The reason why Jakob Ingebrigtsen will never run under 3:27

Morcelli wasn't even good by the time El G ran sub 3:28 for the first time and Lagat was still in College. This makes no sense.

Maybe, and that's a valid point.

But at the same time Jakob isn't the one to shy away from going full speed even when there's no need. He naturally likes to lead and push the pace. So who knows, maybe one day he'll be in that kind of shape, and he will just do it.

The real reason will likely be that they have removed the 1500m from Monaco - the highlight of the athletics season outside of major championships.

Jakob has stated multiple times that he wants not just world titles but also world records. There's no way he would be happy retiring without giving it all he's got to claim the world record not just in the 1500m but other middle-long distance events also. He wants to be remembered as one of the all time greats.

Hello! Why is Jakob not the World Champion? I think he cannot run fast because speed limited. He is strength runner.

I don't understand why people think Monaco is the only place you can run a fast 1,500. El G's 3:26 races were in Zurich (2x), Rome, Brussels, and Rieti. There is nothing magical about Monaco outside of good weather and the best athletes in peak form. They can do it somewhere else too

3:28.32 is not fast? Of course he's fast, he simply lost a race, something that happens.

Somebody has never heard of Noah Ngeny.

i think he lost that race tactically.

He doesn't have the wheels. Remember that El G did workouts such as 12 x 300m @ 36s.

He's not going to run 326 because he's not fast enough.

I see his ceiling at 327-328.

He has plenty of range tho so if more 327 guys show up on the world stage he'll just move up to 5k. Or even 10k or steeple.

It wasn't the only place El G could have run fast, but it is the only place anyone can run fast these days.

Monaco is fast because of 2 things, first it has unusually long, less sharp turns, and second it is protected from wind pretty much all directions. Both are much bigger factors than you may realized.

If a perfect circle track were legal, you'd see a ton of records on it.

Only thing is, Jakob is the world champion. Main thing in track is the Olympics. Who do you think won that? He certainly wasn't as interested last year.

Jakob isn’t a natural 1500m runner, he’s definitely more of a long distance guy but started his career in the 1500 and was still able to perform quite well. I don’t expect him to break the WR in the 1500, but if he really wanted to the 3k and 5k should be doable, and we haven’t even seen what he can do in 10k or longer so there’s really no telling yet what his best distance is but I guarantee it’s not the 1500. There are plenty of guys capable of pacing him through three laps in a serious WR attempt so that wouldn’t be the problem.

Jakob's strength as a runner is his versatility between 1500-5000m. I'm not quite as convinced that there's a distance he'd fare better at than the 1500m.

No need? How about breaking the world record?

No chance. In contrast to El G, he has to limit his (Epo) doping, especially after his brother got flagged. Jakob isn't the only with that problem, as the lack of recent 3:26/3:27 results shows. Even the super shoes can't make up for that doping difference.

That sounds a more convincing reason - along with a lack of speed.

Nah the real reason is that he can’t break 1:46. El G and Lagat closed a championship 1500m in 1:46 going 52-54. Jakob’s best 800m was a 52-54 split 1:46 with his brother basically pacing him for 700 meters.

I mean last year he ran 1:47 for 4th place the week before a 3:46 mile. He’s incredibly strong and efficient but just doesn’t have the top end speed sub 3:27 requires.