his world championship bronze came in 3rd like kerr dis in olympics
maybe he will get a global gold next like kerr.
beat jakob in olympics? who knows maybe all this controversy will negatively effect jakob's running
Nordås beating Jakob in the Olympics would make for some 5/5 drama 😄
Imagine Olympic Champion Nordås running to the stands to embrace Gjert in the stands and get his Norwegian flag. Jakob watches by with an empty look in his eyes.
What I find interesting is that this is by far the fastest 10km in Norway, yet is far from flat. It has an uphill section, followed by a long downhill, and finishes with an uphill. One occasionally sees people claim that such courses are the fastest, but those claims are usually dismissed; this is hard evidence in favour (year after year, the statistics are overwhelming).
It is definitely true that a long downhill really helps to keep up pace in a long race. I think the 10km is probably special in that the distance is just right for that a tough but do-able climb followed by a long downhill can take up so much of the race that the downhill makes a big difference.
There are some other factors involved (large, high quality field, end of the season where people are in form, cool temperatures), but I think the course profile is the primary one.
What I find interesting is that this is by far the fastest 10km in Norway, yet is far from flat. It has an uphill section, followed by a long downhill, and finishes with an uphill. One occasionally sees people claim that such courses are the fastest, but those claims are usually dismissed; this is hard evidence in favour (year after year, the statistics are overwhelming).
It is definitely true that a long downhill really helps to keep up pace in a long race. I think the 10km is probably special in that the distance is just right for that a tough but do-able climb followed by a long downhill can take up so much of the race that the downhill makes a big difference.
There are some other factors involved (large, high quality field, end of the season where people are in form, cool temperatures), but I think the course profile is the primary one.
In 2020 he did run 28:28 at a time when his PBs were more in the sub-elite range of 3:39/3:56/7:50/13:33/28:20. That being said, I suspect this was far from all-out.
this reminds me of a 1km loop near my house around an industrial estate.
first 500m is slightly downhill
next 480m is flat
final 20m is steep uphill
ive always wondered if this is a kind of 'cheat' way of getting a fast 10km - 10 laps of this course seems that you would not take out too much energy / lose time in 20 m steep section and can really unleash in the downhill 500m....just a thought....
Yes 10k, I ran it myself on saturday. And 2 years ago.
As for the profile: The first 1k is very fast, 2-4k is undulating, 4-6k is downhill, 6-9,8k is practically flat and then "Heart-rate Hill" the last 200m.
Some noteworthy results from the junior and sub-junior classes that got buried in another thread:
Petter Vea Monseth (M, 13) 32:41 Per August Halle Haugen (M, 13): 32:43 Magnus Øyen (M, 16) 29:36 Wilma Anna Bekkemoen Torbiörnsson (W, 16): 33:54 Axel Wang Christensen (M, 18): 29:18
My goodness, another 13 year old prodigy, Monseth to duel with Haugen, both 13. The 16 year old running 29:36 is monster territory also. Unless he's doing high mileage now, unlikely, he should be down to 28:10-28:30 by age 18. Super impressive. Is Axel Wang the Danish kid?