jiggymeister wrote:
how do you say it? wrote:
Is his name pronounced "Jakob," or "Jakob"?
Yes
Think so
jiggymeister wrote:
how do you say it? wrote:
Is his name pronounced "Jakob," or "Jakob"?
Yes
Think so
it wasnt a good race to go much faster since it seemed like no one was really interested besides stewey, but jakob knew he had him easily covered and in the end it was a comfortable win. the gap to the other guys was much more surprising. something def going on with tim. centro was off the back almost the entire raced and kicked a bit to not be DFL. not even sure how kipsang finished.
You do realize that the wind was 2.4 and 2.9 m/s immediately before his race.
You don’t beat the WR or even the ER in bad conditions.
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swedish meatballs wrote:
el geurrouj didn’t break 3:30 for 1500 until he was 22. He ran his 3:26.0 at 24, and then 3:26.2 again when he was 27 in that awesome lagat battle.
Jakob is 20 and has TONS of upside and time to improve his speed. his 12:48 endurance is already magnificent.
Jakob still tends to turn on his kick from 300 out while El G would turn the burners on as far as 500 out. Jakob needs to improve his comfortability moving at that brutal 53-54 second lap speed from farther out.
Good post. He will knock on the door of the world record over the next 2-4 years. It will take good pacing and good conditions but he will be close. Unfortunately now the expectation will be that he’ll break a world record every race. It doesn’t work that way. As long as he’s winning now that’s what matters.
The fastest miler since Alan Webb
Letsrun observer wrote:
Does not look like he can beat El Guerrouj record.
How many distance world records have been broken after the Olympics by people who won a gold medal?!
It’s probably not WR breaking season in mid distance/distance events
effortless for jakob. looked like he had a hell of a lot in him. Both him and McSweyn looked insanely smooth
Somepaths wrote:
4 seconds off El G record.
Very deceiving.
In my opinion he was physically there, but mentally his Gold Medal got to his head. Hopefully he doesn't go the Cheptegei path after setting the WRs and just think he's the best in the world, so no more " chip on the shoulder".
What do you mean his gold medal went to his head? He went out there and destroyed everyone with most of the same guys out there as 2 weeks ago. He ran 3:47 with no one to push him to 3:45.
I thought the story of the day was that Cheruiyot conceded without even a fight. It was the inevitable outcome, as posted after Tokyo. Once the bully is down he gets kicked around. But I thought Cheruiyot would at least take his lumps instead of backing away. Does anyone honestly believe he would have used that strategy, if Jakob had not been in the race? It made Sha'carri look impressive. Cheruiyot knew darn well that as long as he remained well out of range there would be no discussion of Jakob toying with him again.
Jakob didn't care. He wasn't looking around for Tim. He knew he'd thrash him anyway. The pecking order reverses in a hurry, just like Thompson-Herah v Fraser-Pryce.
ya wrote:
Centro a bum. Probably could’ve taken a second or so off his time if he shaved some more racing lines on the side of his head, I’m sure it will be something he can incorporate into his next overhyped race preparations.
💯💯💯🤣
Also, stop the cap guys. Jakob was not in 3:27 shape. He
Feels like Tim really isnt at 100% right now. Which is sad bc he managed to PR not too long ago to prove to his country he was in shape to be on the olympic team, and also odd bc if hes hurt then why is he racing?
Jakob fanboys, just remember that 2 data points dont indicate a pattern. If youre counting Tim out while hes still in his prime and still improving, youre in for a surprise.
Curiousfan wrote:
Pretty incredible to be the fastest outdoor mile ever on US soil.
More like, pretty incredible that the biggest population that still uses miles hasn't already had a faster one than that.
Tell ya why! No international star wants to time trial in the US because it's always at wind-tunnel Hayward which is fast only for sprints when the wind gauge is in a dead spot.
It’s JAAAAkob, with an open a
It’s JAAAkob with an open a
The reason is nobody cares about the mile outside U.S.
You know that the African male world record starting from 400m flat to marathon are extremely difficult to deal with? If El G. established that record, that's because he had a long deal with Kenyans...
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Jambo wrote:
ya wrote:
Centro a bum.
Olympic gold
World silver (behind a currently banned runner/should be gold)
World bronze (behind a currently banned runner/should be silver)
World Indoor gold
3x Olympian
5x World teams
3:30, 3:49, 13:00
At WORST he's the second greatest American miler all-time.
nike doping project, salazar, besties with rupp, houlihan defender......so
everyone who ever finished behind centro should be bumped one place up.
Passant wrote:
You know that the African male world record starting from 400m flat to marathon are extremely difficult to deal with? If El G. established that record, that's because he had a long deal with Kenyans...
El G established that record because he was around in an era when a cheap drug was available that improved 1500m times by 6 seconds, and there was no testing for it, and he had probbably been abusing it since he was 13.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year