Friday’s race reminded me how Cooper Teare called out Centro for sitting on Hocker until the last steps of the 5K at The Track Meet in December. Now we have had multiple races where Hocker has done that to Teare - NCAA 3K, Oregon Relays 5K, and he likely would have done it at their mile in Arkansas if he could have gotten around him.
Will/should he be annoyed by this? Isn’t Hocker doing the same thing Centro did?
Your move, Cooper.
Is Hocker a 31 year old reigning Olympic champion sitting and kicking on 19 year old kids?
No.
Your move, Alexi
leakingo wrote:
Is Hocker a 31 year old reigning Olympic champion sitting and kicking on 19 year old kids?
No.
Your move, Alexi
No, he’s the reigning Mile/3k champ. Hypocrisy doesn’t have exceptions.
He is smarter than Teare.
Agree. Hocker needs to start doing some of the work rather than letting Cooper do it all.
Needs to? Are you going to make him? He is doing well with current strategy.
I wonder what their coach tells them pre-race? I would imagine that the two teammates get along really well and have no hard feelings about this. Teare deserves some credit for mentoring Hocker. When everything is said and done, I believe Hocker will share in some of the work pace wise. It's just that no one expected this much success from him so soon.
What about Centro Sr. waiting until the last 300 meters to pass Salazar for the 5000 AR?
Why are people having such difficulty with Hocker always sitting on Teare's stride when Coe did the same thing to Cram and it was ok?
I think there was a bit off anger in the beginning but I really feel that Cole has definitively passed Cooper. I think coach Thomas and Cooper know it too.
CCB wrote:
Agree. Hocker needs to start doing some of the work rather than letting Cooper do it all.
Why?
Agreed
Haile and Kipchoge went at it multiple times.
Haile got some.
Eliud got some.
The objective is fastest time.
If, in the Olympics, Cooper Teare leads until the last second with a final Hocker kick for Gold, and they finish one-two and you dare to admonish Hocker??
You've lost touch with the sport.
SDSU Aztec wrote:
What about Centro Sr. waiting until the last 300 meters to pass Salazar for the 5000 AR?
https://youtu.be/l_SkBU09maA
Looked like an honest pace, and he ran off with 300 to go. He didn't steal anything from him
Just like 13:20 is an honest pace for college guys.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon