Video of Ingebrigtsen 1500m - blazing last lap

Showed maturity in not aggressively challenging the guy in yellow down the backstraight, instead put him on an "elastic band", reeled him back and shot by on the home straight.

One guy with a PR of 3:40 and another at 3:41. JIng may have been the class of the field but they're at least in the same league.

rupp-certified saladbra wrote:

"Running smart tactically" is easy when you're up against a field 10s slower in ability than you.

rupp-certified saladbra wrote:

sick talent wrote:

he seems to always race very smart tactically and never blows up or has a really bad day.

"Running smart tactically" is easy when you're up against a field 10s slower in ability than you.

exactly

HardLoper wrote:

rupp-certified saladbra wrote:

"Running smart tactically" is easy when you're up against a field 10s slower in ability than you.

exactly

Er... wrote:

One guy with a PR of 3:40 and another at 3:41. JIng may have been the class of the field but they're at least in the same league.

The 3:40 guy was fast almost a decade ago. He finished second to last.

Give Til It Hurts wrote:

Showed maturity in not aggressively challenging the guy in yellow down the backstraight, instead put him on an "elastic band", reeled him back and shot by on the home straight.

He went right with him, nothing passive about it. He had to accelerate fast, i.e. react aggressively, but still lost a bit of ground because the yellow guy was really moving. Then the yellow guy died so of course he passed him, otherwise it would have been a close finish. Here's to yellow guy who took his best shot and made a crap race slightly interesting.

you're wrong wrote:

The 3:40 guy was fast almost a decade ago. He finished second to last.

3.40 guy placed 9th out of 12.

He ran 3.40 five years ago, 3.43 last year.

Second place: 3.41 last year, 3.42 this year (winning almost every race).

Third place: 4.00 mile this year.

Bad haircut wrote:

Now we have the haircut police?

the douche brothers wrote:

Kid running after kipchoge wrote:

Very obnoxious kid

^this

Just look at his celebration down the whole final stretch.

Hard to root for this douche.

Oh man you guys would have hated Ovett in his prime then

yawn, would have run that race in college as a d3 athlete...

double talk wrote:

yawn, would have run that race in college as a d3 athlete...

How about the summer before your junior year of high school?

there was 5 guys with a sub 3:46 pr his is 3:39?

rupp-certified saladbra wrote:

sick talent wrote:

he seems to always race very smart tactically and never blows up or has a really bad day.

"Running smart tactically" is easy when you're up against a field 10s slower in ability than you.

Bad Wigins wrote:

the yellow guy died so of course he passed him, otherwise it would have been a close finish..

The point of course is that it wasn't close.

At least half of those guys seem more concerned about their hair at the starting line than the actual race.

Laughing emoji here wrote:

double talk wrote:

yawn, would have run that race in college as a d3 athlete...

How about the summer before your junior year of high school?

Hahahahaha

Definitely a punk the way he was celebrating near the end.

Otherwise, an entertaining race the way these guys were flashing up to the front and passing and then fading and others coming up--clearly an inexperienced group.

Lol. Good for him but let's be real, Filip would have jogged a 51 if he actually competed.

Ingebrigtsen's posture and mechanics are perfect. Look at that natural lean forward. The other guys are more upright. He makes it look so easy.

Lebensraum wrote:

the douche brothers wrote:

^this

Just look at his celebration down the whole final stretch.

Hard to root for this douche.

Oh man you guys would have hated Ovett in his prime then

I still hate him.