What could Jakob run in a marathon?

I suspect he might be to "big" to run a truly elite time at in the marathon, all sub 2.05 marathoners weight less than 58kg - Jakob probably weigh around 67-70kg

And next week on LRC: "What could Jakob run at UTBM? Can he beat the Francois and Kilian?"

Life without King Jakob would be so boring.

Everybody was saying he was too big for the 5000m until he demolished some of the greatest East African runners in history... while stopping to sign autographs.

Let's stick with 10k speculation.

Why stop there?

“Everybody” didn’t include me.

Because there is a very real possibility he's going to run a championship 10000 in the next few years. Any talk of marathons is pure fantasy.

The 10K thread OP asked what he could run in the 10K “right now.” It’s highly unlikely he runs a 10K this year, so wondering what he could do in a marathon this fall is no different in that regard.

No Olympic 1500m Gold Medal winner has run a championship 10000m and I think there’s no possibility at all that Jakob will be the first.

What about the steeple? He expressed interest in racing that event in his interview at the world championships.

I think he could break 42 km, not by much, but definately break 42km.

Jakob has already competed in steeple in the world championships. It was in 2017. Fell on the last steeple, 8:34,88. Qualified for the WC with a run at 8.26.81

Impressive performance for a 16-year-old! What do you think he could run now?