Jakob will smash this time easily. Glad he is coming to the US. Hopefully he doesn’t get sick in his altitude stint. This may be a preview for a 5k WR attempt outdoors 😅.
It’s pretty likely this is going down, if you go on the NB Indoor Grand Prix site they have a picture of Jakob and other runners. Clearly they are advertising him.
Crazy how Bekele’s last track world record is going to be gone in less than 2 months time. I know he ran 2000m Indoors as well but that time is pretty weak compared to Jakob’s 2k Outdoors.
It’s pretty likely this is going down, if you go on the NB Indoor Grand Prix site they have a picture of Jakob and other runners. Clearly they are advertising him.
Crazy how Bekele’s last track world record is going to be gone in less than 2 months time. I know he ran 2000m Indoors as well but that time is pretty weak compared to Jakob’s 2k Outdoors.
It’s pretty likely this is going down, if you go on the NB Indoor Grand Prix site they have a picture of Jakob and other runners. Clearly they are advertising him.
Crazy how Bekele’s last track world record is going to be gone in less than 2 months time. I know he ran 2000m Indoors as well but that time is pretty weak compared to Jakob’s 2k Outdoors.
What do we think he runs? 12:45?
12:39.99 with a 2:27 final K. He's always sharp year-round so he will be pretty close to his summer form where I think he has a shot at sub 12:30.
jakob loses to blanks in his pro indoor debut, 12:50 to 12:51.
blanks could barely go sub 13, and now you are giving him 10 more seconds?
The kid has a track record of sharp improvement curves and is still on the upswing from a major injury. I'm not saying he runs 12:50 or not but he definitely will shave off some time from his 12:59.
It’s pretty likely this is going down, if you go on the NB Indoor Grand Prix site they have a picture of Jakob and other runners. Clearly they are advertising him.
Crazy how Bekele’s last track world record is going to be gone in less than 2 months time. I know he ran 2000m Indoors as well but that time is pretty weak compared to Jakob’s 2k Outdoors.
What do we think he runs? 12:45?
12:39.99 with a 2:27 final K. He's always sharp year-round so he will be pretty close to his summer form where I think he has a shot at sub 12:30.
That would be an insane time. That is almost 1340 IAAF points. I’m gonna be more conservative and say 12:45, which is still very fast.
well, his PB is 12:48, so clearly he can only run 12:48 (i'm mocking a certain popular poster). He smashes it. He is currently at a 100% success rate in world records where he says he is actually going for it. He said he was going for the 1500 indoor. He smashed it. 2 mile outdoor. Smashed. 2k outdoor. Smashed. 3k outdoor. Smashed. If he says hes going for it, hes gonna get it, and there is absolutely no reason for us to think he wont. Note that when he does attempt a WR, its not a close margin when he crosses the line. Can't wait for everyone to say his indoor WR does not inform an outdoor WR attempt because for some reason, indoor doesn't count.
I would love to see him run at BU, but imagine how many people he’d have to pass in a 5k attempt there! How hilarious would it be for someone who has finished in the top 5 at any NCAA meet (XC or track) running the 5k race of their life only to get passed by Jakob on the 16th lap.
That would be a story to tell the grand kids one day…
Interesting, and he will beat it pretty easily. My real Q is what is spurring him to travel to the US for it? It’s a New Balance track/meet and he seems like he grudgingly races in the US when he does. So I’m a tad surprised he couldn’t get Lieven to convert to a 5K, and add to the indoor 3k world record they have. Millrose is 6 days later and he might as well go after the Wanamaker or chase the 3k WR there?
Interesting, and he will beat it pretty easily. My real Q is what is spurring him to travel to the US for it? It’s a New Balance track/meet and he seems like he grudgingly races in the US when he does. So I’m a tad surprised he couldn’t get Lieven to convert to a 5K, and add to the indoor 3k world record they have. Millrose is 6 days later and he might as well go after the Wanamaker or chase the 3k WR there?
Yeah....I'm not sure why Jakob decided to go for this in the US. The Czech Indoor Gala is two days later and a much shorter flight, or there is another World Indoor Tour Gold Meet in Germany on Feb 7th. This was probably the only meet that offered him a 5k. Not sure what his plans are here
The European Indoor Champs are from March 6th-9th and then the World Indoor Champs in late march in China. Is he really going to make the flight from Norway to Nanjing? Seems like too much to me, he might drop world indoors this year.
blanks could barely go sub 13, and now you are giving him 10 more seconds?
What's funnier than that is he thinks Jakob is only 1 second better than Woody Kincaid in a 5000 LMAO
Yeah, I think Jakob is going to negative split it and run sub 12:45 in this race. I don't see how if he follows the lights at 12:49.6 pace, it is in any way going to drop him. That's what? 7:41 3k pace? He can drop a 5:05 or faster final 2k 100%.
jakob loses to blanks in his pro indoor debut, 12:50 to 12:51.
blanks could barely go sub 13, and now you are giving him 10 more seconds?
He ran 12:59, the last 1200 on his own, 2 weeks after XC season ended. Give him the best pacer in the world for 4990m during actual indoor season, and maybe 10s is possible. Woody Kincaid never won NCAA XC and now he's run 12:51i.
Interesting, and he will beat it pretty easily. My real Q is what is spurring him to travel to the US for it? It’s a New Balance track/meet and he seems like he grudgingly races in the US when he does. So I’m a tad surprised he couldn’t get Lieven to convert to a 5K, and add to the indoor 3k world record they have. Millrose is 6 days later and he might as well go after the Wanamaker or chase the 3k WR there?
There's a good chance he'll be on one of his regular altitude stints in Flagstaff so just wants to hit a race while he's in the country. Maybe he'll make a late entry into Millrose as well. He's certainly more than capable of coming back 6 days later for a mile or 3k.
There's a good chance he'll be on one of his regular altitude stints in Flagstaff so just wants to hit a race while he's in the country. Maybe he'll make a late entry into Millrose as well. He's certainly more than capable of coming back 6 days later for a mile or 3k.
Have a pretty shrewd hunch Grant will be in this 5k race.
Grant mentioned in this week's LRC podcast interview he will looking for a "mini peak" indoors while doing "a few" races.
He stated the first race will be two or three weeks following the Houston Half Marathon on January 12th -- too close to Houston to attempt both, so a preference for continuing to focus on the track.
I thought his first race would be a low-key mile somewhere at the end of January, maybe in Flagstaff where he will be based for the first two months of 2025. That may still be the case.
Now, however, the Big Reveal in JG's homepage article describing the podcast interview is that Grant will also be racing the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix meet on Feb. 2nd. Common sense suggest he's not flying out to Boston just to open his season with a rust buster mile race. He must be going out there because New Balance is putting together a monster 5k men's field targeting Bekele's 12:49 WR.
So, Beamish's rumor of Jingy targeting a 5k WR on The Track at New Balance at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on February 2nd appears factual.
Believe Grant will do a mile race at the end of January followed the Boston 5k a week later followed by the Millrose 3k a week hence.
Or, kick off 2025 with the Boston 5k, then the Millrose 3k, then another race at the BU Valentine meet a week after that.
Then, as Grant stated in the podcast, he's take a few days down time before resuming fall-like training as his slow buildup to the GST series April through June.