Jakob MUST run a fast 5000m this season — why isnt he entered in Rome DL?

needs to put in the training at some point.

He is be capable of 12:2x

fixed that for ya

Because he’s running Zurich and then the DL final. chasing 3:26 not 12:35 this season

My times weren’t close to his but we’re good enough that I know what I’m talking about.

I found breaking 14 far more difficult than breaking 8:00. Regardless of how I’d run it. I probably needed 7:55 shape to run 14:00. Not sure why as I ran high mileage with most workouts tempo-based but basically no way would work: if I’d go out in 8:15 I’d fall off while if I’d be through 8:35 i couldn’t close fast enough. What I ended up doing was coming through in 8:30 and closing in a 57 last lap. It’s just far more difficult than 3000

8/2 Paris OLY 3:37
8/4 Paris OLY 3:32
8/6 Paris OLY 3:28.24
8/7 Paris OLY 13:51
8/10 Paris OLY 13:13
8/22 Lausanne DL 3:27.83
8/25 Silesia DL 7:17.55

That's four hard efforts in a month -- I'd like to see the 5000m fitness too, but it makes sense that he's going for 1500m this year

9/5 Zurich DL
9/13 + 9/14 Brussels DL double?

Which double ? 1500 and 5000m are the same day

as someone else pointed out, would be great to see Jakob break the record on 9/5, and then shoot for the 5000 WR in Brussels.

probably far fetched, but ideal.

Weather isn't looking ideal with tempatures in the mid to upper 80s at race time and potentially windy. Would be tough even for him on conditions like that.

We likely saw peak Jakob yesterday. It was nice that he got to were super spikes and wave lights for his peak race to help him go much faster

This take reminds me of an Asian mushroom.

Wouldn’t want to make it so obvious.
#WeRunClean. 😆😆😆

In the Mike Scannell interview, the DL final is “in negotiations” for 3k vs 5k. I assume this means Jakob is going to ask for one or the other. Now that he has the 3k WR he might be more interested in a 5k.

Though still unlikely a WR (he could easily get it fresh) if he doubles.

According to VG and Daniel Wessfeldt (Jakob's manager), he is targetting the 1500 WR in either of Zurich or Brussels;

vg.no

Varsler nytt rekordforsøk fra Jakob Ingebrigtsen: – Unikt at han er fra Norge

Herman Folvik

Manager Daniel Wessfeldt tror Jakob Ingebrigtsen (23) vil rekke en verdensrekord til før sesongen er over.

Link:www.vg.no/sport/friidrett/i/alGJka/var...

Haha. That made me laugh.

my post was clearly taken the wrong way. what i meant was that he can't just race non-stop for 3 weeks, after already having done the same during the olympics for 10 days. At some point, within all of these post olympic races, he needs to jump into an 8-10 day block of training to keep his base steady.

i would imagine that's why he isn't racing every single event possible.

He's shows up more than anyone else, last year as well, but he ended up injured as a result, and given his brothers history, injuries seem to run (sorry) in his family. So maybe he skips a race or two? He's only 23 though, his body should handle it. Don't know if the new spikes are better or worse for injury protection.

Someone has said "this is his peak" on this forum every single time he's run well

To be fair, I’d only count 3 hard efforts. His 5000 victory at the Olympics was much less effort for him than what the field should have allowed.