Olli Hoare says he’s been a coward with “laughable” training on IG and he’s “embarrassed” by 3k result

you're pathetic

Yes, we should all be mystified by people engaging in online discourse related to the sport of running

Breaking news: Ollie Hoare has just dropped another self-loathing post on his socials. Don't forget, we are less than 8 months removed from him quitting social media because he was getting cyberbullied. Too much of a coward to quit something that's bad for his mentals and apparently too much of a coward to train hard?

C'mon, man. Nut up or shut up. You don't need to bash yourself on IG because you...ran a PR?

Okay, this is ridiculous. Ollie, if you are reading this (which you probably are, you seem self-obsessed): Get off LR, get off socials, and either train hard or mail in the season. Your call and yours alone; you do not have to justify or poo-poo yourself

your logic: he's harassed online, therefore he's a coward for not quitting social media.

reality: you say social media is "bad for his mentals" like he was addicted to his phone and this was a him problem. online trolls harassing him is not his fault and does not mean he needs to quit social media. like most people, he probably likes using social media (and may in fact be contractually mandated to use it), and wishes he could do so without uninformed commentary or expectations from jerks who don't know word one about training as a professional

hes never been great. regularly despatched in the heats of all world/major champs (commonwealth games is mickey mouse). only has an elevated status due to doing a cringey podcast. if it wasnt for that and just his running performances, he wouldnt be on anyones radar.

I have no strong opinion on Hoare, but his Commonwealth victory was impressive. He defeated: Cheruiyot, Kerr, Wightman and Kipsang in a 3:30 race (MR, PR).

thick skin on these lads you can't abuse and rip into other clubs UAC, BTC, brooks beast and individuals like Josh kerr on your podcast on an almost weekly basis and cry foul/shut your socials down at the slightest criticism of your performance

sorry OAC and their fanboi's are soft

poor sod

Improvement at that level is head as well as effort.

He needs to pull his finger out or kindergartners will be beating him.

Its all attitude now. He's likely got more than enough work in him. He needs to free his mind. Free his mind and his ass will follow

A groin/sports hernia (I had one, needed surgery) means your movement patterns are way off - big muscles like glutes are not doing the power output work they should be, and all the small muscles in your hip/groin/core compensate & get trashed by the overload. You can fix the injury, but if you don't fix the underlying mechanical dysfunction that cause it, you are not gonna put out the power to be the same runner you were before things went haywire. It took me years after the surgery to figure out my specific issue....he needs a look over by lots of people.

That's an impressive downvote ratio on your part. Is that a PR? Did you celebrate?

Master of none, indeed. Certainly not a spelling master. You were going for “pooh pooh.” Poo poo is the brown stuff.

Have some grace. I'd bet money there's a social media component to his contract; this is his job. Randos don't show up at your workplace to criticize you. I found his post refreshing and illuminating among the slew of excuse-laden posts we usually get from athletes in his situation. Always rooting for Ollie!

This guy needs to quit being such a cry baby. "Taking responsibility" for bad results? Like the previous bad races he had weren't his fault? Just shut up and run bro

This attitude took the sport to irrelevancy

Gotta love Ollie. A few years ago he said Americans weren't up to par when we weren't. Now he isn't too fond of his results and he's saying the same thing. He's gonna bounce back from this