Question of the day: If Graham Blanks and Jakob Ingebrigtsen had raced at European or NCAA xc, who would have won?

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1 month ago 12/09/2024 10:54am EST

We received an interesting whatsapp over the weekend from agent James McKay who was at Euro xc. If Blanks had skipped BU and instead raced Euro xc, could he have taken down Jakob Ingebrigtsen?

We know Blanks, the Olympic 9th placer in the 5k, is in the fitneess of his life. Jakob may only be in December fitness and he's less proven at the longer distances. Let's assume it's NCAA xc and 10k. I think at 8k I'm definitely giving Jakob the benefit of the doubt.

Who wins 10k xc right now and why?

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1 month ago 12/09/2024 11:30am EST

re: rojo

“Who wins at 10k XC: December fitness Bekele or peak fitness Cooper Teare?”

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1 month ago 12/09/2024 11:55am EST

re: rojo

I think Blanks would get 2nd but Jakob still sits on him and wins at 10k

1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:31pm EST

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
Blanks, the Olympic 9th placer in the 5k

Why would it not be Ingebrigtsen, but the 13:12, 28:15, 9th placer in the 5k guy?

he's less proven at the longer distances

Ingebrigtsen is a 7 time european XC champion, what have Blanks done at longer distances?

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1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:43pm EST

re: Another dumb question

Another dumb question wrote:
“Who wins at 10k XC: December fitness Bekele or peak fitness Cooper Teare?”

You laugh, but remember when Garrett Heath beat Mo Farah in XC?

flotrack.org

Three-Peat! Garrett Heath Takes Down Farah At Great Edinburgh XCountry - FloTrack

Lincoln Shryack

Surely, surely Garrett Heath can’t do it again. Not against the greatest distance runner of our generation. No way, I said.Well, my head hurts from all the

Link:www.flotrack.org/articles/5048802-thre...

1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:43pm EST

re: LarsL11

letsrun.com

Link:www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?th...

Plz don’t delete rojo

1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:43pm EST

re: rojo

You are trolling us right?

US kids run on a grass track and call it cross country and expect to win because they are “fast” at cross country not having a clue what cross country is.

They get trashed all the time by all European college runners yet alone professionals runners.

1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:48pm EST

re: rojo

Wouldn’t be races between Jane Hedengren and Innes FitzGerald at both courses more thrilling?

1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:51pm EST

re: rojo

Blanks could have been top 10 on a good day. Do you see how stacked that field is?
Ndikumwenayo 3rd with a 12:48 5k pb, Kimeli 4th with a 12:56 pb, Almgren came 5th and his 5k PB is 12:50 with a 59 low half and a sub 27 10k.

I don't think he is beating any of those in current fitness.

1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:54pm EST

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
We received an interesting whatsapp over the weekend from agent James McKay who was at Euro xc. If Blanks had skipped BU and instead raced Euro xc, could he have taken down Jakob Ingebrigtsen?
We know Blanks, the Olympic 9th placer in the 5k, is in the fitneess of his life. Jakob may only be in December fitness and he's less proven at the longer distances. Let's assume it's NCAA xc and 10k. I think at 8k I'm definitely giving Jakob the benefit of the doubt.
Who wins 10k xc right now and why?

Graham wins at 10k. Jakob at 8k.

1 month ago 12/09/2024 12:56pm EST

re: Another dumb question

Another dumb question wrote:
“Who wins at 10k XC: December fitness Bekele or peak fitness Cooper Teare?”

In this analogy, Jakob is Cooper Teare?

1 month ago 12/09/2024 1:00pm EST

re: gramm

gramm wrote:
rojo wrote:
We received an interesting whatsapp over the weekend from agent James McKay who was at Euro xc. If Blanks had skipped BU and instead raced Euro xc, could he have taken down Jakob Ingebrigtsen?
We know Blanks, the Olympic 9th placer in the 5k, is in the fitneess of his life. Jakob may only be in December fitness and he's less proven at the longer distances. Let's assume it's NCAA xc and 10k. I think at 8k I'm definitely giving Jakob the benefit of the doubt.
Who wins 10k xc right now and why?
Graham wins at 10k. Jakob at 8k.

Americans are crazy delusional about American talent.

Jakob would wipe the floor with Blanks in a 10k and it's not even close.

1 month ago 12/09/2024 1:04pm EST

re: rojo

Is Jakob in 12:59 shape right now? I would say probably yes.

I also tend to see Jakob as a strength-based runner. I think that lends to his advantage in XC. As long as he gives himself enough space to prevent Blanks from out kicking him, I see Jakob as a comfortable favorite.

1 month ago 12/09/2024 1:07pm EST

re: no, just no

no, just no wrote:
gramm wrote:
Graham wins at 10k. Jakob at 8k.
Americans are crazy delusional about American talent.
Jakob would wipe the floor with Blanks in a 10k and it's not even close.

I'm Australian. I do agree that Americans get delusional about American talent. I also think people assign Jakob powers to things he hasn't done.

1 month ago 12/09/2024 1:17pm EST

re: rojo

Jakob at 8 or 10k. Even at this point In Jakob’s training, he’s not losing to Blanks at a 10k

The way he just simply blew by his competition at Euros the last kilometer is eerily similar to how Blanks did with his NCAA competition. The big difference is Jakob is so much stronger and faster than Blanks in the shorter distances in that last kilometer and 400. Did you see how much distance he put on Blanks in the Olympic 5k final? He must have put 15-20 meters on him just in the final 100 of the penultimate lap. And he only continued to pull away from him on the final 400, which we all know was no where close to an all-out effort for Jakob. Translate this to a XC race move, Jakob is burying Blanks.

Also, there was a thread about this a few weeks ago. Good job copy cat Rojo.

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