Other than Hocker he has the best speed, but currently the 7:17 3k man in lacking his best fitness.
I think he should take the lead, keep it slow, and hope that with his talent he can still close in 51 in a 13:40 race even out of shape. Most importantly he needs to stick to the rail and hope Hocker stays boxed in.
Advice for Jakob wrote:
Other than Hocker he has the best speed, but currently the 7:17 3k man in lacking his best fitness.
I think he should take the lead, keep it slow, and hope that with his talent he can still close in 51 in a 13:40 race even out of shape. Most importantly he needs to stick to the rail and hope Hocker stays boxed in.
Based on the two races he’s run since March this seems like an awful strategy; if it turns into a 400 he’s gonna get his doors blown off. I honestly think he’s got a better chance at a medal if the race is surprisingly fast.
I don’t think he has any real chance at a medal though.
Jakob's speed is sub par right now. Maybe 3:32 time trial fitness.
Must've blown his wad on that 2:42 1200 time trial three weeks ago ;)
sad thing is, he is probably just 2 or 3 weeks away from having something.
Good strategy if he wants bronze. He needs to wind it up from 1K out minimally if he’s going to drop an angry Hocker and Laros
Sloedirt wrote:
Good strategy if he wants bronze. He needs to wind it up from 1K out minimally if he’s going to drop an angry Hocker and Laros
Laros is gonna be so angry as he bandits the final
Advice for Jakob wrote:
Other than Hocker he has the best speed, but currently the 7:17 3k man in lacking his best fitness.
I think he should take the lead, keep it slow, and hope that with his talent he can still close in 51 in a 13:40 race even out of shape. Most importantly he needs to stick to the rail and hope Hocker stays boxed in.
How does he keep it slow? The other guys in the race can run whatever pace they want. If he runs Centro pace, he’s liable to be in dead last, 10 meters behind the next guy.
He isn't even going to medal this weekend.
The guy looks like he's gassed and just doing enough to scrape through. He's nowhere near fit enough to be medalling.
high school xc coach wrote:
Jakob's speed is sub par right now. Maybe 3:32 time trial fitness.
Must've blown his wad on that 2:42 1200 time trial three weeks ago ;)
yeah he pulled the fat carrot in that workout
There is zero chance this happens. Someone like Fisher or Young isn’t that stupid to let the race go slow like the 10 again. It needs to be a 12:00-13:10 race to shake the likes of Hocker, Gressier, Mills. Jakob isn’t even in 13:15 shape right now. He had to fight (3:56 close still) in a 13:42 race to qualify.
After running two races this week and probably not being very sharp as is I see him as a total non factor.
Jakob looks like he's running with ankle weights on. Extremely low chance he medals, and if he does it won't be because he out kicked anyone.
Advice for Jakob wrote:
Other than Hocker he has the best speed, but currently the 7:17 3k man in lacking his best fitness.
I think he should take the lead, keep it slow, and hope that with his talent he can still close in 51 in a 13:40 race even out of shape. Most importantly he needs to stick to the rail and hope Hocker stays boxed in.
Um…Did you not watch his heat?
I can't believe he looks this bad. I mean he went from global favorite in the 1500-5k to an also ran (barring some miracle in the 5000).
I also don't believe his injury was still hampering him. He doesn't need the titles that bad- he would have skipped; there's also that asinine workout he did after the heats.
Is he off the sauce?