If Jakob breaks all world records from the 1500 to the 10k in the next two years, what would you do?

Get back to me when he splits first 800m of 1500m so-called world record attempt near world record pace. I am tired of the hype of so-called 1500m world record attempts. J I refuses to split first 800m, sub-1:51.

Get back to me when he splits first 4000m of 5000m world record attempt at world record pace. For a 5000m world record attempt, it will be like his 2 mile world record performance, J Ingebrigtsen will not allow any truly elite 5000m men in race with him for 5000m world record attempt.

Very good answer.

Take a ride on one of the flying pigs! 🐷

Well if that happens I will have won the lottery several times by then. so I'd probably watch jakob from my mansion

Travel a bit. Indulge in fine whisky. Be proud of my kids as they become full fledged adults. Pretty much what I do now.

Why would I give two sh!ts and alter my life because some Norse kid set some records?

afaik Jakob has only attempted the 1500m WR once, and he got it. 3:30 Indoors in 2022 I believe.

After his 3:43 he said he's still very far away from the record. I remember immediately after the race I said he'd have gotten the record if the pacing hadn't been so horrendous. Recently, I rewatched the race and realized I was completely right. He was basically the pacer for Nuguse for 1609m.

All that to say:

1) I don't think anyone is calling his 1500m DL races "WR attempts". You may have gotten confused because while he raced 1500s/miles in DLs Rabat, Oslo, Lausanne, Silesia, and Pre, he broke WRs in the 2-mile and 2k at DL meets. I know it can be confusing because Jakob races so quickly so often. I think there was some talk about Pre being a WR attempt, but he ran 3:43 basically with just wavelights, so I think it was justified.

2) Jakob is the only guy in the world who could reasonably say they're targeting the 1500m WR. Nuguse got carried along to a ~3:27.3 equivalent, and wasn't faster indoors than he was last year. Kerr has been on a different level recently, and he ran 3:29.0 a couple years ago. He could run a huge PR this year, but he could PR by 2s and still not break into the 3:26s. If Kerr or Nuguse run 3:27 this year, they can start considering the WR, but until then, Jakob is on a different plane.

And also the 5000 point is dumb. If Jakob couldn't handle a fast 5k pace, why didn't any of the half dozen 12:40-12:42 guys in the final push the pace? Instead, they let the pace go slow till the last 800m so Jakob could run a 1:50. Also in the 3k he was running basically at WR pace, pacing all the best 5k guys in the world the day after running a 3:43 mile (also bad pacesetting), and he still crushed all of them. Kiplimo/Kejelcha/Barega/Aregawi/Cheptegi/Krop are G-league compared to Jakob and they know it.

Ask him to send me his frozen wees so I can draw off his greatness and finally crack that pesky 25 minute 5km. And no I’m not Fat Jan

Yet another thread that is pure fantasy.

Nothing. How does it affect me? It doesn't change my life. I would probably want to watch a video of the race as it most likely wasn't televised in the US.

I would just absolutely lose it. Probably get a sledgehammer and go around attacking buildings, chipping away at them brick by brick, screaming incoherently about Ingenbrixen, dope, Gjert, and "peaked." It would take the cops half an hour to figure out what the hell I was yelling about.

😂🫵🥇🍺

I would tie a running shoe in the top of the tallest tree in my garden, and hope for a half marathon WR…

Drink a lot of liquor to cope.

I'm not a racist but a bulk Nordic has no place in the star standum of GOAT all time distance runners.

Another "wild edit" (like Emile Zatopek) caused by "using sophisticated methods".

Being a Jakob disliker, I'd go home DEVASTATED

Well said Coevett.

I would be happy for him.

Would be very entertained.

The WORLD will be in complete shock.