Cole Hocker cocky on the Lausanne DL Press Conference is Jakob losing another 1500M?

A guy can’t improve 3.75s from age 20 2mo to age 23? Worth noting he also was running a college schedule at that time.

Hocker lives at ~2,000 feet in Blacksburg

Yackup will never lose again to cocker.

Those were some strong words indeed. The real question is whether Big Hocka is coked up or doped up? Or is it both? Damn.

Lived and trained at sea level my entire life. In high school our state meet was held at 2000+ ft and it was never a problem for anybody. 1700 ft is nothing.

hell yes this is what we need in the sport

If they feel 1700' its only because they'd be buried 400' in the ground. ;-)

PS No one would feel 1700' (or 2100') as any runner would know.

Right? I mean, how do you explain that Ingebrigtsen did ol' Coley one better by improving 17 seconds in just 7 years. No possible explanation, right? Had to be drugs, right? Let's not talk about 5000m training and the strength benefits he could get from that. That would be silly. Let's not talk about the fact that he hasn't been hurt this year. Health has never played a role in improvement. Let's not discuss how his racing tactics have improved. Running the pole versus running in lane two has no effect on final times. Surely, he couldn't have had the good fortune to have peaked at the right time. Craziness!! In fact, only drugs would explain all of that, right??

Please!!

I appreciate that he said he had to get much stronger to move away from a reliance on sit and kick.

Too many American runners never figure that out

classic letsrunners making stuff up.

i watched the whole segment --- cole was not being cocky.
he was actually pragmatic, and said everything logically. no ego.

said he was aiming for a medal, and it wasn't until the last 100m that he thought gold was possible. with 50m left, he knew he secured gold.

no disrespect to kerr or jakob whatsoever.

Copium is also a drug to be considered, with you.

I watched the whole thing too. On a scale between humble and cocky, I would say he was closer to humble than cocky. But he is also definitely confident, which is a different thing. Also he gave thoughtful answers instead of the usual clichés.

Just no. Nobody trains at 2,000 feet elevation. Because it doesn’t make a difference.

Jacob is a total non-threat at the 1500m. I'm certain most runners see him as a rabbit and nothing more after his embarrassing debacle at Paris. In fact if Jacob is smart, he should agree to be the pacemaker and get some extra pay while he's at it

Hocker has nothing to be afraid of. He is the clear favourite here and should cruise to an easy win with Kerr opting out of this race

Hocker explained it , taken two years to build his strength and endurance. Showed up at X Country. 3.27. is not an outlier by any stretch. All the Paris24 medalist are in this range.

The elephant is consistency can he run 3.27 regularly? And can he stake his claim as the best in 1500M athlete this year?

It is a continuum a spectrum , confidence to over confidence.
Losing is an integral part of the process. No one is unbeaten at this level.
I knew a gold medal was a possibility. I said that after the U.S. Trials.
It's just words until it actually happens but I actually executed on it.
On WR I hope to take a stab at that whether it’s this season?
I hate losing. Every time I race, I want to win.