2 Unbreakable Records Were Just Destroyed

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[@BlakeyBearNinja]

nice

[@Tommy-ys5bm]

Yessir

[@matthewvanleeuwen9086]

Based off of his current performances I think he definitely has the potential to break the world records in the 1500m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m over the next couple years as long as he stays healthy. As for the longer races, who knows!

[@hairtoss7975]

I predict that in the future he will be older.

[@TobyGuyana]

I predict that in the future he will run more races

[@jonathanallen2604]

I predict the future will come to past.

[@JekabsJan]

Hmm I doubt it

[@kalebritchey5882]

Word

[@ilect1690]

I disagree, he'll be younger

[@CliveBramham]

Agree with all of this. From what we have seen this year, it is now CLEAR that he can break all of the records up to 5000. Only the marathon and half-marathon are still in question.

[@styx85]

Sir what about 10k

[@nuclear9977]

​@@styx85he's not built for 10k 😢

[@kimaboe]

@@nuclear9977 Lol, there isn't a distance so far people haven't said he "isn't built for". He is redefining what training looks like, and what a X distance runner looks like right along with it. He says he feels much more confident on the longer distances, but knows he can only hit the shorter ones whilst young, so is focusing there now. He'll be switching over once he either gets Hicham's records or realises they are out of reach, and no one knows where he'll settle.

[@ProgramArturo]

A lo que se refiere el video es que si sigue los pasos de Kipchoge y Bekele, poco a poco migrará de pruebas de pista a carreras de 21k y maratón, ahí es en dónde comenzará a demostrar lo que pueda hacer (son pruebas en dónde la edad no es tan crucial en comparación a pruebas de velocidad)

[@CliveBramham]

@@styx85 For 10k it would be nice to see his times. Jakob seems confident about 10k.

[@80-80.]

The craziest part is that he is fully capable of holding the 1500, 1 mile, 2000, 3000, 2 mile, 5000 and 10000 records all at once. And I personally think he will make it.

[@osuk1]

He's not as strong in the 1500m. I think 3000m - 5000m are his best events.😊

[@andrewcollins2098]

@@osuk1 he has the world lead lmao what do you mean

[@robinbauer1975]

@@andrewcollins2098no he is right Jakob is defenetly a 5k guy. That get’s even better at 3.000 2 mile range. He even admitted it himself more than often. Just proves that you have no idea for aerobic based, or anerobic based athletes. For him that 59 secs are his sweet spot. Just happens. That he is due to great base and speed training he can run 4 laps in 56 seconds better than anyone else

[@andrewcollins2098]

aerobic or anerobic nobody is running faster than him. obviously he's better at longer distances but he is still stronger than everybody in the 1500 as of now. I don't think you can call the person w the fastest 1500 in recent years "not as strong". not reading the records and what he has done this season proves you have no idea what you're talking about. a fast 1500 runner is a fast 1500 runner regardless of how the race is run.

[@kkmac7247]

@@andrewcollins2098the point is that they are saying he is relatively strongly in longer events than the 1500. He may be the best in the 1500, but he is even better over 3000m

[@jaymula6660]

This man has the potential to break every record 1500 to 10K and he just might

[@alvarojrgalo926]

Time does prove the greatness of an athlete Jakob is well on he's way to being one of the all time legends.

[@sweeks7463]

I was there for his 3000m photo finish at the Pre Classic last weekend. What a shockingly tireless runner. He pulled almost the whole field into personal bests.

[@matthewg5792]

Jakob has that Prefontaine confidence with the skills to back it up.

[@littledarkone1995]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but I do actually think he can get every WR from 1500m - Marathon (not sure about the 3k steeple since, to my knowledge, he has no experience or training with that). I wouldn’t go as so far to say he WILL with distances like the marathon as now Cheptegai and I imagine Jacob Kiplimo will soon enter the marathon distance so who knows how they might affect the current marathon WR (which already might get taken down this weekend in Berlin by Kipchoge) and not to mention this new freak, Kelvin Kiptum. I mean, we all though Bekele was going to do what Kipchoge went on to do in the marathon and continue his dominance like he did on the track but life has a funny way of throwing curve balls. People say Jakob is cocky and I don’t know where they get that. He’s extremely confident but his confidence is not born of delusional narcissism. His confidence is grounded in actual results in what he legitimately knows he can do based on what he’s done in training, how he’s continued to perform on race day, knowledge of the sport as well as his competitors. To be honest, I find his frank honesty and transparency refreshing. He’s straightforward and he’s got my respect as well as everybody who watches him because you can’t help but respect what he does. Kudos to him. Keep taking heads, names, and records 👊🏼✊🏼

