almost over the hill wrote:
Halviking wrote:
Jakob has had his yearly threshold test. The new result is between 21-22 km/h.
Not bad to be 18y.
Not bad at 18? He only has a couple more good years left...
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Age 21 12:37.35
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Age 25 12:39.36
Daniel Komen (KEN) Age 21 12:39.74
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Age 19 12:46.53
Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) Age 22 12:46.81
Sileshi Sihine (ETH) Age 21 12:47.04
Hagos Gebriwhet (ETH) Age 18 12:47.53
Isaiah Koech (KEN) Age 18 12:48.64
Isaac Songok (KEN) Age 22 12:48.66
Yenew Alamirew (ETH) Age 22 12:48.77
Stephen Cherono (KEN) Age 20 12:48.81
Thomas Longosiwa (KEN) Age 20 12:49.04
Didn’t even include Barega, Gebriwhet and Kejelcha’s times from this past summer. -10 for an old, unupdated list. Another -10 for comparing Jakob to sub 12:50 runners, when his PR is 13:17.