Let's assume he keeps winning and dominating the field, and maybe even break the 1500/Mile WR. Let's say it happens in the next 2 years.
Do you think he will stick to the 1500m "for ever", or as soon as he accomplishes everything he wants, he will move up to 5000/10000.
Do you think if he becomes the 1500M WC in 2022, and breaks the WR in 2022 or 2023, that in the 2024 Olympics he will stay in the 1500, or he will be on the 5000/10000 ?
I think his plans are to stick on the 1500m until Olympics 2024.
But he will keep working on his 5000m, so you can expect great things on 3000 and 5000 and maybe even 10000, all along. Probably not WC and Olympics, but meetings and time.
Also, things can change depending on how he feels his career should move on. We never know...
Life will feel weird to him when Henrik and Filip retires
FuryTy wrote:
Let's assume he keeps winning and dominating the field, and maybe even break the 1500/Mile WR. Let's say it happens in the next 2 years.
Do you think he will stick to the 1500m "for ever", or as soon as he accomplishes everything he wants, he will move up to 5000/10000.
Do you think if he becomes the 1500M WC in 2022, and breaks the WR in 2022 or 2023, that in the 2024 Olympics he will stay in the 1500, or he will be on the 5000/10000 ?
He will go for the 1500m Gold Medal hat trick and no athlete worth his salt would attempt anything else. If he loses in 2024, he might try the 5000m in 2028.
Post 2024 will be Jakob's early retirement on a see-saw opposite the bag Nike & co puts on the other end.
I think Jakob will run a 3:25.75 or so eventually. I think he'll lower his PR in the 5000 by a good margin but I'm not sure if he'd go below 12:38-40. I'd have to see him in a true 5k time trial. He'll move up and get some golds in the 5000 for sure.
10000? He could go on to run a 26:20 but I'm not sure he cares about this distance. Its certainly not a vital one.
Would be cool to see him double a 1500/5000 gold.
He'll go for world records at 1500m, 2000m, 3000m, and 5000m. He can get some of those.
zxcvzxvc wrote:
He'll go for world records at 1500m, 2000m, 3000m, and 5000m. He can get some of those.
He’ll lose to Kiplimo in the 3k
I dont know what he'll do but I'll just go out and say what I want him to do. I want him to ditch the 1500 and move up to the 5 and 10, then eventually to the marathon.
The sooner he gets that 1500m wr, the more likely it is that he shifts his focus to distance in time for the next olympic cycle. I think 2024 he will surely attempt to defend his Gold, then he has the next olympic cycle to shift his focus to long distance. If he gets that wr around or before 2024, i think theres a good chance he moves up in distance in time for 2028 olympics.
What throws a wrench in this is, what if the record doesnt come? What if 2024 rolls around and theres still no record.
Team Ingebrigtsen has to decide whether they want to keep trying knowing theyre giving up time that could be spent preparing for 2028.
Thats how I see it.
According to the interview with his father he has already stated to him that he can't see himself running at an elite level in ten years, wants to start live a normal life at some point before that.
I think he will still fight about the title "the world`s best 1500m runner" with Timothy a couple of more years.
We must remember Tim wasn`t at his best in the Olympics and had not the best preparations.
Who knows what gonna happen in nearest and coming future? Nobody! There can be injuries, sickness and other things we can`t anticipate.Maybe he never move on to the marathon .....( he doesn`t need it e.g for economic secure for the future)
Attempt at 1500m and 5000m double in 2024, or maybe even just 5000m.
Retirement in 2025. Why, you ask? Because 17 years of training is enough and also his brothers are not gonna last much longer either, so might as well retire together as legends.
Five is the magic number wrote:
According to the interview with his father he has already stated to him that he can't see himself running at an elite level in ten years, wants to start live a normal life at some point before that.
10 years from when, now? Hed be 31 ten yrs from now. Doesnt sound like an early retirement to me.
In any case, Ive been saying as much just based on the fact hes been put through an elite training regimen since he was 9yrs old and he admittedly hates training. In that situation somethings bound to give sooner rather than later. Whether it's mind or body first is anyones guess. Nearly all the potential and willpower has been wrung out of his body by now.
FuryTy wrote:
Let's assume he keeps winning and dominating the field, and maybe even break the 1500/Mile WR. Let's say it happens in the next 2 years.
Do you think he will stick to the 1500m "for ever", or as soon as he accomplishes everything he wants, he will move up to 5000/10000.
Do you think if he becomes the 1500M WC in 2022, and breaks the WR in 2022 or 2023, that in the 2024 Olympics he will stay in the 1500, or he will be on the 5000/10000 ?
Or who knows he will bulk up and race 800s....
OozmaKappa wrote:
Five is the magic number wrote:
According to the interview with his father he has already stated to him that he can't see himself running at an elite level in ten years, wants to start live a normal life at some point before that.
10 years from when, now? Hed be 31 ten yrs from now. Doesnt sound like an early retirement to me.
In any case, Ive been saying as much just based on the fact hes been put through an elite training regimen since he was 9yrs old and he admittedly hates training. In that situation somethings bound to give sooner rather than later. Whether it's mind or body first is anyones guess. Nearly all the potential and willpower has been wrung out of his body by now.
Michael Phelps started at age 7 and trained much harder than Jakob ever did all the way through age 31. Why do people think Ingribitzen is such a wimp? Is there a single LRer that competed in distance running on the track that would walk away from that kind of talent?
And people say I butcher Yakob's name.
KAV wrote:
Or who knows he will bulk up and race 800s....
although i do not think this is the right thing to do, this would be far more exciting than Yakob moving up. everyone knows Yakob could be a world threat up to the HM at least. i don't need to see Yakob win a 5k/10k gold to believe he could.
but moving down? even his fanboys don't believe he can be a top 800m guy. would love to see him put down the damn lactate meter and run 46/1:41 in 4/8
OozmaKappa wrote:
And people say I butcher Yakob's name.
And you say he's going to quit in the near future but your response is I spelled his name incorrectly (it was the option that popped up on my phone). Did you compete in track and would you shut your career down early because distance training is so unbearable?
Well the 800 is currently a clownshow, so it could potentially pay well to dodge the big boys competing in the distance events by moving down to the 800.