Josh MF Kerr 3:45.34!!

Jakob needs work on his flat out speed. Otherwise Kerr will beat him again. That being said it's early in the season so lots of room for improvement. Should be interesting

Everyone talking about how Jakob isn’t sharp and Kerr is in better shape, or that Kerr is peaking at the wrong time, all remember WC 2023 right?

He doth celebrate too much...

Shots fired by Kerr again. He links a Kendrick Lamar diss song to his lastest post. “F*ck the big three, it’s just big me.

I think this reveals the writing on the wall - the 1500 is no longer Jakob's most dominant event. I don't think it's a stretch that the 2-mile world record holder and 2x reigning world champion would fair better at the 5000

I like that take. Those guys are amazing. However, I doubt they will run many more miles (if any) before Paris. Isn't it all 1500s from here on out?

Oslo is the 1500... where else might they run a mile?

There are two ways to read your post: spot on or way off base. I like both options.

Spot on: Under inferior circumstances, with no super spikes, and no access to micro-dosing of anything, Steve Scott basically did what these guys did in a era before any nutrition, fueling, gear, tracks, or other tech even existed... Steve Scott ran 3:47 in $30 spikes and a pair of cotton tube socks.

Way off base: Kerr and Jakob can run two seconds faster than Steve Scott's best race of his whole life in their season openers and it is far from their most important race of the season. Guys today run faster than Scott's PR almost every time they race. And honestly, it isn't like people in the 1980s didn't have ultra-light spikes and all-weather tracks, because they did.

Sooooomeone is in love with themselves. Seriously, would anyone here actually post this on their instagram?

He does.. I think he's still lacking the self-belief to do it in this distance, in particular for the 3rd lap. But I think he should go for a super fast one, because even if he gets within .5 sec of Jakob's best time it will absolutely shatter Jakob's confidence.

He holds the championship belt and can do whatever the fk he wants for as long as he's walking the talk. Best to try to ignore it if you can't take it - criticism of the guy at the top is basically just salty hater tears.

You know what would really fk his legacy? Not getting on the 1500 podium. He's come close to sniffing GOAT status, but hasn't broken the WR and hasn't displayed dominance in championship racing. If he is moving up without at least one of these things it'll stain him even more.

The femboys don't want to go there...

No it wouldn't. He has nothing left to prove, he's already an Olympic champ and is the 4th fastest man of all time. If the 5000 does end up being his better event, then having those accomplishments at his off-event would only bolster his legacy.

Come on man, he clearly wants to be the GOAT. He's not in the discussion for 1500 until he breaks the WR and can dominate in championship races. If he were to break the WR to win a championship final it would be a very serious GOAT discussion. In the 5k, not even close.. that WR needs to be dropped significantly.

Yeah, and his chances of being the "GOAT" are higher in the 5k than the 1500, if he were to actually try. At this point, with his record, I don't see him ever achieving GOAT status in the 15.

Don’t forget Gjert is training Norde to beat Jakob and almost got it done in Budapest by a whisker. Jakob on the down while Norde and Kerr on the up.

this thread is beyond hilarious. these fights over jakob and kerr sound like a chick who is torn between a senior year frat boy and a post collegiate bro. this is not a "good for the sport" situation this is a straight up obsession over them haha.

also, what ever happened to the support for our AMERICAN runners!?? nowhere on letsrun do we see any Nuguse love in similar amounts. to think that letsrun.com prided itself on being patriotic 👀...?

He probably m won’t be the GOAT at either event. He was obviously ahead of the curve when he was younger but it’s caught him. He still has a decent shot but it no longer seems more likely than not IMO

jakob is 23. by that age:

el g had a pretty similar resume, but maybe a tad better — gold and silver, indoor gold at 1500, was a fall away from gold or silver in Atlanta and a WR indoors. Broke the 1500 WR at 24.

Bekele had both 5000 and 10000 WRs and 2x 10,000 gold

Daniel Komen had WC and WRs at 3k, 2mi, 5k

Chep ran his WR 12:35

Morceli was a 3x world champ with the 1000 WR and indoor outdoor 1500 WRs

I hadn't even factored that in. He really has no option but to move on from the 1500 after Paris. I suppose if he doesn't get gold in Paris he can still go for the 1500 gold at next WC, but that'll mean sacrificing focus on the 5k. His WRs in the 2k and 2-mile are impressive and cute, but those distances don't matter.