, although he must have been thinking of a jacuzzi and a bed, Jakob continued to run, to walk several times, but he reached the finish line. I listened, read comments and wrote anything and everything, but one thing is certain: it's not all about winning, there's something else around. One of the best performances of the living legend of our sport so far in his career. Hats off champ.
Nothing embarrassing for the would-be holder of all wr's - who wasn't injured - to be reduced to a walk like overweight novices in a turkey trot.
Not surprising that a man worm with 33 thousand posts would have weird views about what's embarrassing.
You're right. For the greatest distance runner of all time to finish like a hobby jogger isn't embarrassing; crawling on his hands and knees, like a man in the desert, would be. Although he did look like that at the end. Double threshold - oh, dear. Back to the drawing board.
No. Goats of the sport are not cowards and are not scared to give it all. Only weak minded and vain people will stay inside their comfort sone to avoid the possibility of showing weakness.
When walking he was walking in the footsteps of the likes of Bekele and Kipchoge. Nothing shamefull about that. You have obviously never competed in anything.
He was also walking in the steps of countless hobby joggers.
It's so weird how you rejoice in trying to humiliate a professional athlete.
No. If it would be embarrassing he would have DNFd. It was a humbling experience for sure. But of course you wouldn't understand it. All you care about is spending hours of your day putting down an athlete you never even met.
Nothing embarrassing for the would-be holder of all wr's - who wasn't injured - to be reduced to a walk like overweight novices in a turkey trot.
Not surprising that a man worm with 33 thousand posts would have weird views about what's embarrassing.
You're right. For the greatest distance runner of all time to finish like a hobby jogger isn't embarrassing; crawling on his hands and knees, like a man in the desert, would be. Although he did look like that at the end. Double threshold - oh, dear. Back to the drawing board.
Back to the drawing board? Olympic champion, world record holder? Who tried an off-distance and admitted he underestimated it? You must be deeply bitter to come up with posts like this one.
I think forget that he was walking on a couple of occasions. Throw in his 1500 at the championships and specific 15 training. Once he was dropped he just wanted to finish, hence the couple times he decided to walk. I give him credit for finishing. He's had a long season. He's not one to drop out, which I respect.
Even if he didn't want to finish for a moment, Jakob was urged to continue by the spectators along the route, by fellow runners (like Cheserek and his second group), not to mention the expectations of fans around the world. Although he couldn't take a breath, although he must have been thinking of a jacuzzi and a bed, Jakob continued to run, to walk several times, but he reached the finish line. I listened, read comments and wrote anything and everything, but one thing is certain: it's not all about winning, there's something else around. One of the best performances of the living legend of our sport so far in his career. Hats off champ.
I’m a little more impressed by his 3000m WR or any other race he’s ever run on the track.
pretty good and honest post-race interview. said it was way too fast and too long for him, he would not have been able to stay with the group the whole way, neither mentally nor legs-wise. just got the national record for 10 km, then jogged in home in 63. also said it's kind of a way to force himself to rest now.
I wouldn't say he 'jogged it home' as he still had to run 5:20 pace beyond 10k to run his 63, but ya he wasn't going to the well in the second half, he was just running a decent pace to get to the finish quickly but without trying too hard. His real half marathon pace is probably 59:30 ish right now. If he went out that pace he wouldn't be cooked at 10k and could probably hang on around there.
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