Every physiology is at least a bit unique. As George Sheehan always asserted...."we are experiments of one."
Every physiology is at least a bit unique. As George Sheehan always asserted...."we are experiments of one."
sfhaskjhadkj wrote:
Henrik, his older brother, was flagged by WADA on the fancy bear website for doping.
Norwegian skiing is rife with PED use - it is everywhere on the internet.
Jakob is a phenom in a gene pool not known to produce any unlike Kenya and Ethiopia similar sized populations that have uncountable running prodigies.
The explanation here is obvious.
That's what I wrote above.
Top predictions, as so often in this forum.
Often? You just searched back 5 years for this.
This might be the thread with the BEST TAKES in LRC history.
After this one, Myers (17) and Laros (18) have passed us by without much scrutiny, so we need a return to form on the next emerging talent.
Mount up!
Jager ran 3,000m steeple in 8:00 and was on pace for 7:56-7:57 before the fall - 4:00 per 1500. Simpsons' 1500 PR is 3:57.
He'd dominate.
Bad Wigins wrote:
the true experts wrote:
Top predictions, as so often in this forum.
Often? You just searched back 5 years for this.
Ah, the top-predictor jumps in!
This is the best thread since DIII girls.
Remember when 8:00 was considered good for U18
Kiddiidyyd wrote:
This is how Jakob would rank in the US all time HS list
1500m 3rd
Mile 3rd
3000m 3rd
Steeple 1st
5000m 1st
Looking at this and looking at his 400m PB of 51.03 (slower than Caster's PB), it does in fact look like his future will not be in the 1500m.
The letsrun sport of prediction of performance by looking at shorter events strikes again! I hope there isn't to many teens wasting their time to get the "right" 100, 200, 400 times rather than focusing on middle distance, but I am starting to suspect that may be a thing.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts