Went with the leaders and was 27:27 at 10k (national record).
Stopped and then mixed in runs with stops until he finished in 63 minutes
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The biggest joking sight of my entire life I ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!
A guy that reaches 10k completely exhausted and gasping for oxygen??????????? And walks, stops, jogs, stops, walks, stops, jogs 5-6 times and maybe more between 10-21.1k????????????????????
And this is the guy we called the AEROBIC MONSTER GOAT?????????????????????????????
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jakob was less than 2minutes in front of the women's winner, he probably should join the women's race next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has got to be the biggest joke of the millennium seriously!!!!!!! This has never happened with Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Paul Tergat, Khalid Skah, even doper Mo Farah was never met with such indignity in any race of his!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jakob was less than 2minutes in front of the women's winner, he probably should join the women's race next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has got to be the biggest joke of the millennium seriously!!!!!!! This has never happened with Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Paul Tergat, Khalid Skah, even doper Mo Farah was never met with such indignity in any race of his!!!!!!!!!!!!
You do understand he could have quit and walked off at 10k, right? He chose to keep running, good for him, knowing he would be humiliated either way.
The reality is that he had over raced (2500m 2 days ago) and mentally he wasnt into this one.
Pretty sure a fresh and ready JI would be able to handle a sub 60 pace for the full distance.
Went with the leaders and was 27:27 at 10k (national record).
Stopped and then mixed in runs with stops until he finished in 63 minutes
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The biggest joking sight of my entire life I ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!
A guy that reaches 10k completely exhausted and gasping for oxygen??????????? And walks, stops, jogs, stops, walks, stops, jogs 5-6 times and maybe more between 10-21.1k????????????????????
And this is the guy we called the AEROBIC MONSTER GOAT?????????????????????????????
In all seriousness, I wouldn't look too much into it. He has been trying to hold a peak and has raced a ton from 1500-5000 over the last 2 months and probably hasn't done much endurance work that would prepare him for a half.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jakob was less than 2minutes in front of the women's winner, he probably should join the women's race next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has got to be the biggest joke of the millennium seriously!!!!!!! This has never happened with Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Paul Tergat, Khalid Skah, even doper Mo Farah was never met with such indignity in any race of his!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate a-holes like this^.
A guy races at not his usual distance and you trash him? F.U.
A guy struggles but finishes, and you trash him? F.U. !
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jakob was less than 2minutes in front of the women's winner, he probably should join the women's race next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has got to be the biggest joke of the millennium seriously!!!!!!! This has never happened with Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Paul Tergat, Khalid Skah, even doper Mo Farah was never met with such indignity in any race of his!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am stunned you haven't been banned from Letsrun. Your takes are insufferably wrong and blatantly unfunny (assuming you are joking). Plus your use of exclamation points and CAPS is unhinged, even for this site.
Can't you just write your opinion in a normal tone of voice?
If your point was that other pros would not have engaged in such a random, one-off type event, you are kind of right. If your point was that Jakob didn't really show much respect for the distance and the competition, you could make a good argument for that (though I disagree).
Your style of writing is going to get you banned from this board. Just sayin'.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jakob was less than 2minutes in front of the women's winner, he probably should join the women's race next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has got to be the biggest joke of the millennium seriously!!!!!!! This has never happened with Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Paul Tergat, Khalid Skah, even doper Mo Farah was never met with such indignity in any race of his!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kenenisa Bekele was notorious for stepping off the course in road marathons throughout the 2010s, you can't have been talking about him.
Boy was I disappointed for him and stayed up till 3:30 am to watch this and WTF! He looked like he was having an asthma attack. I've never watched him so unprepared for a race. He should never have done this. If he were going to run a half he should have done Valencia in December when he was in the middle of his distance running block.
He embarrassed himself and I don't want to hear any more talk of 10 world records. He is a 5k track runner, one of the best in history and he should be happy with that.
Now if this was just a bad race, even the greats have them, we remember joshua cheptegei crashing and burning in 2017 world champs cross country champs "
So I don't want to be too hard on Jakob, but like these other athletes especially Cheptegei, Jakob must came back bigger and stronger to erase this horrible performance!