But when we were all thrilled to watch 3:43/7:23 on the same weekend, did we also think "there must be a price to pay for this kind of thing"?
Nobody can directly link his bravado to his injuries, but I can't help but wonder if he went to the well just a bit too often.
His coach should have known better.
oh, right…
I forgot
It seems crazy that people that have many years of base and many years of adaptations still get these devastating overuse injuries (while still young). Im sure he does a ton of off-track and preventative stuff too. My best guess is they really push too often through the mild cases of tendinitis with worlds, olympics, DL, etc...and don't stop to nip it in the bud. What he describes is chronic changes not sudden training errors or a few meets too close together like you might have with stress fx. I guess that's part of being elite, is that balance.
Jakob, a complete beta: an illustrious career and already on his way to being one of the GOATs You, an alpha: a bottomfeeder posting on letsrun, zero legacy to leave behind. But hey, at least you didn't/won't take your wife's last name. You got that going for you, I guess.
I’m an incoming summer analyst at my top choice bank, moran. I’m incredibly successful in everything I do due to my talent and work ethic.
But when we were all thrilled to watch 3:43/7:23 on the same weekend, did we also think "there must be a price to pay for this kind of thing"?
Nobody can directly link his bravado to his injuries, but I can't help but wonder if he went to the well just a bit too often.
Yeah agreed. It was an amazing season but I think they got a bit greedy to say the least.
He was seething from not getting the double at Worlds, which I think we all understand. Thrilling as that 3,000 was, he should’ve let the 5,000 stay a 5,000 and been content to run an incredibly fast mile and call it a day. Count me as worried about his trajectory for this season. His key advantage to everyone else is the consistency and strength of his routine. Perhaps he will use this as an opportunity to refine his tactics a la Rudisha when he couldn’t just run away after some injuries. If he’s at 90-95% shape, he won’t pull off a frontrun win in Paris.
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Unfortunate. I thought the most interesting part of that article was his quote indicating that he's been running with injuries since 2019. So he's not an invincible biobot after all.
I think he should just write off the Olys (they're not what they used to be, anyway -- good ol' Tom Bach has seen to that) and focus on the 2025 Worlds here in Tokyo.
It seems crazy that people that have many years of base and many years of adaptations still get these devastating overuse injuries (while still young). Im sure he does a ton of off-track and preventative stuff too. My best guess is they really push too often through the mild cases of tendinitis with worlds, olympics, DL, etc...and don't stop to nip it in the bud. What he describes is chronic changes not sudden training errors or a few meets too close together like you might have with stress fx. I guess that's part of being elite, is that balance.
His over use and over racing in 2023 leading up to his pelvis injury and then his achilles injury happened post-Gert.
...Dad might have been more valuable to Jakob's career than Jakob and the brothers want to believe. His lack of appreciation and lack of hubris is biting him in the arse.
His over use and over racing in 2023 leading up to his pelvis injury and then his achilles injury happened post-Gert.
...Dad might have been more valuable to Jakob's career than Jakob and the brothers want to believe. His lack of appreciation and lack of hubris is biting him in the arse.
He didn’t race that many meetings, but he did double at European Indoors, Worlds and the DL final. That is the most likely culprit to me.
It seems crazy that people that have many years of base and many years of adaptations still get these devastating overuse injuries (while still young). Im sure he does a ton of off-track and preventative stuff too. My best guess is they really push too often through the mild cases of tendinitis with worlds, olympics, DL, etc...and don't stop to nip it in the bud. What he describes is chronic changes not sudden training errors or a few meets too close together like you might have with stress fx. I guess that's part of being elite, is that balance.
His over use and over racing in 2023 leading up to his pelvis injury and then his achilles injury happened post-Gert.
...Dad might have been more valuable to Jakob's career than Jakob and the brothers want to believe. His lack of appreciation and lack of hubris is biting him in the arse.
Also that sentences does not make sense, do you know what hubris even means?
the euros are an easy double. worlds are spread out enough and the 5000 being a bit slower makes it doable. I think maybe there is an issue with time trials in back to back days at the DL final.
I also wonder how much of a break he took at the end of the season leading into the wedding. the most dangerous time for a runner is often coming back after complete rest. How long did he have COMPLETE rest during this period. Was he not running at all? Not doing any prehab/rehab exercises for existing injuries?
The body gets very soft, very quickly with complete down time, and he may have tried to come back to his normal load too soon.
only on LR could this article be turned into a 3-page argument about surnames and being beta. fml.
anyway - strange there weren't more details about the pelvis injury; how bad and is it fully resolved now? I thought this surely would've been a very obvious follow-up
People really love conspiracies, don't they? Protected athletes? Lol. They've busted Olympic 100 champs, 1500 champs, marathon WR holders, in recent years. Hell the Russians paid like million dollar bribes and still eventually got busted.
So to answer your question - it's a real injury.
As for combined last names, I think the family having a combined name is kind of cool. The problem is unless you merget the two names it doesn't work when their kids have kids as then you'd end up with quadruple names. I think at that point taking the man's last name makes the most practical sense. The woman literally gave birth to the child so her bond might be a little stronger so using the man's name is more practical if you have to choose.
But if the mother was deceased or the relationship with the father is non-existent, then maybe the kids' kids would take the mom's last name.
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