Ok, nobody, including the OP, thinks Hocker’s going to beat Ingebrigtsen. Do people not see the OP’s laughing emoji?
The real issue here is that, while it’s cool that Hocker ran (and won) this XC race … where was the LRC coverage?
I swear they said on the pod that WeJo was going to go in person. Would’ve been nice to get an article with some comparison of how he did vs the quality of competition that he faced. I’m super bored by the story of trees falling down and the course being short. Get over it. It was still a race, so tell us what happened! Some commentary on its significance. The absence of that, I guess means, “this race just didn’t matter“ to LRC.
That’s a pity. I for one am eager to hear what’s going on with Hocker.
(BTW: the article LRC linked to was hardly an “article”. Rather it was the worst race summary ever, and straight-facedly listed 26:30-ish XC times as 10k …so, obviously not written by someone who knows anything.)
ps. straight-facedly is a word.