Happy 20th Birthday Jakob Ingebrigtsen!

Joggergal wrote:

Jakob you are no longer the teenage wunderkind. I sure hope you will continue to be the great white hope for all those who are living their lives through you, and not the great white dope(r). IF you never ran another step you have already had a wonderful running career.

No more of the fast for a teenager talk or statements. Noah Ngeny at 20 years, 8 months, raced 2nd fastest one mile ever, 3:43.40. Noah Ngeny at 20 years, 10 months set World Record of 2:11.96 1000m. Noah Ngeny at 21 years, 10 months, 1500m Olympic gold.

Like most wunderkinder - Ryun, Cain, Ngeny - he's in his peak year if not done already.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Like most wunderkinder - Ryun, Cain, Ngeny - he's in his peak year if not done already.

More than likely this is the correct assessment. IF he stays healthy there may be some slight improvement ahead of him.

He has improve materially every single year.

I can’t wait to hear endless posts about how good he is for only a 20 year old.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Like most wunderkinder - Ryun, Cain, Ngeny - he's in his peak year if not done already.

Hey Baddie - Ngeny's career was derailed by a bad car accident. He didn't run faster than when he was 20 because of this.

Also, remember this?

How can the sport of track and field ever grow without the support of...ummm I guess you're fans?? The young man ran a 7:27 3000 meters...3:28 1500 at 19!! Clap for greatness like they do in other sports. You guys keep talking about peaking..just enjoy the accomplishments smdh.

I don’t understand where all the skepticism and animosity comes from around his accomplishments - when was the last time a 19-year-old American was running 3:28/7:27?

Soloed a 3:33 yesterday with 2nd place 14 seconds back. Crazy.

Anyway, I wish I cared about anything as much as some nerds on these boards love saying Jakob is finished. Imagine, we’re going to be hearing this for the next decade ?

I agree!

Some people here seem to be obsessed with Jakob but in a very negative and emotional way!

My comments was to "too many haters".

Many runners on this site had dreams of being elite. But when that didn't happen they blamed it on things like not having the genetics, not getting into the big time college program, or believing that all elites are dopers. Thats how they rationalize their running failures, but it was really due to a lack of talent and work ethic. Jakob has both of those and it goes to show that there's no excuses for ones own failures. Many people whom post on this site and society in general lash out to deflect their own insecurities. It's often through divisive politics or simple bashing of others. It's really a shame.

my 3 cents wrote:

Many runners on this site had dreams of being elite. But when that didn't happen they blamed it on things like not having the genetics, not getting into the big time college program, or believing that all elites are dopers. Thats how they rationalize their running failures, but it was really due to a lack of talent and work ethic. Jakob has both of those and it goes to show that there's no excuses for ones own failures. Many people whom post on this site and society in general lash out to deflect their own insecurities. It's often through divisive politics or simple bashing of others. It's really a shame.

What are you stating? Most on here never broke 60 seconds, 400m, most never broke 5 minute mile and most on here never broke 20 minutes 5K. Threads on those three events and time barrier go one for 20 plus pages. What does the psychology of posters matter? The gist of your post is: you are a fan of Jakob Ing. and others not a fan according to you, are suffering psychological issues.

Happy birthday Jakob! WRs are near!

Don't worry. We will be talking about him when he breaks 13 minutes as a 40 year old.

Joggergal wrote:

Jakob you are no longer the teenage wunderkind. I sure hope you will continue to be the great white hope for all those who are living their lives through you, and not the great white dope(r). IF you never ran another step you have already had a wonderful running career.

He might be a day older than the fellow who won Tour de France.

any truth to the report that Coevette jumped out of the cake naked and Seig-Heiling with a white dildo shoved up his ass?

Bad Wigins wrote:

Like most wunderkinder - Ryun, Cain, Ngeny - he's in his peak year if not done already.

prolly got about 2,600 years left at his peak.

The Tour de France winner just turned 21.

There's really nothing to say that is negative about Jakob Ingebrigtsen except that he has not yet broken world records or won World or Olympic medals. But then at a legitimate and known 19 years old, he ran 3:28.68, 4:50.04, and 7:27.05, and that is awfully good, in the top ten athletes all-time in three events already. He doesn't have to get that much better to start challenging for the top spots on the podium and possibly wr's as well, and his father has really not tried to peak him yet with loads of speedwork, just a very gradual progression based on physiological parameters.