TICK TOCK - Jakob is back

Yeah I think this might be it. He probably though the cost ot benefit ratio of racing Silesia and Brussels was negative enough that it was better to just focus on the WC.

If true which event the 1500 or 5000?

Or by 1 event did you mean 1 competition

If he wins double gold I’ll eat a wooden spoon

Munch munch munch

I don't know what Jakob's injury is, but he's sure acting like it's a stress fracture.

Everyone tries to come back too fast from a stress fracture, and it flares up, and then they try to come back too fast again and it flares up again

All the Junk in one blood bag. Let's Go!!💉💉💉

Video focused on the treadmill company logo for a couple of seconds. Ad/teaser?

All the posts about Jakob. If Jakob retires today, I believe he will be relieved and delighted, and the LRC community will be devastated and lost.

no way he wins both at this point

Yeah, usually when elite athletes work their whole lives to be the best at something, they're delighted when they have to retire in their primes because of injury🙄

The reason LRC loves him so much is because of how ambitious/ driven he is. He wants everything and he's not gonna stop anytime soon

Stress fractures don't "flare up", either you have one or don't. Once it heals, it's extremely rare that it comes back in the same spot (new bone growth is stronger). Your post is accurate if talking about an Achilles injury, of which Jakob has been treating.

Welllll...there's the other reason, too. And we all know what that reason is.

OMG he looks scary fit in this video, definitely lost weight, very slimmed down. He ran 7:17 last year and right off of coming off an injury ran 3:45. I think he's going to shock the world. All these pretenders running these fast times may be in for the shock of their lives. I actually love that so many people are counting this 24 year old multiple world record hold out :)

As others have already pointed out, this is nothing but a bad sign. It’s never a good thing when an athlete has no races prior to the big dance. They have to prepare in races for what cannot be fully simulated in training. The injury is more serious than Jakob is leading us to believe and he is just banking on hope of getting to the starting line for the 5k in Tokyo.

It’s impossible to predict anything in this sport with certainty, but I’m betting if he even gets to the line in Tokyo he’s a DNF or non-factor. No way he is in even close to 3:26 and 7:17 shape with no races or sharpness.

This is wishful thinking on your part with incomplete information.

If I’m a betting man, and I’ve witnessed declines by a megastar like this several times over the years…I believe we are witnessing the beginning of the end of Jakob Ingebrigtsen. More frequent injuries is a sure sign of decline as well as several years of high level winning performances. Everyone has their breaking point. It normally happens out of nowhere.

Jakob was so convinced the sky was the limit. I almost guarantee we will never see him compete over 5k again and that his 5ks and 1500s from here on in will be mediocre at best. Next year he’ll be bounce back a little but slower and then get re-injured and after 2026, I bet anything we will never see him on a start list again. I’ve seen this negative trajectory too often in the past to be naive.

Jakob had a great career. He is done.

There’s no quantitative context to gauge how fit he is. It’s impossible to access fitness by looks after a certain point. He’s on a treadmill. He clearly can’t run workouts normally right now. It’s a bad sign. The pros usually highly over-rate their readiness bouncing back from injury. They deceive themselves and the fans and press. I’ve seen this a thousand times. Jakob is no exception. See what is actually happening instead of letting your emotions deceive you.

He opened up indoors with a 3:45 WR with a 3:29 WR split en route. Last year didn't he open up at Pre with a 3:45 mile coming off injury? Jakob has also done more high level racing than maybe anyone else in the last 5 years. Certainly more than any of his main competitors in the 1500. I'd definitely feel better about his chances if I could gauge his fitness from a race, but he generally always comes out swinging.

You shouldn't need a reason!