Yee would win wrote:
Yee would win. He's faster than Morgan Pearson, who did a 1:01:01 half marathon..faster than Jacob. He went out too fast, but if he couldn't pace himself for a half, he will certainly run into problems in a full.
Jakob had just come off an entire season of training for the 1500m
The truth is that if Jakob was in full marathon training mode, he could run a 2:11 marathon (Yee's debut) as a workout
I don't know but I will say this.
I'd rather be able to run Jakobs PRs instead of whatever Alex Yee does. Also I've never heard of Alex Yee.
Kinda ironic the arguing point against Jakob is that he is a 1,500/5k guy when simultaneously there is another thread talking about Hassan and Assefa running 1:56 and 1:59 in the 800.
The better question is who would win right now (current fitness, no prep) in a 10 mile race, or a 15K?
I think it would be very close. Anything longer, Yee, and anything shorter Jakob.
eagleeye wrote:
Alex, and it wouldn't be close. I have no doubt that Jakob will be a world class marathoner if and when he decides to make that transition, but his current training does not lend itself to that (see Copenhagen HM attempt).
What a strange post.
In Jakob's only HM attempt, off of 1500/3000 training, he went out with the leaders at 58:00 pace, splitting 27:27. You think that means he can't race a slow 13:26 / 27:51 guy in the HM or marathon??
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1. Alex Yee has never run a 10k or track 10,000 faster than his 27:51 track PR, including a perfect opportunity on the road in Valencia where he ran 28:05 to place...27th. (The winner was 26:53.) He is simply a turtle.
2. Jakob may have blown up running 58:00 pace without properly training for it, but he certainly could have run sub-60:00 and EASILLY could have run sub-61:00 that day if he had any interested in running slow a slow pace when the leaders were chasing 58:0x.
3. It is obvious that 2:11 marathon pace is something Jakob could hold for 150 minutes if not longer. 3:06/km pace lolol. 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
10Mbreakeven wrote:
The better question is who would win right now (current fitness, no prep) in a 10 mile race, or a 15K?
I think it would be very close. Anything longer, Yee, and anything shorter Jakob.
You can't be serious.
At 10k, Alex Yee ran 28:07 to get SMOKED in Valencia in January 2025. That's his PB. (He also has a slow 27:51 track 10,000.)
Jakob ran 27:54 way back in 2019, just days after her turned 19 years old. His 3000/5000 times back then were 7:51 / 13:02.
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