Wise Old Man wrote:
I stand corrected. Beamish out kicks Teare and Hocker. Was so sure Hocker would take it. Nice bounce back for Teare!
Great race to show my kid how to lose a race. Beamish has no prayer for better than 3rd if teare doesn't utterly open the door with 25m to go. He was caught pushing hocker a little wide...maybe. or just a brain fart. Yikes.
soapy wrote:
Kiptoo will probably lead for 2400 then fade to 5th.
Beamish
Hocker
Teare
Young
Kiptoo
Mantz
Hunter hasn’t shown he is currently in shape to be top 5.
Had the top 3, just didn’t think Teare would beat Hocker. Young DNS. Kiptoo didn’t run well and Mantz slotted in 5th. Hunter was outside the top 5 as predicted. That is about as good as my predictions get.
Wise Old Man wrote:
Marko Jr Jr wrote:
Oh, why stretch the truth? Dial things back a couple of years when Hocker was winning Footlocker.
What does he mean, “take the initiative?” Hocker takes the lead when it counts…as the finish approaches, so he can win. He’s being knocked for positioning himself perfectly for the win and not being a front runner who flails like Kiptoo?
Just for the record I wasn't knocking him as a runner. But if he was as dominant as alot of you guys were making him out to be he would simply take races from the front. It's still early though only January. I'm sure we will get to see a couple races where he can improve from this one
Teare and Hocker could be in college with NIL deals. Imagine that.
bigmig19 wrote:
Wise Old Man wrote:
I stand corrected. Beamish out kicks Teare and Hocker. Was so sure Hocker would take it. Nice bounce back for Teare!
Great race to show my kid how to lose a race. Beamish has no prayer for better than 3rd if teare doesn't utterly open the door with 25m to go. He was caught pushing hocker a little wide...maybe. or just a brain fart. Yikes.
After seeing the full race video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgaEQ88_6XgI could say that Cole got all his chances and in full to kick in this race. He simply wasn't able to do it and it's Beamishe that outkicked him from 7 meters behind.
Passant wrote:
After seeing the full race video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgaEQ88_6XgI could say that Cole got all his chances and in full to kick in this race. He simply wasn't able to do it and it's Beamishe that outkicked him from 7 meters behind.
What I'm posting LOL (that video was reserved to Coev answering some questions).
The video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBBalkdxCnAPassant wrote:
Passant wrote:
After seeing the full race video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgaEQ88_6XgI could say that Cole got all his chances and in full to kick in this race. He simply wasn't able to do it and it's Beamishe that outkicked him from 7 meters behind.
What I'm posting LOL (that video was reserved to Coev answering some questions).
The video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBBalkdxCnA
Just saw this. Connor Mantz has a distinct running style. He stays on the inside of his feet and legs and puts a lot of shoulder into it.
The full thing. wrote:
Wise Old Man wrote:
[quote]The whole thing. wrote:
Beamish closed an indoor 5K (4th December 2021) in 26.25 seconds. Do not underestimate Beamish's kick.
If Beamish out kicks Hocker, I’ll be back on this thread admitting my hubris and ignorance. Not going to happen. Hocker is A team and the rest of this crowd is B team or worse. These early races are so much about who prepared and who cares, but if this was a championship final where everybody was as ready as possible, Hocker would dominate this bunch. They are all going to sit around one day and trade stories about how they got to race Hocker way back when…..
Meanwhile, in reality, Hockers "kick" amounted to nothing else than flailing of arms while Beamish easily passed him. Beamish even started 5-10 behind, while Hocker couldn't even gain ground on Teare.