This Is Getting Ridiculous... || Jakob Ingebrigtsen Is Faster Than We Thought

Americans are butthurt

The unfortunate thing about Jakobs journey, is that now he is in an ongoing trial against his own father. There are accusations of abuse, but no evidence what so ever to support those claims. This entire trial, and the outcome, might be the downfall of Jakobs entire career. We might not ever see him at the same level again.

Full credit to his father and longtime coach Gjert! It would all be impossible without him

Jakob is the real Road Runner 😅

And the whole family is a court, a court case last about 8 weeks

This is wrong. No Snow!

Jakob is the goat

Dude, you keep saying IngeBRICKsen.

He's currently locked in a court room battle with his father over alleged childhood abuse.

Right now as we speak the 3 oldest Ingebrigtsen brother's are fighting their own father in a messy court case. He used to train all three up until 3-4 years ago. Its about neglect, domestic violence and alot of other stuff. Dont know how many non Norwegians know about this.

i used to run a lot when i was a teen then i stopped running and excercise now i try to start again

Slow day in the news cycle, eh?

I think the 3000m WR might be his most impressive achievement. People don’t even realize how fast this is

Too much

I think Jacob is a fantastic athlete, someone who also has a dark side. Right now, he and his brothers are suing their father for physical and mental abuse. Of course, that puts extra stress on Jacob; from that perspective, Jacob's achievements are only even greater. The best of luck to all the brothers.

The same thing happens in cycling. Tom Pidcock rides road all summer, wins a race or two, but certainly not the best rider in the world. Then he rides one, maybe two mountain bike races in the fall and wins a global title (Olympics or world champs) in mountain biking. It must be infuriating for mountain bikers, like being a 5000m runner in the era of Jakob.

I find the sprint events rather boring to watch. Hardly any development during the race and it's over in no time. Middle distance is perfect, you don't have to dedicate hours to watch a race but it's still long enough to allow for a lot of ups and downs to happen during a race.

guy has okay endurance..he should try the half-marathon some time...

And yet there are so many fans who avidly follow backyard ultras, 250 milers, and the infamous BarkleyMarathons.

The Tour de France is the second most watched sporting event in the world. Although many of the races come down to sprint finishes, the races are very long and have their own marathon like mountain climbs, long solo time trial and rapid descents. So I wouldn’t say length of the event is what makes a sporting events popularity.

Great job TRP!!! There is no such thing as "unfortunate placements" his 2 second positions were part of the process....to learn, to grow, to readjust, to refocus, to strengthen....and so he did!!!

The viking warrior Jacob will be one of the great in middle distance running,the dominant east african champs have now a tough competitor

Who is this Ingebricksen you speak of?

I loved him taking water during a 5k in Eugene at Hayward Field. Most would be afraid of just trying it and seeing what would happen when no one else does. I learned in the marathon that I needed to always take water, it's just stupid not to.

I find the maker of these videos is a somewhat hackneyed and lacking expertise in the reality of the events he is covering. He seems to be the make-believe school where you just make stuff up and then believe since you also said it, or thought it, it must be TRUE.

I COULD SAFELY GUESS that this video maker doesn't come from Oregon where distance running is king and when you mention great runners (and coaches) you will probably 70-80% get a distance runner, at least a 1500m runner if not a 5k, 10k, half-marathon, or marathon runner. I don't find his commentary to be very accurate or coming from experience, such as a runner who has 'been there', 'done that' like any of dozens of milers and other distance runners coming out of the University of Oregon, Oregon Track Club, Nike, Oregon State University and other schools and programs nationally.

I would sincerely doubt that the most famous tracksters in Scandinavian countries, Africa, and Europe are sprinters and not middle- to long-distance runners instead. All these large regions are replete with dozens of well-known distance runners from their tradition of T & F, compared with a relatively few 100m and 200m runners dominating for longer periods of time and thus having longer careers, meaning there would be fewer of them vs. the more taxing and energy-expending distance runners. I could list dozens and dozens of famous distance runners but only a handful of sprinters. It would be interesting to do a survey of this factor in the population dynamics of T & F runners.

Nothing against sprinters, but just the pure time of exposure for distance runners vs. sprinters gives us an advantage such as watching someone run and complete a 3.75 min. 1500m or 2+ hr. marathon in track sports coverage over that of a 9.5 second 100m and 20 second 200 or even a 41sec. 400m.

Admittedly, both range of distances lack the drama and complexity of say, football or basketball, but the 100m dash usually has a very limited set of plot lines as compared to what can happen in a 5k where you may have multiple change of leaders, trips, and falls and a conclusion that is up in the air for minutes on end, with the final result having a number of quirks and surprises that sports programs could take better advantage by using more experienced and knowledgeable commentators.

It would really help if commentators were knowledgeable and not confusing guesswork for solid knowledge when it comes to live reporting of distance races. It seems with NBA play-by-play reporters, they are all or nearly all ex-NBA players. Perhaps running commentators should likewise be ex-runners who are well-experienced, are comfortable in their expertise, and not the opposite.

My first thought of Track Athletes are
Sir Mo Farah
Eliud Kipchoge
Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Damn you can see how skinny he was in his first Olympics. He’s put on a little muscle since then

I feel like it’s a bit of a narrow mindset to assume everyone would say Usain Bolt. For example in the UK if you were to ask people to name an athletics runner maybe people would likely say Mo Farah and I also think maybe people around the world would say Kipchoge too.

..yes, he is very fast in his main events. Was waiting the whole time to hear how fast he really is in general, especially because there was so much sprint event clips involved, but maybe another time.. Or maybe he hasn't done shorter events at all, ever.. 🤷‍♂

Lack the attention span to watch an entire 10,000m race… as I plan my week around watching as much of the Cocodona 250 livestream as possible. 😂

He is the true goat 🐐! Awesome video here , loved all the details you included of his career and records !

Every Olympics, I look forward to the 1500m final more than any other event. It’s literally chess on a track.

If he was African, by now they would have said he is doping.

Jakob will be the GOAT of middle distance running and beyond... a chosen one indeed of dedication & talent. A 1500 WR will cement it this year. 🎉

Some Americans. I am American and he is my GOAT. 🎉

Winning the World indoor championship at the 1500m and 3000m in China less than 48 hours before taking the stand in the trial against his own father in Norway speaks volume..

I'll be shocked if he doesn't break the world record in the mile OR the 1500m this season.

Jakob is a great runner. No question about it. He has set the gold standard in middle distance running and upped everyone’s performances. He isn’t invincible though, as the last three 1500 global championships have shown.
IMHO, rather than trying to do it all he should stay focused and compete at which he is best.
I would love to see both the 1500 and mile WRs broken this year. There are others that could do it though too. I think he’s physiologically suited best for the 3000 and 5000 though. Breaking the 5000 would be welcome too. But again, there are others that would be in that conversation.

It is important to point out how fast the 1500 is getting.

Hey TRP.

You have some pretty good skills and might be capable to dig up the hematocrit levels for Daniel Komen and Hicham El Guerrouj between let’s say year 1995 to 2000..

If you do, I’ll make it worth your time …

Samples WERE taken, analysed for “health reasons “ and archived.

Sadly those were the days before blood screening passports and the anti doping rules was made out of Swiss cheese.

All aligned with the glory days of corruption mastermind IAAF president Lamine Diack running! the show, so the possibility of these journals to go missing is close to 100%.

But copies of the good stuff tend to be kept anyways for any number of reasons.

As in strawberry jam like hematocrit levels of 55% and still counting.

Would be interesting, just like current day events off the public record, in and outside the Norwegian court.

Just sayin’ :)

Sorry for the grammar. My English sucks left, right and centre 😢

I've been saying this for a while, but I'm looking forward to Jakob transitioning into longer distances as he gets older. It's well known that peak power goes down as you age and that elite runners can continue to perform on the world stage later into their careers in the longer-distance events. (Look at Haile Gebrselassie and Eliud Kipchoge for two prominent examples.) If he's serious about amassing 10 WRs, then he's doing it in the right order.

Many people have focused on his losses over the last few years in the 1500 m, but no one really comes close when you consider the totality of everything he has accomplished, including the 5000m.