by Larry Eder
If you have not watched the @YouTube channel from Jakob Ingebrigtsen, you are missing a real treat. Jakob is a natural on podcasts.
How do you describe Jakob Ingebrigtsen to someone who was dropped from another planet?
Well, this writer would say that Jakob Ingebrigtsen is a wonderful example of someone who wants to get the very best out of themselves, who looks at setbacks as another fork in the road and who has enthralled a generation of global runners.
Case in point: In 2024, at the NIKE Prefontaine Classic, Jakob raced in the Bowerman Mile. After the race, where Jakob took second, the crowd of high school athletes who had waited for his autograph, or a selfie was, well, monstrous. I spoke with some and a team had driven six hours to come and see their hero.
Jakob has won two Olympic gold medals (1,500m and 5,000 meters), two world champs outdoor golds, two world champs outdoor silvers, two World Indoor Golds, and two World Indoor silvers, Six european Outdoor golds, seven European Indoor golds, one indoor silver and Eight European Cross Country Championships gold.
Currently, Jakob Ingebrigtsen owns the World records at 2,000 meters outdoors (4:43.13), 3000 meters outdoors (7:17.55) and 2 miles outdoors (7:54.10).
Indoors, Jakob Ingebrigtsen has world records at 1,500 meters (3:29.63z) set in 2025. Jakob also owns the Mile Indoor record of 3:45.14, also set in 2025.
My last interview with Jakob was in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, at the 2025 European Indoor Championships, in March 2025. I reminded Jakob then that he had told me, in the Fall of 2023, that he had noted that the 3,000 meters was his best distance. Jakob, in 2025, told me he did not have a best distance.
I like Jakob Ingebrigtsen. His podcast on Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner is very good! Check it out!
To subscribe to Jakob’s You Tube channel, go here: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx4BJzt1Z4T0jC0RjCOrpDkrxRm0fZSE1b
