Copper Teare Attempting Sub 4 Tonight!

Dude, enough all ready. Take a breather and get ready for the fall, stop chasing times. It won't change who or what you are or will be.

4:02.37

Do you happen to know who else will be running?

Dance the knee wrote:

Copper Teare will once again be attempting to break 4 minutes in the Mile tonight at the TrackTown Summer Series race in Palo Alto (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tracktown-summer-series-all-comers-corporate-kids-registration-registration-34812317579?aff=es2)

Is it too late in the season for him to do it? He will be in an all high school field once again. I say 3:59.76

If it's a time trial type race like he likes to do, then he could pull it off. But, if someone goes to the front and slows it down on the third lap and it turns into a tactical race like the catastrophe at brooks, then he's gonna be in for a nice big disappointment again.

over kill wrote:

Dude, enough all ready. Take a breather and get ready for the fall, stop chasing times. It won't change who or what you are or will be.

Yes, yes it will. Most elite HS runners never match their success (competitive wise). Running sub 4 in HS cements him in history at least. It's the end of June...not really a big deal.

Toe injury makes this tough unless he's healed between the last race and this one. If this doesn't work out, go back to healing and getting ready for xc. If he'd been healthy all season, then definitely sub 4 this year.

I always killed it in all-comers meets in late June. Ran faster than the time that took state a few weeks prior, every time ...

Every time ...

CouldaBeenContendu wrote:

I always killed it in all-comers meets in late June. Ran faster than the time that took state a few weeks prior, every time ...

Every time ...

Coach woulda put me in fourth quarter, we would've been state champions. No doubt. No doubt in my mind.

Pretty brassy to shoot for that fast a time. If he tries to have the lead after two laps, another runner may steel the race and get the first place metal.

Primarily northern CA guys like Evert Silva and Luis Grijalva, not sure if he'll have a pacer

Dude, call it a season. You broke a toe and lost at State, give it a rest! But no, you go to Jr. Nationals, your running Pan Am jr' s in late July and want to run XC at Oregon in the fall, think long term bro, your high school coach should no better. Best of luck

I agree with over kill on this. Move on! Cooper Teare, your future college XC team needs you logging miles to get ready for 8000m XC races. The indoor college season will give you opportunities to race sub-4 one mile.

athlete46 wrote:

I agree with over kill on this. Move on! Cooper Teare, your future college XC team needs you logging miles to get ready for 8000m XC races. The indoor college season will give you opportunities to race sub-4 one mile.

Honestly, man? He has the chance to join a legendary list. It's not like he's going to be smashing world records or anything, so why not give it a few more shots while he can in high school and make a legendary list even if it means he'll be a little worse this XC season? Yes, he will break 4 in college but honestly, put yourself in his shoes. If you were right on the cusp in high school you'd want to do it, too. Go Cooper.

I am glad that you admit doing 200/300/400/500/600 repeats three or four days a week instead of logging miles is having a negative affect on fall 2017 XC season. Ask Grant Fisher, Stanford. Which is more important. College All-American XC status and 5000m NCAA D1 victory or sub-4 mile in high school? If you tell me Grant Fisher and Justyn Knight are still chasing track PRs I'll pay attention to your argument. I assume Fisher and Knight are in XC mode now. Cooper Teare may be trading away XC All-American opportunities this fall by chasing sub-4 this summer.

Go for it now. Though I wish he got it at Mt. Sac go for the sub 4.

Oregon doesn't need him. He should take 2 classes & not start his eligibility clock until the spring. Or at the very least redshirt after some time off and slow build up.

Sub 4 is great in HS. Still special but not as much come college.

I understand that high school eligibility does not necessarily end at graduation, but the way I see it, Teare is no longer in high school. He had his chance as a high schooler and he didn't get there.

4:01.92 for CT

Luis Grijalva was right on him in 4:02

He ran 4:01.92

1337 wrote:

4:01.92 for CT

Luis Grijalva was right on him in 4:02

I thought Luis had it. I like his form and he was in control, wasn't even that winded after the race. I like that kid.