[@crimsonreaper835]

As listed in the video he has an 8:26 steeple PR as a 17 year old and showed promise in the event as a young junior, you can look up the races he competed in back then. For someone as disciplined and technically efficient as him, I don't think technique will be a problem with enough focus and practice, and he absolutely has the flat 3000m ability to beat the WR. As great as Girma is, he was able to brute force his way to 7:52 off of mostly fitness (his form isn't as efficient as El Bakkali's), and Jakob is probably a few seconds faster over 3000.

[@jamie.lennon1]

​@@crimsonreaper8358:26 steeple at age 16*

[@crimsonreaper835]

@@jamie.lennon1 Right, my bad. I remembered it being 16 but said 17 just because of TRP's error lol

[@mathiascomics4321]

His World Championship debut was steeplechase at 16

[@danburby7936]

JAKOB HAS THE DETERMINATION TO GET THEM ALL AND THE TALENT TOO

[@sreejith18]

He is a complete package. When he joined breaking 2 project it is evident what he is looking into. I think I will cheer for him 2040 Olympics in marathon 😃

[@ChannelPerl]

26:11 at 10k is just sick.

[@brianbruno1786]

When he was a kid, he said he wanted to be the greatest distance runner of all time

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Kind of irrelevant, but I feel like the Norwegians are gonna some up with more world class athletes in the future. I've noticed how when a nation produces even just one special athlete. It makes the natives believe that they can also perform at that level. I'll use South Africa for example. Before 2014, we had never had a sub 10 second man. That changed at the National Championships in April when Simon Magakwe ran 9.98 to be the first to break 10 seconds. Since then we've had 6 more break 10 in Akani Simbine(9.84), Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi(9.91), Wayde Van Niekerk(9.94), Tlotliso Gift Leotlela(9.94), Thando Roto(9.95) and Henricho Bruintjies(9.97). Since 2017 when Warholm won his gold in London it motivated others from his country like Ingebrigsten and look what he's becoming. There's also another Norwegian who runs the 400m flat and he broke Warholm NR by running 44.39 in Budapest semi final. I'm not saying we WILL definitely see another beast from Norway, but I won't be surprised if we do.

[@styx85]

I'm not saying Warholm hasn't inspired Jakob at all, but Jakob's older brother Henrik won the European Championships in 2012. He's a _much_ bigger factor than Warholm in Jakob's motivation :)

[@jmyyer]

A few top IronMan champions are from Norway as well

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

@@styx85 I totally forgot about his brothers. Jakobs actually been running distance for more than a decade if I'm not mistaken. I do agree his brothers were a bigger factor and the fact that his father is also the coach makes it even better. I personally think that Warholm's win might have added to Jakob's motivation

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

@@jmyyerI'm not surprised. I've heard the Norwegians can produce some very strong athletes for that sport

[@Minzon3]

Norway's on a high right now with athletes doing great in a lot of the bigger sports. We've always been good with winter sports, but it's extra fun seeing young athletes doing great and winning in golf (Hovland), football (Haaland), tennis (Ruud), hurdle (Warholm), Running (Ingebrigtsen). We have volleyball-champions, chess-champion (jokes that he's completed the game 😂), got some talent coming in cycling soon, same with car racing. Wicked how great they're doing. It's inspiring

[@blakelandry]

He is becoming the track GOAT in front of our eyes.

[@TheOneNorwegian]

Love the content, especially the videod about Jakob. Keep up the amazing work.

[@jackwilson4596]

Jakob will be the greatest that there has ever been

[@kingplays5369]

That‘s statistically not very probably my friend.

[@jackwilson4596]

@@kingplays5369 we gotta rember he's only young as well

[@nvan78]

@@jackwilson4596 are you aware that other runners are already breaking his U16, U18, U20 records?

