Is Jakob losing focus with his new hobbies of racing/fixing cars and being a youtube influencer?

You can't run for 16 hours a day. Jakob only needs to run for about 2 hours a day. He needs maybe another 2 hours a day on stretching/gym workouts/massages.

He has plenty of time leftover to enjoy his hobbies.

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He has people filming and editing those videos lol. He’s not making them.

Meanwhile there is another thread on LRC: " What do pro runners do all day?"

This happed to Aaron Gwin, a champion mountain biker. He was on top of the sport for a few years. Then, he focused on building a new house for a few years and never had any success after that.

For Jakob, it is the injury that is more concerning.

Jakob is starting to become a really mature young man -in his last sentence in the court trial he said: “Not everyone can run away from their problems” meaning (IMO) that he empathises with all the victims of abuse that feel stuck (but maybe also sort of hints that running away to other more lighter focuses -e.g athletics, fun hobbies, social activities, can be a saving thing). But he clearly doesn’t see running as a weak flight -only balanced with acknowledgment these hobbies and lightening things become a safe haven…

You think that’s something! I once saw Frank Shorter having lunch with a bunch of known non-runners at a small cafe in Eugene, Oregon! Still getting over it. Focus, Frank!

Considering all he’s done in the past 4.5 months is set multiple WRs and win double golds at Worlds, oh yeah, I’d definitely be worried about his commitment lol

Terrible post by OP.

1. Jakob has broken is PBs across multiple events including the 1500/mile in the past 12 months. Doesn’t seem to be struggling.

2. Being a pro distance runner is far from a full-time job. Even with the most inefficient of time allocation you are not going to train and attend to running matters for 16h per day.

What more does he need to do? I'd be retired by now.

Jakob knows his career will be short, and is preparing for a real world job of fixing cars, like Alan Webb.

As for racing, he stopped getting faster at running. So he has to use cars to keep improving. Eventually he may resort to racing airplanes

Kipchoge has lived like a monk too. I assume if Jakob was more focused he would doubled 1500 / 5k gold in Paris. He should only see his wife and child on Sundays. The rest of the week should be training and recovery. Yes, it’s boring but it’s what makes you great. If he stays on this path he will have been OK but not great.

Everybody has to have a lil hobby outside of running

I feel for his wife. Jakob is out racing and fixing cars in his garage while his wife takes care of their child who was just born last year. Absent father.

Yeah I've thought that too, I just hope they have a system where no one feels neglected or that they're putting more effort in than the other

and here is OP, wasting their lower echelon talent on posting about someone who doesn't know they exist...

Imagine jakob spends around 5 hours a day running and doing run-related things (gym, streching etc.) Add 2 hours a day of his hobby with cars. Add 2 hours a day just goofing around. Thats 9h. What dude with a 9-5 job spends more time with his kids than jakob can? At this point you are criticizing for fun

2 hours isn't it

warm up warm down massage cross train go to track shower stretch etc. nap

still only 5 hours all in

Will he wind up on Doug DeMuro's channel or Hoovie's Garage? Or better yet, with the controversial but talented Jack Baruth?