Cole Hocker Time Trial?

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  • fish man

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    2 years ago 12/07/2021 1:24pm EST
    re: peppa

    peppa wrote:

    xczvzxcv wrote:

    The reality of Normandy is that in the chaos of D-Day, many of the Greatest Generation themselves found a hiding place and cowered, subject to bunkers and Rommel's forces who'd been practicing there, among other hazards. It was only a very few who took charge and found ways out and led men regardless of their rank that allowed for victory on the day, and that was with total air and naval superiority having been gained in advance.

    I'm sure you would've been standing proudly, in a German bunker

    nazi

    But how would Cole Hocker have done in the Korean War?? I think that's what everyone really wants to know. Would he still have kept his fitness?

  • Toofaruwent

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 12/07/2021 2:45pm EST
    re: hemorrhoid

    Ok hemmroid wins you guys.

  • registered

    CopperRunner

    Member since 12/28/2019.

    3,875 posts. Last post 13 hours ago.
    2 years ago 12/07/2021 3:11pm EST
    re: hemorrhoid

    hemorrhoid wrote:

    I’ll be the first to admit: I’m a boomer, so I’m not understanding all the comments. Are you all joking?

    Anyway: I was actually at the facility where Cole ran his time trial. He came through 440 in 59, 880 in 2:02, and halfway in 4:06. Then all of a sudden, and I’m not kidding you, he stopped for water. “This is how we do it at Oregon,” he said, “there’s no shame in stopping during a hard effort.” I was a bit surprised by this, but he set off just as soon as he had stopped. When he crossed the line at 3200m, he threw up his hands in victory, screaming “7:59!! 7:59!!!” over and over. Everyone was going nuts. I couldn’t believe it. “You ran 8:30,” someone said quietly. Cole went dead silent and looked this guy in the eye—in fact, everyone did. “What did you say to me?” “I said you ran 8:30..” “get off my track.”

    Someone dragged the guy behind the bathrooms and shot him. They f*cking shot him.

    Literally LOLd. This may become a classic letsrun thread, akin to “running the 800m on pure hate”

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    viktor frankl

    Member since 06/02/2021.

    15 posts. Last post 1 year ago.
    2 years ago 12/07/2021 3:19pm EST
    re: hoarse

    hoarse wrote:

    Ok I think most of these posts are just joking, but if anyone is looking for the legitimate story here it is (I train near the track where Cole does his workouts and was viewing, after I had ripped some easy 23mid 200s)

    Hocker really just cruised the first mile in 4:40, he was basically jogging and looked hella relaxed to me. Suddenly, this weird little Ultra guy in Alphaflys (I think his name is Seth something?) hopped into the middle of lane two and just stared absolutely shouting at Hocker: “BUTTER MY BREAD! BUTTER MY BREAD! COLE I NEED YOU TO BUTTER THIS FOR ME SO BADLY”. It was weird af and I still don’t really know what he meant by it. But somehow it actually seemed to hype up Cole because he suddenly started dropping 56s and ended up splitting 3:50 for the next mile, for a finish time of 8:30.

    After he crossed the line Cole joined the ultra guy and his wife(?) they all got in a van together and I think massaging took place. Not the weirdest thing I’ve seen at the track, believe it or not.

    This is gold. Bravo to this thread.

  • Wacka flame

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 12/20/2021 2:55pm EST
    re: OozmaKappa

    His pr for 5k is 13:18~4:17 pace. He could easily run faster. On Cooper's podcast, he said they started off slow and worked down each lap. Not sure exactly what splits but ye

  • zxcvzxvc

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 12/20/2021 3:04pm EST
    re: peppa

    peppa wrote:

    xczvzxcv wrote:

    The reality of Normandy is that in the chaos of D-Day, many of the Greatest Generation themselves found a hiding place and cowered, subject to bunkers and Rommel's forces who'd been practicing there, among other hazards. It was only a very few who took charge and found ways out and led men regardless of their rank that allowed for victory on the day, and that was with total air and naval superiority having been gained in advance.

    I'm sure you would've been standing proudly, in a German bunker

    nazi

    My sources: actual American D-Day soldier-historians.

  • Time Trial Results

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 12/20/2021 3:42pm EST
    re: happyholidaze

    I was FaceTiming with Vin L and Al Sal. They quietly read the splits as he passed 200m waterfall.

    Now Cole was clearly tempoing. If anything about 70% effort.

    One interesting thing was how he negative split every 100m. So when he started he was maybe 3:00 first 200m.

  • zxcvzxvc

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 12/20/2021 4:46pm EST
    re: zxcvzxvc

    The chaos meant that units were mixed together, some had drowned on the way to the beach and a lot of the artillery had sunk on the way. Men were sheltering behind the sea wall as the tide came in, cutting down on their space. Leadership was lacking, dead or wounded or just afraid to go. The barrage from the air and sea had not had a major effect on the German bunkers on the cliffs. Rommel's men had decided to stop there to practice just prior to D-Day. So, it was only isolated men who on the spur of the moment, after staying behind the sea wall for considerable time, that sporadically led men up to the paths up or around the cliffs.

    "Throughout the landing, German gunners poured deadly fire into the ranks of the invading Americans. Bodies lay on the beach or floated in the water. Men sought refuge behind beach obstacles, pondering the deadly sprint across the beach to the seawall, which offered some safety at the base of the cliff. Destroyed craft and vehicles littered the water’s edge and beach, and at 0830 hours all landing ceased at Omaha. The troops on the beach were left on their own and realized that the exits were not the way off. Slowly, and in small groups, they scaled the cliffs."

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/German-Chain-of-Command-in-Western-Europe-June-1944-1673116

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