[@jackwilson4596]

@@nvan78 yea, Cameron Myers, but I still believe jakob is and will be one of the greatest there has ever been

[@kingplays5369]

@@jackwilson4596 „One of the greatest“ is a lot more probable the „the greatest“. However, if you go 1 million years into the future, he probably won‘t be one of the greatest. That‘s just statistics.

[@johnl4885]

His race endurance has not peaked. If he is able to improve his endurance through his mid 20s to late 20s, it seems likely that several new WR performances will come. This, of course, depends on whether he can avoid serious injury. Running at his pace is obviously stressing his body very close to a hard limit. Injuries can change everything. For his sake, and ours in his growing fan base, let's all hope he stays healthy. I predict he will set a new WR in the 1500 and 5K in Paris.

[@blainenewton7188]

Nice post. Yeah, I see Jakob breaking the 5k record but not the 1500m record.

[@mosshark]

He's a steady fart away from breaking Hicham's mile world record. That's amazing.

[@secretagent86]

Remember shoe and track tech has really improved. For my money breaking it by three seconds would be needed to match the one mile wr

[@MrMb167]

@@secretagent86you could also say doping tests weren’t as strict and thorough back then so who knows if he was on anything back then.

[@jamie.lennon1]

​@@secretagent863 seconds!? So a few millimetres of "special" foam in modern spikes make you 22 metres faster over a mile? If that were true, there'd be dozens of athletes all smashing the middle distance WRs of the 90s. The late 90s wasn't the stone age either. They had lightweight track spikes and ran on synthetic rubber tracks just like today. I'm sure there's been marginal improvements since then but not on the level that you think.

[@johnwilson5743]

Thanks, TRP. Jakob is truly a remarkable young man. Cheers.

[@michaelstrauss6587]

You definitely have the best running channel.

[@cwalk43120]

best jakob fan page

[@rostislavalenikov7749]

3000m breakdown is gone, but this vid Brilliant job Thanks for your work

[@thewalkingjoke3843]

I predict he will set the world record at the mile at Bislett Games next year. Hear me out: This year's attempt, at the end of a long season, I believed gave him confidence that he is very close to getting this record. At the same time, it would be ideal to set a world record at his homestage - he has himself talked about how excited he gets every time he competes at Bislett games. There's also the fact that Bislett games this year showed him that it's possible to run very fast at this track given that he set what was a 1500m PB at the time at this event. And the dream mile at Bislett games has always held a lot of prestige, almost in the same league as the Bowerman mile.

[@liberty5069]

Don't forget Yared Nuguse in the conversation of the mile record.

[@ZATHURAKEY]

He will probably run 1500m in Oslo again

[@coachRoome]

“almost in the same league as the Bowerman mile” Americans rewriting history again. Winners at Oslo: Coe (WR), Ovett(WR), Cram(WR), Elliot. Scott, Walker, Kiprop, HEG, Morceli, Ingebrigtsen The Bowerman was basically just a US gathering until a few years ago and the only reason it got the field it did this year is because the meet got pushed to the end of the season. Nike marketing team got a win with you I see.

[@imbored6816]

Please do a video over Yared Nuguse, he ran a blistering 3:41.93 right behind Jakob Ingerbrigtsen for the Bowerman Mile

[@literallymelmao]

Anyone know what spikes he was wearing during the diamond league meeting this weekend? That color way looks great.

[@jamie.lennon1]

1500m - needs more progress Mile - maybe a little more progress and a pacer than can go further than Sowinski 3000m - whenever he wants 5000m - whenever he wants 10,000m - tough one but maybe some day Half-marathon - remains to be seen Marathon - remains to be seen He's quite powerfully built for a distance runner. Would this start to hinder him from the 10,000m up?

[@sehu1291]

What do you think about Marathon? Kipchoge and Gebresselassie started also with shorter Distance before dominated Marathon. Mo Farah was too old when he switch to Marathon

[@rossfripp4503]

He will break the 1500m, 1 mile and 3k records. As you say though, having the wavelight tech is a huge advantage.

[@copenhagen_chip]

no doubt its a huge advantage but i would argue even without the wavelight tech he still would've broken some records. Guy will go down as the greatest to ever do it in distance running

[@T0ddDay]

@@copenhagen_chip El Geurrouj ran his last lap in 53 in his 1500m world record. Pretty insane that the WR was set w such uneven splits.

