Jakob is still improving.
From Oslo today, 3.42.44 on 1500m
That is fast to be 15.
Jakob is still improving.
From Oslo today, 3.42.44 on 1500m
That is fast to be 15.
Halviking wrote:
Jakob is still improving.
From Oslo today, 3.42.44 on 1500m
http://oslo.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results/timetable-2016-results/#baseFrame#/live/outputs/results/iaaf/atResults/js/mappings/discipline/disciplineRoot#DisciplineInit#Oslo2016_TIMING_ATMN15101_json##main-frame_content#/live/outputs/results/iaaf/atResults/js/mappings/discipline/run#RunSubFrame#Oslo2016_TIMING_ATMN15101_jsonThat is fast to be 15.
Yep. If he were E. African, they'd claim he was 11, no exaggeration.
Has any Kenyan run that fast at that age? That's incredible. About a 4:00.2 mile for someone who could be a 9th grader right now (same birth month as Hunter). Best converted mile for a US 9th grader is about a 4:11.
Video of the race here
https://www.nrk.no/sport/jakob-_15_-knuste-sin-eigen-verdsrekord-igjen-1.12990760
Yet another nice run for luke matthews
very nearly sub 4 equivalent, at 15! hugely impressive. That's another 2 second drop for him. No reason not to think he'll run sub 4 equivalent this year.
And he is not turning 16 til fall, still the age of most HS freshman who just finished their season.
Incredibly impressive, less than half a second off a sub 4 equivalent. Hopefully he hops in a mile this season, could be one of the youngest if not the youngest sub 4 miler ever!
Vi trenger et skandinavisk helten. Heia Norge!!!!
3-4th fastest Norwegian at 1500 this year?
His Dad/coach said they train to be good in july and august, not may and june. Given how well his brothers have peaked when it counts, it seems there may still be a lot more to come
Metric Miler wrote:
Incredibly impressive, less than half a second off a sub 4 equivalent. Hopefully he hops in a mile this season, could be one of the youngest if not the youngest sub 4 miler ever!
The mile is almost never run in countries with the metric system (and they don´t care either).
well,. wrote:
The mile is almost never run in countries with the metric system (and they don´t care either).
It's worth noting that this 3:42 was run in the "national" race at the Bislett Games. The big guns were running in the Dream Mile, perhaps the most prestigious mile race in the world these days (though not quite as big a deal as it was a few decades ago).
Craig Lutz Fan wrote:
Yet another nice run for luke matthews
Really? Luke is a pro, he beat a norwegian guy at the same age who doesn't have anything remotely close regarding professional system around him, with only 1 second.
well,. wrote:
Metric Miler wrote:Incredibly impressive, less than half a second off a sub 4 equivalent. Hopefully he hops in a mile this season, could be one of the youngest if not the youngest sub 4 miler ever!
The mile is almost never run in countries with the metric system (and they don´t care either).
I live in a metric country, and in my field of education use the metric system exclusively. Usually, I would agree with a post like yours wholeheartedly.
Alas, in this case it is difficult to ignore that Henrik ran his 1500m in his home country of Norway, and on the same night at the same meet they hosted two elite mile races as the star events of their biggest athletics meeting of the year, the Bislett Games. They do this nearly every year. They must care for the mile a little.
* Excuse me, Jakob. Not used to there being 2 (3?) other Ingebrigtsens around!
he is clearly properly trained, probably doing adult workouts.
By the photos, he is Tanner stage 5 - taller than one of his brothers and fully developed.
It will be interesting to see how much he improves. With teenagers who are already training like adults, will they only have small incremental adult improvements? Does he still have some of the big improvements you get at 15 left?
Should a 15yo be training that much?
All remains to be seen.
He's not going to find any mile races in Europe. He could maybe find one in the UK/Ireland, otherwise have to travel all the way to the US where the season for most is wrapping up. Alan Webb had to specifically ask for a mile race in Belgium.
I agree that a sub-4 mile by a 15-year-old would be a huge deal to US fans but I don't think see him going so far out of his way to do it. Most likely he will run more 1500s in North/Central Europe and then European Youth Champs.
but... wrote:
Has any Kenyan run that fast at that age? That's incredible. About a 4:00.2 mile for someone who could be a 9th grader right now (same birth month as Hunter). Best converted mile for a US 9th grader is about a 4:11.
Do American's have to convert age to college year to work out hold old someone is. A school year can cover someone who for example is 15 or 16. There age is how old they are not what year they are in.
Just put how flipping old they are.I know you just love saying these terms soph freshman etc it's almost a hoobby in itself.
ukathleticscoach wrote:
but... wrote:Has any Kenyan run that fast at that age? That's incredible. About a 4:00.2 mile for someone who could be a 9th grader right now (same birth month as Hunter). Best converted mile for a US 9th grader is about a 4:11.
Do American's have to convert age to college year to work out hold old someone is. A school year can cover someone who for example is 15 or 16. There age is how old they are not what year they are in.
Just put how flipping old they are.I know you just love saying these terms soph freshman etc it's almost a hoobby in itself.
I find this truly infuriating. Comments like "that is very fast for a sophomore - do you mean a HS sophomore or a college one? And if a HS one, is he 14, 15 or 16? Then you get "that's fast for a sophomore, but he's more like a junior".
Just put their flipping age or better yet, year of birth. Then it starts making sense to the rest of the world. Who cares what year they're in for HS or College? It is just irrelevant. Having freshman records is also irrelevant, as the age can vary wildly.