There is absolutely NO REASON for a well-hydrated, ice vest-cooled world class 5ker to take water during a 90F race. Jakob did it not once but TWICE, while asking the crowd for more noise the first time!
An absolute mockery of the competition. What a freaking LEGEND.
This has to become the new standard for toying with the competition. Years from now, we’ll be saying “He won easy, but not Jakob double water break easy.”
There is no better post race question for Jakob than to ask about his 5k water stop strategy. Seriously rojo and gault, that is THE question to ask him.
There is absolutely NO REASON for a well-hydrated, ice vest-cooled world class 5ker to take water during a 90F race. Jakob did it not once but TWICE, while asking the crowd for more noise the first time!
An absolute mockery of the competition. What a freaking LEGEND.
Doubt he was asking the crowd for noise (a-la the finish of the heat). Looks like was alerting the station personnel that he wanted water.....they usually don't get any takers.
Yes, Jakob got into the heads of many of the runners by taking water and ran on "Pure Hate" to demoralize the field.
Cheptegei fallowed him out there when they came back from commercial and missed a cup but I guess he ran most of the race in lane three anyways so he was most of the way there.
Absolutely agree, imagine pushing the pace trying to crack your competition and some dude just sipping on some water while jogging next to you. What disrespect, I love it.
There is absolutely NO REASON for a well-hydrated, ice vest-cooled world class 5ker to take water during a 90F race. Jakob did it not once but TWICE, while asking the crowd for more noise the first time!
An absolute mockery of the competition. What a freaking LEGEND.
He would have won that race if they were passing out cold beers and he took a couple of cups while strolling around.
There is absolutely NO REASON for a well-hydrated, ice vest-cooled world class 5ker to take water during a 90F race. Jakob did it not once but TWICE, while asking the crowd for more noise the first time!
An absolute mockery of the competition. What a freaking LEGEND.
I agree. This was a TACTIC!! Absolute confidence and bravado. When he did the first water I thought "Fack, he is going to win this!"
There is absolutely NO REASON for a well-hydrated, ice vest-cooled world class 5ker to take water during a 90F race. Jakob did it not once but TWICE, while asking the crowd for more noise the first time!
An absolute mockery of the competition. What a freaking LEGEND.
Doubt he was asking the crowd for noise (a-la the finish of the heat). Looks like was alerting the station personnel that he wanted water.....they usually don't get any takers.
Good point, makes sense - I thought he was going for a sponge the first time and missed the grab.