Teare was always going to be out of his depth in this one. Tough place to run well for a 13:0x guy
But he's not really a 13:0x guy. I've said this before about other athletes: when they run a good time, it doesn't mean that they have a new floor, it is more likely that that time is what they can do on their very best day. Just look at his other results: his next best is 13:12 and his third best is 13:19. If everything goes perfectly, he is maybe a 13:0x guy, but most of the time, he's probably a reliable 13:10-13:15 guy. Nothing he has done in his career so far suggests he is above that level. I'm not saying he can't get there, but it's clearly not where he is right now, and he won't be sub-13 this year, I will guarantee that. Compare him to Joe Klecker who has levelled up over the course of three years and now, you'd say just under 13 is his level with his consistent sub-13 performances this year. Teare has done nothing to suggest he's comparable to Klecker.
I have no idea what Cilantro Teare means BUT when you are trying to be good at something, anything worth doing is worth failing at or even doing poorly; and Cooper is in the arena, and he went to this race and I applaud him for it. How the hell is this guy ever going to make any progress if he doesn’t get in the arena? He got in the arena and it wasn’t a great day. Except maybe he learned something which put him a notch above most of the rest of us today.
Cooper Teare ran a gutsy, inspiring race to win the 3,200 at the 2016 CA state meet as a junior. As a senior, he was the big dog and ran well but narrowly missed breaking 4:00 in two rabbited races, a mile at Mt. SAC and a 1,600 (iirc) at the Sacramento Invitational. But does Mr. Big run the 1,600 at state? No (Luis Grijalva won). And, karma! Teare didn’t win the 3,200 either. Since that night in Clovis, I’ve called him The Coward Cooper Teare. I find your Kipling-esque blather about “in the arena” and the follow-up invoking gladiators to be laughable.
I have no idea what Cilantro Teare means BUT when you are trying to be good at something, anything worth doing is worth failing at or even doing poorly; and Cooper is in the arena, and he went to this race and I applaud him for it. How the hell is this guy ever going to make any progress if he doesn’t get in the arena? He got in the arena and it wasn’t a great day. Except maybe he learned something which put him a notch above most of the rest of us today.
Cooper Teare ran a gutsy, inspiring race to win the 3,200 at the 2016 CA state meet as a junior. As a senior, he was the big dog and ran well but narrowly missed breaking 4:00 in two rabbited races, a mile at Mt. SAC and a 1,600 (iirc) at the Sacramento Invitational. But does Mr. Big run the 1,600 at state? No (Luis Grijalva won). And, karma! Teare didn’t win the 3,200 either. Since that night in Clovis, I’ve called him The Coward Cooper Teare. I find your Kipling-esque blather about “in the arena” and the follow-up invoking gladiators to be laughable.
Understandably you find it laughable due to the chasm between us in cognition. You are an emotional wreck who seems invested in disparaging Cooper perhaps due to your own shortcomings which are palpable to those of us blessed with a gift for sizing up others. Cooper is not a mega talent on the world stage. Your derision is again stemming from your ostensible high expectations which would be tempered if you were smarter. Maybe focus on some of your own alleged failures instead of feebly attempting to eviscerate your superiors.
Laros 800/1500 pbs of 144.78/332.89 currently stack up better than Myers 150.82/333.26. That was a 1 second 800 PB for Laros, so probably more in the tank, but Laros is 11 months older. Give Myers another year of training + the free-testosterone of youth, and aside from new PBs he might even start shaving.
Lots of early burnouts though: Timothy Kitum has the world age 18 best of 142.53. He never beat that again and was done by age 24, not even breaking 146 in his last 2 yrs of competition. Mo Aman faired much better, running 143.37 at age 18, he ran 5 consecutive years in the 142-143 range, winning the WC, Diamond league final and 2x indoor champ.
Some early burnouts sure. I have a good feeling about Reynold Cheruiyot. Kitum is Faith Kipyegons husband though, so I think he’s probably feeling alright about things nowadays
I think honestly that Cooper might just be a bit cooked this year from his first championship build under Jerry. Lots of BTC members have said that they struggled adjusting there initially; it's sink or swim and there is a lot of floundering in the deep end to start.
Will be interesting if he stays the course and keeps at it so we can see if he adjusts and reaps the benefits of the training down the road or gets impatient and pulls the plug early bc seeing Cole in Budapest from his view on the couch is too much to bear.
Shericka Jackson looked completely confused that Gabby Thomas ran so awfully. Like she thought Thomas had been possessed by a 22-mid ghost. I’ve never seen someone that spoooked.
It definitely looked like Shericka's bemused facial expressions after the race were based on looking at the board and where Gabby finished.
I wasn't shocked. Gabby said at the presser that she arrived only one day earlier and was jet lagged. These days when she's off it's not by a little bit.
Guy on Peacock calling Gabby Thomas 'articulate' oof
Yeah. I had to shake my head at that comment.
I can't figure out if he said it because she's an athlete or an American or because of her race.
But WTF would he expect from a Harvard grad with a neuroscience degree and a Msc in some other discipline...
Those commentators at times really need to shut up.
He said it because Gabby totally dominated the Thursday press conference, even more decisively than would be expected of a Harvard grad. The British announcers, particularly Cram, place great emphasis on the press conference and make at least reference to it during every Diamond League telecast.
Gabby was charming and wowed the French press by understanding what they were saying in French, and speaking some French of her own. That led to a followup question on how the heck she knew French. Gabby explained that she took a citation in French at Harvard, which is the equivalent of a minor. Then during summer 2018 she took a break from track to study in France for two months. The lectures were totally in French. Gabby said she is rusty after 5 years but she's determined to get her French in shape for Paris next year.
Apart from now being the best distance runner, Jakob is also now the best preparer. Jakob more or less to the second, knows what time he will run nowadays. He is more talented and more mentally prepared than every other current runner....
Normally i would agree, but his IAAF profile does not have a single 5000m time for 2023. Not saying it doesn't happen (e.g. marathon), but how often does a middle distance runner start the WC without a single sanctioned race under their belt? His two miles is still ~1782m short.
I guess the first 2 rounds of heats will be his live race training. But yeah i agree, he probably knows exactly his 5k time under ideal conditions. Supreme confidence or...?
Jakob will be fine. His 2 mile WB shows he is in sub 12:40 shape.
But if all this year´s sub 12:45 runners bring there A game it can be a very interesting and dramatic final.
I can´t imagine there has ever been so many sub 12:45 runners in the same race before?
Not the commentators giving Little the win before the end. Good comeback. Seems Kaczmarek can win multiple ways. I don't think Adeleke ran bad, maybe too much effort from 200-300ms. Williams has been racing a lot the past two weeks and racing well too. Klaver is very good at latching onto someone else's pace to get pulled to a fast time. Good race overall. Wild that the USAs best 400m runners are all hurdlers.
Adeleke pushed that 200 to 300 as you say, and her last 50m was poor. Conversely, Klaver was the weakest between 300m to 350m, however she was actually the 2nd fastest in that last 50m segment, only Kaczmarek was faster, hence Klaver going from 5th to 3rd in her last strides.
Williams, Little & Klaver all went 23.3 in the opening 200m, which was way too fast. Williams in particular took it out very hard in the first 150m.
The Harvard Crimson aimed some friendly fire at its fellow Cantabs when a "roving reporter" asked them to name the capital of Canada and filmed their answers.
