Jager will NEVER break 8

He won't ever break 8 min. You know why? Cause he lacks the mental drive. He's too scared of the barrier. Mentally he sets himself back. He's not man enough. Pure and simple. He's not ready. And he won't ever be. Stop wasting your time, Evan, and go home.

Amazing that an athlete can be so tuned into pace that they can back off just enough to miss a mark by a second. Silly assumption. He could have just as well run 7:59.9 and not known until seeing the result. I hope he breaks 8.

I doubt he'll break it either, unless the field itself improves dramatically in the next couple of years, to the point sub-9 minutes is a necessity to contend.

I don't think we're far away from there. The men's records are not as soft as the women's but still should be lower. However, it will be beyond Jager's cycle.

Jager has to break the 8 minute barrier early in the race. That's the burden, building up that margin for error. He is a one-gear type who lacks that Houihan burst to overcome any logical number over the final lap or couple hundred meters.

8 minutes, not 9. Still thinking women

My apologies... I misspoke when I said “EVERYONE.” I guess there are a couple of you out there that don’t think he was capable. My bad.

who not that...

You need to go back and watch the race.

He closed very well in several races, one in maybe 57? And don't forget that he won Monaco last year with a strong close.

Here he was cooked with two laps to go, yet still maintained a pretty good pace and ran 8:01. Some altitude training in Europe over the next month, a 1500 to sharpen him and feel the steeple pace is slow, and he should go under 8 in Zurich.

zxcvzxcv wrote:

He closed very well in several races, one in maybe 57? And don't forget that he won Monaco last year with a strong close.

Here he was cooked with two laps to go, yet still maintained a pretty good pace and ran 8:01. Some altitude training in Europe over the next month, a 1500 to sharpen him and feel the steeple pace is slow, and he should go under 8 in Zurich.

Yeah, he's not slow coming home but it's sort of like Ayana that head to head late is not going to work, more often than not. If Kipruto or Elbakkili are right there with him and a lap remaining I don't hold out much hope for Jager. They have the quick turn of foot that Jager lacks.

Jager is physically ready to break 8, by all means. He has the physical talent to do so. To run the times he has run so far, he definitely trains very hard. But he won't EVER break 8, cause he's not MENTALLY ready. He's immature. He's scared. He lacks confidence. He's a child in a man's body. If it comes down to him and a few guys at the last lap, he's going to lose - not because the other guys will beat him, but because he will mentally beat himself and the other guys will take advantage of that.