Phillysteak wrote:
The Westies wrote:
Jakob is going to get his ass kicked after one of his races one of these days if he's not careful.
I'd like to see that since Jakob can bench press 6 Kenyans. About time there was a badass 5000 runner.
This was the best thing I’ve read in a while. Thank you
miss piggy wrote:
Does any Canadian really care about Mohammad Ahmed ?
I mean really.
The dude was born and raised in Somalia and immigrated to Canada when he was a teenager.
He spent a grand total of four years in Canada and then left and never returned.
He has been in the United States for the past ten years.
He is breaking all the Canadian records but is he really a Canadian? I say no.
Only his passport is.
If Canada doesn’t want him the USA will gladly take him. We want champions!
miss piggy wrote:
Does any Canadian really care about Mohammad Ahmed ?
I mean really.
The dude was born and raised in Somalia and immigrated to Canada when he was a teenager.
He spent a grand total of four years in Canada and then left and never returned.
He has been in the United States for the past ten years.
He is breaking all the Canadian records but is he really a Canadian? I say no.
Only his passport is.
Went to highschool in Canada. Has Canadian passport. Therefore is Canadian.
you will be wrote:
Rhodium Nights wrote:
I thought Tariku Bekele switched to the marathon?
He ran Houston this year, finished in the top 15 I believe. He went out too hard and bonked. Classic first marathon
T. Bekele probably refers to Telahun Haile Bekele who has 12:52 PB from last year
OHH I see, thanks!
4000260 wrote:
miss piggy wrote:
Does any Canadian really care about Mohammad Ahmed ?
I mean really.
The dude was born and raised in Somalia and immigrated to Canada when he was a teenager.
He spent a grand total of four years in Canada and then left and never returned.
He has been in the United States for the past ten years.
He is breaking all the Canadian records but is he really a Canadian? I say no.
Only his passport is.
If Canada doesn’t want him the USA will gladly take him. We want champions!
We can claim him. He might want to ditch that Canadian citizenship for American citizenship so he can start chasing down some American Records!
Let's be honest, nobody cares about a Canadian record.
What a run though!!! Maybe the mythical 12:37 is within reach after all (if not Moh maybe someone else)
miss piggy wrote:
Does any Canadian really care about Mohammad Ahmed ?
I mean really.
The dude was born and raised in Somalia and immigrated to Canada when he was a teenager.
He spent a grand total of four years in Canada and then left and never returned.
He has been in the United States for the past ten years.
He is breaking all the Canadian records but is he really a Canadian? I say no.
Only his passport is.
He moved to Canada at age 11. He started running at 16. All of his development was in Canada.
bengel wrote:
that calculator is completely off shell.
Question: what do "on-shell/off-shell" really mean? I know they're supposed to mean states or particles that do/don't satisfy classical equations of motion, but I've seen it as referring to states which do/don't satisfy any eigenvalue equation. Is it just something you guys say to pretend you're talking about actual particles?
bengel wrote:
that calculator is completely off shell.
You were all saying the same stuff when Ventolin predicted that Farah would crush that 1500m and run 3:29/3:28.
The reality is that the 3000m record isn't as hard as you all think, even if no one could get close to it because of a lot of circumstances. El Guerrouj in his 7:23 race had a good 2k split but his first 2k was very uneven so he was already really exhausted, but with a good even race and a good attempt, he could have run 7:18/7:19. Even peak shape Farah would have gotten that record. 7:24 is 2 times 3:42 1500m, it doesn't seem THAT insane to me that Jakob could run that in a perfect attempt. I'm sure if Jakob has a shot one day in his life at a world record, it's for sure the 3000m (also the two miles which is way weaker but there are little chances he runs a two miles)
We'll see in the future, I know it seems insane right now but time will tell us.
Here are some predictions that may fit better (if we think Jakob was more in a 3:30 high shape when he ran that early season 800) :
400 0:49.99
800 1:46.44
1000 2:15.67
1500 3:30.7
1-mile 3:47.35
3000 7:26.27
2-mile 8:01.42
5000 12:54.72
10000 27:14.46
It doesn't change the point because even with that I still see Jakob beating Ahmed in Tokyo 2021.
