Cole SHOCKER is MF BACK

Legitimate medal threat next year

Just outside the automatic drug tests,what a surprise.

Between him and Yared I am betting money on the AR going down in the mile next season.

All around a great week for Cole. Looked really sharp through the rounds and thought he ran really well today. We've been spoiled by Yared, but 3:30.70 is legit. Honestly think he's in high 3:28.xx shape right now.

He still seems to get boxed in almost every big race. You could see him dipping in and out of traffic during the last lap. Figure that part out and I don't think there is any reason to believe he can't compete for a medal next year.

He's back to what? Back to 7th place, 3 placings under the first loser.

What an achievement.

Along with the 6 other guys ahead of him today.

SHOCKER tends to make people rattled with his success. When he runs 325 next year for gold you will all be sorry

3:30 is a tremendous time.

My guess is that he thinks (and rightly so) he can build off of this and get used to running a heavy pace.

I don't see the need for negativity.

He finished 7th in the world running a pretty clean race and that doesn’t equate to 3:28.xx shape. Could he run 3:29 at the back of a DL race? Probably. 3:28 is the domain of the guys in the mix to win today.

He always runs a chicken sh!t race. He never even attempts to get himself into medal position. He's good enough to get to the final, but he looks scared as hell to contend.

We will only find out how good Hocker is if he can put together a full year of good training.

According to letsrun forums, Cole is “going home devastaed” and “is back!!” every other month….

What is your best placing at a world championship in track..?

I didn't declare "I see myself winning the world championships" - Hocker did.

What a clown.

This is letsrun. Troll central. It's what you expect.

His comment is accurate, regardless.

yeah I think this is a little aggressive, but in his LR interview after his semi he was talking about how in Tokyo he just picked guys off at the end and went out slowly, and this year he really wanted to put himself in the mix, but from my perspective he ran the exact same race he ran in Tokyo.

I'd be tickled pink to run 3:30 and finish 7th at worlds. Heck of an achievement. Whether he can be even better next year remains to be seen but this was a pretty good day for Hocker and Nuguse IMO.

Top 8 is good work. Not everyone can be a medal contender but it's not nothing to be top 8 in the world. He can possibly get better though I personally think 6th to 8th in global champs is his ceiling. Either way, it's a bit much to crap on a guy who just ran a PB to finish 7th in the world