Cole Hocker in loaded Zurich 1500! (w/Kerr, Nordas)

Kerr could have done 3:28 with Jakob in the race but probably 3:29/3:30 without.

Props to Kerr for coming out to run more 1500 races after the WCs. This doesn't always happen.

Any word on pacing? There are quite a few 3:28 guys but without someone pulling from the front like Jakob I don't see the winning time being faster than 3:29

Matt Ramsden, is that a joke?

Sowinski BABY!

There hasn't been a sub-3:30 race without Jakob for the last two years. I also wouldn't expect too much from Kerr, he sounded a bit annoyed that he had to run this because he wants DL points to make the final - he screwed up Oslo by finishing 9th which is outside the points. He'll be content with placing well enough to get him to the final

Hmmm. Lot of the 1500 guy are likely just going to cruise it in after a tough WCs and long season. May be lining up perfectly for a first DL win for Hocker, who has almost no season prior to the WCs and likely still working on improving fitness. Could be a 3:31 low win.

Also Lamecha Girma making his 5,000 debut. Krop, Gebrhiwet, Barega, Grijalva coming back from World's to race as well.

I swear if the Ethiopians run 12:40 here again after that 5K final Im gonna lose my mind

Is he still going to sporting that ridiculous hair-do?

I guess anything is possible, but I'd probably make him 8th to 10th favourite for this race. Nuguse, Nordas, Katir, Kipsang, all have something to prove, even guys like Habz and Laros will fancy this.

Even a 3:31 race is enough to draw the sting from Hocker's kick, which only seems effective in races around 3:35

This meet is loaded! Can't wait.

Also Kejelcha. Pretty sure he just got added, don't remember seeing him before

Here we go again with the overhype...

Let Cole make a top 5 first, then a top 3 and we can begin to start to imagine considering him for a potentially possible future DL victory ...

Imagine if the winner of the race gets to take the world 1500 title/gold medal from Kerr. Kind of like fighters take the world title belt

Tom Elmer and Matt Ramadan got in over Hobbs Kessler? I’m sick

Sure, but fighters take like a year between title fights. Kinda the same frequency as world level champs. People gotta train like crazy and sharpen

Elmer is Swiss. He gets a pass.

Is Kessler in Europe? Yes, Ramsden (and Tanner) got lucky

Calm down. Pacer, bud.

It was like 80+ degrees for the 5000, wasn't it? That 13:11 was probably more like 12:55 effort. According to the Runworks calculator (which isn't perfect) it's worth 12:48. I think it overestimates both altitude and heat affect but man, running a 5000 in the heat is brutal. Still no excuse for not going harder to try to run it out of his legs, but anyone who has raced that hot knows how miserable it is to push into all-out territory.