The Westies wrote:
Phillysteak wrote:
Only way Moe beats Jakob is if Jakob gets tackled by three Ethiopians.
Jakob is going to get his ass kicked after one of his races one of these days if he's not careful.
jakob outweighs the other 5k runners by about 15lbs, no way in a fist fight is anyone beating jakob except lopez lomong obviously
sharkriderrunner wrote:
The Westies wrote:
Jakob is going to get his ass kicked after one of his races one of these days if he's not careful.
jakob outweighs the other 5k runners by about 15lbs, no way in a fist fight is anyone beating jakob except lopez lomong obviously
Mr. muscle needs to worry about more than the "other" 5k runners.
I mean, look at the US record book. Last I checked, Lagat is a transplant. Same with Khannouchi.
miss piggy wrote:
He is not a Canadian and never will be.
It’s a shame to see the Canadian records being given to an East African, who does not even live in Canada, nor will he ever live in Canada.
Canadian records should be for Canadians who live in Canada.
Something here screams racist bigot here but I can’t put my finger on it...
Moh Ahmed looked incredible out there with a 1:56 high last 800m, just looking full of running with two laps to go, seeing 10:50. 12:47 is an incredible time. They say that the pr's come in smaller slices at that level but he just dropped 11 seconds in one race. He showed the level in the time trial last year, pacing until close to the end of a 12:58 race, and obviously with the world medal but he looks at a higher level now. What Lomong is doing at this age and with that build is astonishing. He really looked to be done a long time ago. His birthdate is the overly common in East Africa date of January 1. To have been born in 1985 and just now breaking 13 is something all right. I'd even say that if he lost about ten lbs, he might stick with Ahmed the whole way. He ran his 1500m bests of 3:32 eleven and ten years ago. 3:37.62 is his best time in the last seven seasons, including 2020 (still faster than Ahmed's pr). 7:42's still his best 3k since 2014.
Rhodium Nights wrote:
We can claim him. He might want to ditch that Canadian citizenship for American citizenship so he can start chasing down some American Records!
Let's be honest, nobody cares about a Canadian record.
What a run though!!! Maybe the mythical 12:37 is within reach after all (if not Moh maybe someone else)
1) He already beat the American record by bernard lagat who spent even more of his life living in Kenya than America (at the time he set the record) so no point in changing to beat a record he'd already have.
2) Canadians care about Canadian records as much as Americans care about American records.
3) you only want him so you can say americans are the fastest and better than everyone else.
4) nobody outside of the USA actually likes the USA that much
miss piggy wrote:
He is not a Canadian and never will be.
It’s a shame to see the Canadian records being given to an East African, who does not even live in Canada, nor will he ever live in Canada.
Canadian records should be for Canadians who live in Canada.
Yeah we should send him "home" along with all the other immigrants... Oh wait! Canada and America are countries made by IMMIGRANTS
(Even white people immigrated to north America. Crazy isn't it)
cheesewiz wrote:
miss piggy wrote:
He is not a Canadian and never will be.
It’s a shame to see the Canadian records being given to an East African, who does not even live in Canada, nor will he ever live in Canada.
Canadian records should be for Canadians who live in Canada.
Something here screams racist bigot here but I can’t put my finger on it...
The only thing screaming racist bigot there might be you, cheesewiz.
The first thing that came to mind was the CCES suspending doping testing of Canadian athletes between 27th March and 13th July(!)
A sad thing, to have become so cynical.
A Canadian in a a Canadian is a Canadian. He is 100% clean and 100% Canadian, as much as Tim Horton or Greg
Many people did and Vento was proven wrong many times.
It seems that Africans slow down significantly less than Caucasians going from 1500m to 5000m.
The second set of times are more reasonable, although a 27flat should be within reach.
virtual particles. but in the LRC context, nonsense obviously
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts