Watch out Josh and Jakob: Jake Wightman ran a 5k over the weekend and he lowered his pb by 27 seconds

rojo wrote:

Wightman ran 13:52 (previous pb of 14:19) and beat a World's medallist from 2023 in the process.

From this weeks, Race Results Weekly

Podium 5-K
(Athletics England 5-K Championships/World Athletics Label Road Race)
New College, Leicester, GBR; Saturday, March 16
Distance: 5 km; World Athletics-certified
Race 1 (Men/gun times) -
1. Hagos GEBRHIWET, 11 May 1994, ETH, 13:19
2. Amos Kipkurui LANGAT, 2005, KEN, 13:24
3. Daniel KOSEN, 10 May 2003, KEN, 13:27

..
10. Axel Vang CHRISTENSEN, 30 Jul 2004, DEN, 13:49
11. Jake WIGHTMAN, 11 Jul 1994, GBR, 13:52
...
18. Ben PATTISON, 15 Dec 2001, GBR, 14:05

rojo wrote:

Wightman ran 13:52

rojo wrote:

Wightman ran 13:52 (previous pb of 14:19) and beat a World's medallist from 2023 in the process.

From this weeks, Race Results Weekly

Podium 5-K
(Athletics England 5-K Championships/World Athletics Label Road Race)
New College, Leicester, GBR; Saturday, March 16
Distance: 5 km; World Athletics-certified
Race 1 (Men/gun times) -
1. Hagos GEBRHIWET, 11 May 1994, ETH, 13:19
2. Amos Kipkurui LANGAT, 2005, KEN, 13:24
3. Daniel KOSEN, 10 May 2003, KEN, 13:27

..
10. Axel Vang CHRISTENSEN, 30 Jul 2004, DEN, 13:49
11. Jake WIGHTMAN, 11 Jul 1994, GBR, 13:52
...
18. Ben PATTISON, 15 Dec 2001, GBR, 14:05

rojo wrote:

Wightman ran 13:52 (previous pb of 14:19) and beat a World's medallist from 2023 in the process.

From this weeks, Race Results Weekly

Podium 5-K
(Athletics England 5-K Championships/World Athletics Label Road Race)
New College, Leicester, GBR; Saturday, March 16
Distance: 5 km; World Athletics-certified
Race 1 (Men/gun times) -
1. Hagos GEBRHIWET, 11 May 1994, ETH, 13:19
2. Amos Kipkurui LANGAT, 2005, KEN, 13:24
3. Daniel KOSEN, 10 May 2003, KEN, 13:27

..
10. Axel Vang CHRISTENSEN, 30 Jul 2004, DEN, 13:49
11. Jake WIGHTMAN, 11 Jul 1994, GBR, 13:52
...
18. Ben PATTISON, 15 Dec 2001, GBR, 14:05

Isoe wrote:

People are mocking this but if JW could get into 1:43xx shape again, then this result could make him very dangerous indeed at 1500m.

no but seriously wrote:

rojo wrote:

Wightman ran 13:52

you had me until I saw the numbers

jammieradish wrote:

can we just remind you that jakob could run the wr for 5km if he actually raced it adn trained for it and wightman closed in 56 of a 3:34 pace and got beat by cam myers

MidHobbyJogger wrote:

This thread feels super clickbaity, especially saying he beat a WC bronze medalist who is for the most part a pure 800m guy who isn’t particularly exceptional at 5K. I know that Wightman’s coming back from injury but 13:52 isn’t super spectacular, especially when you consider that Kerr has run 13:23.

snowflakes wrote:

rojo wrote:

Wightman ran 13:52 (previous pb of 14:19) and beat a World's medallist from 2023 in the process.

From this weeks, Race Results Weekly

Podium 5-K
(Athletics England 5-K Championships/World Athletics Label Road Race)
New College, Leicester, GBR; Saturday, March 16
Distance: 5 km; World Athletics-certified
Race 1 (Men/gun times) -
1. Hagos GEBRHIWET, 11 May 1994, ETH, 13:19
2. Amos Kipkurui LANGAT, 2005, KEN, 13:24
3. Daniel KOSEN, 10 May 2003, KEN, 13:27

..
10. Axel Vang CHRISTENSEN, 30 Jul 2004, DEN, 13:49
11. Jake WIGHTMAN, 11 Jul 1994, GBR, 13:52
...
18. Ben PATTISON, 15 Dec 2001, GBR, 14:05

Lol….Jakob can run sub 12:35

Yorkshire Fell wrote:

Jake is not really a 5k guy. He’s more 800m/1500m. But he’s got a PB and he’s not injured. He’s getting good blocks of training done..

We don’t really know what shape Jakob is in right now. But I doubt it’s 5k PB shape..

It’s going to be interesting watching how it all plays out.