Jakob opens up on his recent injury struggles (NRK interview)

I'm not a big treadmill guy but am thinking of getting one. Anyone think it's odd the treadmills face the wall? Wouldn't you want to look out the window?

The treadmills in Gjert's home that were shown in Team Ingebrigtsen also faced the wall. He probably couldn't care less at this point.

I think you put the treadmill where it has the best practical fit in the room. Or facing a tv--probably the most important thing for my purposes.

Tendons are difficult to treat, usually caused by a low drop shoe or spikes or overtraining.

Jakob won two epic races at the Diamond League final last September. The very next week he gets married and takes his wife's name. He's been a mess of injuries and existential crisis ever since. Causation? Coincidence? Irrelevant? Time will tell.

It’s a little hard to follow you here.

Firstly: Asperger syndrome is written without the letter b in the middle. You better learn this -you see we liberal Norwegian autists think sometimes that big mouths that can’t spell (the most central word in their point of view) are somewhat backwards…

Furthermore: Autism (Asperger syndrome) is (in science) regarded being something one is born with, and not a cultural trait that can constitute a nation. But I get it that it can be hard to see the difference when you don’t get the context…

Lastly: The fact that you don’t get the context -what do you think that is a symptom of..? Look it up..!

Nonsense. Jakob owes all of his success to his father. His father gave him good genes, and his father trained him to be Olympic champion. Without his father, Jakob would probably be a tattoo artist.

As long as Nordas can do well at Olympics, Norway will be fine.

At this point, I’m not even sure that Jakob will run in the Olympics

You have a point here, because Jakob said he got the achilles problems after a period of involuntary rest (being sick ) and the same a year ago (problem with both hips after sickness). Yes even his pelvis problems may somewhat fit in here -flared up again shortly after the hip things…

Saying all that he had a stellar season last year despite everything, so who knows what the future brings… (Maybe more running on varied surfaces, less on treadmill..?)

His pelvis problems started in 2019 when Gjert was still coaching, so I think you are cherry picking. “His lack of appreciation” is also somewhat picked out of context -in all the years with Gjert as his coach Jakob publicly declared that his father was key to his success! And to the “hubris” thing -I think you mean to much of, and not lack of… But this doesn’t ring any bells either -I think Jakob really knows that he is in a demanding situation that means a lot of hard work and patience and determination…

I don’t know -I myself had the same problems that Jakob describes (both achilleses) from August to February one year, but pb’ed early in June, and never got any relapse… (My achilleses are still fine, and the problems occurred in 1978!).

Well you typed it out, you may as well post it. Sometimes I'll spend 30 mins writing something up, realize I actually don't agree with what I wrote, but it had solid analysis, so I post it anyway. I don't think throwing out possibilities is a bad idea.

Definitely doesn't sound good for him, but he's young, and he's got plenty of time before the Olympics. In 2022, he opened outdoors with a 13:02 and said he hadn't done any real workouts yet. It sounds like he has a really good mindset, so hopefully he's ready to roll come outdoors.

Jakobs trouble with his sacrum flared up during XC-champs in Lisboa 2019 (he did a quick turn at the last downhill stretch). According to his father (former coach), Jakob was very tired, both mentally and physically, after a long track season (World Champs in Doha was arranged as late as October due to the heat).

During the winter, he did a lot of elliptical and aquajogging. When he gradually build up his mileage, Jakob mention he had som difficulty with his adductor muscle when he ran his threshold session on the treadmill due the "slippery surface" from all sweat, but also because his aerobic engine was so strong that he had to reduce his pace to "only 2.45-50" pace (imagine having that problem...)

That was also someting his father Gjert saw when Jakob came back from high altitude camps. He was so strong aerobically that he could not* (*should not) getting over 2mmol/l during his threshold sessions on the treadmill due to too much muscular forces at the paces he was undercoving.

But again. Jakob has have a lot of "niggles" and sickness during the last years. What separates Jacob from his brothers is that his father never did the same mistake with Jakob as he did in the past with Filip and Henrik (Henrik in particular).

The thing that´s worrying me now is not that Jakob has the motivation and dedication to come back as strong as he was before he got more serious issuses with his achilles. What's worrying me more is the he will compensate his running stride in a way that will cause him trouble in other areas. Then he is stuck in a vicious spiral that Henrik has had to suffer through for many years.

We all know how smooth and relaxed Jakob looks when he is in his best shape. Everyone around him is suffering and he is just slips away.

Google translate has done a bad job if anyone thinks he stated that he tore his achilles. He has some problems with his achilles. But it is not torn.

Agree 100%.

It's lovely to have space in front of you on the treadmill.

Guess it depends. I would look out the window or at a screen. But I think Jakob etc is known for not bothering with stuff like that, choosing treadmill over running outside etc. I guess they just focus on their session.

Agreed.

It's still only January, so if he can manage to get back to his training regime without hurting his achille he can definitely arrive by end of July to Olympic Gold shape. Maybe not world records breaking shape though.

In my opinion it's not really a question of timing but more a question of will his achille ever allow him to train at full capacity for an extended period of time.

There's been people who have been able to, others not. I guess we will know soon.

It's as boring to look out into your fenced in yard as to look at a wall. It's also how it fits, and if there's a TV

Am I the only person who skipped every post about combined last names?

Someone mentioned Hassan laughing at any talk of doubles/triples causing harm. But look at her vs Jingy - two completely different body types.