[@W-games-i7w]

​@@T0ddDay the last 300m in 39.66s

[@jonahmays]

1500-marathon wr’s would be absolutely wild, but I mean, if anyone could do it he could.

[@tictocbang7443]

Up to 10,000 I think he has in his sights. Half and full marathon possibly, but we'll probably have to wait 6+ years to know where he's at then.

[@ababagogynqa8614]

I think there might be a mistake at 8:00 about the marathon world record. Isn’t the world record in the marathon 2:00:35 by kiptum? Or is that unofficial for some reason?

[@woolfel]

the kid is aiming high. hope he stays healthy and one day does the marathon in under 2 hours

[@rljay1941]

Under 2 hours on the marathon has already been done-not in a race, but with pacers. Incredible feat.

[@Minzon3]

From the same area as Haaland. Sandnes county is not that far from Time county. What they both have, you ask? Grit and a hunger for achieving more. Love for their sports. Relentlessly chasing records

[@bnsz8704]

Bro set a goal for the moon to keep himself motivated so he keeps going after breaking all the middle distance WRs

[@frizlebabe3323]

He's young and once he have life he can definitely do it. I love him like crazy gets me so hyped.

[@mastersmike5144]

It would be interesting to get a summary into all the races he did in 2024 end of this year, including local races he might have did.

[@DeKleineBarbaar]

If you type 'world record' or 'unreal' in the search bar of YT you have a 99% chance to bump on one of this guys video's

[@crendler9912]

I think he is bound to set at least one new world record next season.

[@apollosun2913]

That's a crazy goal, and if anyone's gonna do it, it'll be Jakob.

[@robinbauer1975]

Jakob is the GREATEST OF ALL TIME he will break or can break the World Records over 1.500, Mile, 3.000, and 5.000 untill 2025 Past 2025 when he moves up in distance he can aswell run great 10k’s and half marathon even the marathon when he prepares accordingly to his goals Will be interesting what Niels Laros does tho. He is 18, can run 1:43 for 800, runs 3:30 for 1.500, 3:48 Mile, and 4:48 2000, aswell a 13:20 ( in a slow race) over 5.000 Jakob’s chances to run WR in longer races (where the pace is obviously slower) he can just train to break longer races records If you look at his lactate measurements are indicating s 58 minuete flat half marathon. He had in winter a faster threshold training 2:46 pace for 4-5 minuetes with 1.8 m/mol lactate (better than any other runner in history- in future he can go sub 2 in marathon)

[@tio7357]

Where did u get them measurements from?

[@ThoughtsEtcEtcEtc]

So inspiring.

[@Exachad]

He will break the records because he's doing something different from the rest that clearly seems to be working. His dad has extremely unique training methods. The dude carries like a lactate metre with him at all times and regularly pricks himself to measure his blood lactate at different points. He's the only one doing this kind of lactate-guided training. Jakob is also only the only top runner in any event from the 1500 up to not be almost underweight. All runners at the top for all these events hover at around 18.6 to 18.8 BMI and Jakob just comes in with a 21.4 BMI, which is higher than the 400m record holder, Wayde van Niekerk, and about the same as the fastest 100 and 200m runner right now, Noah Lyles. Man's built like a sprinter, but is dominating the distance runners. Up to 10k, he might break the record, but I don't know about the marathon. I mean the 2nd fastest marathoner, Kelvin Kiptum, literally has a BMI of 16.12, which is like anorexic.

[@nathanmitchell9695]

I think he certainly achieves multiple global gold medals and likely WRs in every event from the 1500m up to the 5000m at some point in his career. I think that once/if he conquers the 1500m, both the WR and gold medals in both the Olympics and World Championships, which he will likely do before the age of 25, he swaps the 1500m for the 10k and gradually moves up in distance as he gets older. All of this assumes he stays illness/injury free throughout his career. If anyone can achieve such a lofty goal, it's Jakob.

[@BrockMolden]

Thanks for bringing light to this, for the eople who aint see it.

[@andresvivas2814]

For 2024 my bet for Jakob is: -Gold in 1500 Olympics -Gold in 5000 Olympics -Gold in 1500 Worlds -Gold in 5000 worlds -WR for the Mile -WR for the 3000 - Aproach to 1500 WR (He will brake it in 2025) As well as a lot more victories Indoor and Outdoor... This kid is getting crazier year after year

[@jamie.lennon1]

There's no World's in an Olympic year. There's World Indoors though.

[@andresvivas2814]

@@jamie.lennon1 I'm kind of new in this. I've been following athletics since two years ago. I did not know that, good to know. Thank you.

[@jamie.lennon1]

@@andresvivas2814 You're welcome :) Worlds take place in the odd-number years. So 2015, 2017, 2019. The 2021 Worlds was moved to 2022 because of Covid. We're back to normal now though. Next one in 2025.

[@rjdavidsonxyx8620]

That's Natural Law to complete level standing

[@Gogalen789]

What a stride !

[@Rocketbully]

Please do an analysis on the last Mile race summmary (he came just short of the record while running more distance)

[@TheColdViking]

1500meters = 3:24 One mile = 3:41 3000 Meters 7:14 5000 Meters 12:25 10.000 Meters 25:50 That's Jacobs potensial in a few years time, he is the GOAT 😎

[@davidrenz7736]

That’s a bit of a stretch

[@andrewmitchell5807]

25 years after el guerrouj graced the track, a new compititor appears. Only time can tell, but the prophecies predict a new GOAT

[@turtlelover6605]

Do a video about his beer mile XD

[@TotalRunningProductions]

A 5:22 is no joke. Need to organize a beer mile between Ingebrigtsen and Kerr

[@ducktelevision]

i wanna see him go up against the goat, corey bellemore@@TotalRunningProductions

[@worselofvelantia]

The two fastest miles races in history had one thing in common - another runner just a bit behind the winner and pushing the pace to greatness. You don't dwell on this at all, yet to me it seems the impetus to the records.

[@hynekjanousek7887]

It is not just him. The whole field seems to be getting faster. I can't remember so many people running 1500m under 3:30 in one year. He is usually pacing 3 or 4 other guys that, on a good day, can do it. Mentally, that must be really hard to run eveything from the front.

[@jgalt1981]

By no means to undermine Jakob's incredible talent, but Lets not overlook the advantages that shoe technology play into all of this. Nike's alphafly and shoes like that are augementing performances by a few extra percent... thats a huge helper.

[@hynekjanousek7887]

You are right. The pacing lights as well.@@jgalt1981The mentally tough part - having to run from the front - is just as hard today as it was back then. I wonder what his times and the times of his competitors would be with the older shoes though.

[@martinst8764]

As it says in Timothy Noakes's legendary book, 'If the best milers came off the track, they'd clean up on the roads'. I have total belief that Jacob can get the 3K, 5K and 10K records - but doubt he can get the 1500m record.

[@ZeldaFitz]

25 years old is when most top athletes break world records.

[@davidpadilla6095]

Amazing

[@shuyuzhang1190]

Love Jakob but for the Prefontaine classic you made 3 videos about Jakob, 3 videos about Coleman and Lyles, but no video about Gudaf Tsegay, even though she ran a massive WR?

[@WolfgangCurry]

does anyone know what shoes he was wearing? they look like a mix between dragonfly's and victory's

[@andrewhughes7642]

I am not convinced that the Ridge wallet has really changed your life.

[@bjornlangoren3002]

As for the longer distances, Jacob won 4 consecutive European cross country championships in the under 20 age group. I believe these are 8 km, and the terrain probably makes closer to a 20k track effort.

[@jamie.lennon1]

U20 races are about 6km. But don't forget, he's won the senior race the past two years! And that's about 10km

[@bjornlangoren3002]

@@jamie.lennon1 yes, 20k was a typo

[@0161scally]

Crazy long adverts spoilt a good video!

[@lesgolamola]

Any hot takes on the upcoming 2024 season

[@aydenshonk]

Femke Bol beats Sydney McLaughlin in Paris 2024

[@mattys6106]

@@aydenshonkby setting a new WR?

[@bignashi]

She'll lube up her forehead and do an epic face slide for the last 10 meters

[@aydenshonk]

@@mattys6106 Nah, I’ll say she runs a 50.93

[@mattys6106]

@@aydenshonk then how will she beat Sydney? You think Sydney will be worse next year?

[@mathiascomics4321]

He just got married. Insane guy!

[@MrVpassenheim]

I think it's a realistic goal for him to desire to break the 1,500 WR all the way to the 5,000 WR. I think he can accomplish that in as little as 2 years. Beyond that, it's going to take some additional training. So, who knows!

[@quentin1982]

I’m almost sure that he will break WR for 1500m, mile and 3000m. I will follow Laros as well who can do that in few years imo

[@ericdew2021]

Bay to Breakers, baby!!

[@BrendonSchaferCT]

He is still young. Assuming he remains injury free and healthy, he can probably break a few more records. I reckon 5000 is definitely within sight. I reckon 1500 and mile look like tough asks, but he is close. We will see what happens with 10k etc. Not many can take that kind of jump. Good that he has those goals though.

[@nathantang9964]

Whatever happened to Donavan brazier?

[@zacsborntorunrunningadvent3441]

He will break the 1500m & 3000m while he is still so young and fresh and given he will achieve that as an Aerobically Dominant runner I have no doubt he'll be in wr 5000m ability already given that his 3200m was Phenomenal & crushed Daniels sub 8min. Hes ready anytime to break the wr 5000m right now in my opinion. The 10,000k & h.m will come off similar training i feel given hes so powerful already. W.r will be slightly faster than his Critical Velocity anyway. Given Kipchoge wouldnt have run a 7:53 2mile I think given Jacobs rentless pursuit of domination...he will 1 day run 1:58 Marathon. He had the time & focus to dedicate to 200-240km wks down the track and hell have more 2mile leg speed than any other Marathoner. Cheers

[@johnhenry9847]

Yeah Ingebrigsten is quick but how about TRP breaking the record for number of adjectives in a video voiceover...

[@hansoskar1911]

And I came in here thinking you'd talk about his beer mile.

[@nothingness55]

I was waiting for this video...I'm like did he forget about day2 of diamonds

[@osuk1]

Marathon!!! There is no event like it. He will be tested to the limit.😊

[@lookinforanick]

And let's not forget the beer mile he recently won.

[@ZATHURAKEY]

If he stays healthy , I think he will hold every wr from the 1500m to the half -marathon . His best 1500m time will be 3:25.5 . And his half Marathon time will be 57:09 ..... I don't know about the Marathon . Some of the greatest half marathon runners couldn't run a great marathon . We shall see

[@colmcq]

Without watching video I predict 2k yet again for the billionth time

[@brahimhajar1075]

Moulay Yaakoub

[@nchinth]

no athlete has ever done this before. until the next one does.

[@robinkindersley6497]

If Eugene had been an 800 m race he would not have finished in the top four….just shows how much of an aerobic athlete he is…and will always be vulnerable to an 800/1500 runner with an explosive kick ie Jake W and Josh K…..

[@y3_38]

Yeah if he improves his speed like for the 800 he will be a beast, I wonder what he could do in a 1000m race, how close he could get to the wr

[@MrNoodle2001]

What about ultra marathon world record?

[@BlakeyBearNinja]

ues

[@y3_38]

Still a long way to go for the sub 7.20 in the 3000m though

[@bigt-bt1br]

Long way to go? His 7.54 2mile is .1km/h slower than a 7.19 3k...and equivalent to a 7.19,99(!!!) 3k according to iaaf score lol

[@tkk3852]

Again, Faith Kipyegon had a far better season than any other athlete on the planet. Period. But yes other athletes also had good seasons.

[@TheTrailRabbit]

Kipyegon doesn't bring enough click traffic, so instead we get yet another Jakob vid. He didn't even win world champs in his main event this year, lol.

[@idkanaccountname]

Bodybuilding

[@jamescaricola6439]

Total respect for what Jakob is doing just having pacers and wave lights to break records that are decades old just wish he did these times under the same circumstances

[@pigalow2002]

Is it fair to say he's the best middle distance runner of all time?

[@EllingtonCarthan]

If he stays healthy, he can do it. However, nobody stays injury free every season they compete.

[@sunnydays5581]

Interesting to see how married life affects him - Congratulations on the impending nuptials this weekend

[@rc_matic]

Remember. He’s like 6’1 at 165lbs. Likely a huge disadvantage in the longer distances. I think the 1500m might elude him. A 3:26 is absurd. 1 mile is doable, 3000m is doable, 5000m will be very tough. 10000m and up, impossible.

[@jamie.lennon1]

I think the 5000m will be his easiest WR. It's by far his strongest event. 10,000m will be tough but not impossible. He's the best 10,000m runner in Europe. He has dominated the European Cross Country Champs the past two years. An event that's roughly 10km. So I don't think his size effects him over this distance. But maybe it would for the half marathon and marathon? I guess we'll have to wait and see!

[@hillaryhillary2098]

They said the same thing about Bolt's height and frame in the sprints but look at what happened. Anything is possible

[@rc_matic]

@@jamie.lennon1 the 1500m requires some (small) anaerobic capability, which is likely a handicap for the 5000m. In his current state, the 5000m WR would be tough. The Jakob that breaks the 1500m WR will not be the same Jakob that attacks the 5000m WR.

[@rc_matic]

@@hillaryhillary2098 there’s a general trend that the shorter the event, the taller the elite athlete. Bolt, Van niekerk, rudisha. 6’4, 6’, 6’3. Then El guerrouj and cheptegei. 5’9, 5’6. Then Kiplimo and kipchoge for half/marathon. 5’9, 5’6. A 6’1 runner (some say he’s even taller) would be an extreme outlier. The amount of drag over the longer distances- feels like an impossible challenge

[@hillaryhillary2098]

@@rc_matic Oh there is tall, then there is TALL! Bolt was TALL and for a sprinter his running form was wrong in so many ways. Heck even his own coaches doubted if he could perform in the 100m. Bolt had to cut a deal with his coach that if he could break the Jamaican 200m national record then he would be allowed to race the 100m, and he did!

[@gastontaylor6594]

just wondering if the current long distance and middle distance runners are tested for drugs.

[@thedailystride5407]

First. Jakob’s season was goat status.

[@MichaelPorterr]

I think that he could most definitely get the wr for most of those but since hasn't really done the 10 I think it might be too late for him and he's never evan ran a half or a full marathon so i think he wont be able to do it although eliud is pretty old so many jakob will prove me wrong and wont be to old and past his prime

[@RichardIILionheart]

It is good to have ambitious goals. Jakob certainly has them. But most of this talk about him eventually holding “every WR from 1500 through marathon” is almost pure hype. For one thing, Jakob’s body type is against him. There have been powerful 1500 WR (Snell) and tall 1500 WR (Ryun) but there has never been a 1.84 m, 74 kg marathon WR. The extra weight may provide more power, but propelling it for 42195 meters will be burdensome and performance limiting.

[@rambouhh]

He is so far from El Guerrouj right now, he isn't even within a second of his 1500m time right now. Look at how many sub 3:30 Hicham had. He has the potential but he is so far away right now

[@ZahraIsMyDog]

Give him time. 1:58:5x in the marathon.

[@blainenewton7188]

If he stays healthy, Jakob will run sub 12:30/5k next year.

[@punchboxnet]

i think ingebrigtsen has a legitimate chance at sub 3:40 mile

[@dahtrue_luck]

❤🎉🎉🎉

[@TheTrailRabbit]

I predict he will lose the 1500m final to a different brit every year

[@ЭдгарГольцов]

Хотя Якоб и установил выдающиеся рекорды на 2000м и 2 мили и победил на чемпионате мира на 5000м, с моей точки зрения ,он не может занести этот сезон себе в актив. Для него изначально трудно было побить рекорды на 1500м и милю, из за недостатка скорости на этих дистанциях, не помогли даже карбоновые шиповки, он проиграл 1500м на чемпионате мира именно по этой причине. Хотя никто не может держать такой высокий темп как Якоб, но на чемпионате мира бежать на мировой рекорд слишком опасно, а других вариантов победить у Якоба нет, разве что найдется какой нибудь Черуйот и проведет его в нужном темпе как на ОИ 2020. Якоб построй свой график стартов более грамотно, мог побить мировые рекорды на 3000м и 5000м уже в этом сезоне, надеюсь он сделает это в следующем. У него есть все шансы пробежать 5000м быстрее 12.30, а 3000м быстрее 7.20 Хорошие перспективы у него и на 10000м А вот на 3000м с/п у него нет шансов против Гирмы и Эль Баккали. Они мало в чем уступают ему на 1500м, а технически они гораздо сильнее на 3000с/п