Not over yet but he's definitely in good compamy on American soil alone. His eyes were wide open on lap 3 recognizing that was the big boy race. Probably will round into better shape in the next few months as he transitions his training from XC. I thought Hocker did well to keep pace all the way to the finish in the 2 mile. Maybe Teare would have been better off there.
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He ran 1:54.1 for 880 and it was not a smooth ride in his fastest ever split to that juncture (in a mile). There was jockeying and surges with Mario, CPT and Coscoran getting in front and him being unsatisfied with that as gaps built up. So I think he just didn’t have much energy coming home off a good pace, wasting too much energy.
I think Cooper’s sweet spot is in the 3k-2 mile range and would have loved to see him in the 2 mile with Cole today. Might be an unpopular opinion, but if he can hurdle at all, I think he’d be great at steeple and the strength/speed combo would benefit him in the flat races (thinking of George Beamish here). Making the American men’s Olympic team in either the 1500 or 5k is going to be extremely tough.
His career is over before it even started. Sad to see.
The negativity on the board never ceases to amaze me...
For most of us, professional athletes aren’t our friends or role models. We may be lucky enough to know some or be elites ourselves, but generally that’s not the case. They’re talents in a sport we love and participate in. if they don’t succeed, it’s inevitable that some other athlete will come along and be better. There are a lot of runners in his caliber right now….a sort of cruel middle ground.
Teare has been a guy we’ve rooted for, hoped for for a while. He hasn’t performed to our expectations, however unfair that may seem.
Teare can breakthrough or be forgotten at this point. It’s not negative, it’s reality. It’s a tough brutal world to be a pro athlete.
I hope he finds his success, but if he doesn’t it matters little to me and, I suspect, many others