Cooper Teare= Time Trial Merchant

Is the pressure too big for him?

Or did he get hurt?

How does one run 12:54 and run 13:42 with a 2:22 last 800 in the same year.

What the effing eff was that by Teare? Did he not think that he would have to run 13:10 to make the team?

Rachel has made him slower, it happens sometimes with runners and hot girls

She hasn't made him slower tho. he ran 12:54 this year. he just can't race

He should freaking at least try the Steeple.

Don't think it was the pressure. He just didn't look good at these trials. I also think it was a mistake to double. He didn't have a great shot to make the 1500 team. His shot was at 5000. But he went into this final tired. Look at how Hocker ran today. So he picked a bad time to be "off"/"stale", bad idea to double, and ran with poor tactics in the 1500 races.

Agree, and once he stops dreaming about the 1500 and focuses on the 5000 he will be more consistent.

It’s hard not to think the emotional and physical toll of trying (and failing) again to prove that he’s a 1,500 guy was the big factor here. At least last year, he had more time to regroup it seems. Feels like he’s gotta accept that the 5,000 is his thing. That doesn’t mean he can’t drop a fast 1500/mile or run fast workouts, but for teams it’s the 5,000.

If he qualified for WC and skipped it then it's probably Karma biting him in the Achilles.

I thought this too lol

There is just a certain level of immaturity with him, which can lead to inconsistency. It is immature to think you have a shot in the 1500m. It is immature to not accept that you are a 5000m guy. His group is not of the highest caliber. I don’t think 80 degrees helped a lot of those guys, with an earlier run time and perhaps he is one that is weakened by the heat. He has the summer to do something in Europe and regain some confidence and relevancy.

Time to switch to the steeple

Nobody cares about heats and champs medals.

I know you care, on a thread about USOT (though few Americans have any chance at a medal anyhow) but the educated, sophisticated track fan does not. Don't be nobody.

12:54 may be better than almost every other American, but in global terms it is absolutely nothing. You luck your way into a sit and kick race and win a medal, so what? Nothing was proved to anyone who knows much about distance running. The best are the ones who can throw down times near the WR, and that's not 12:54, and certainly not 13:10.

It will hurt to read this. I understand. But at some point, you will complain about a sit and kick 5000 screwing your favorite runner and remember it then. You already know it's true.

Maybe he has Covid or something?

People blasted Jerry for his poor performance last year but it's probably just his head all the time.

Teare choked

Both McArthur & Teare expend too much energy being social media "influencers". Coop needs to focus/soul search & realize those efforts are draining him & making him cocky. Move up to 5k & nose to the grindstone. You dont see serious, successful guys like Grant Fisher wasting energy on crap that doesn't matter like gaining "followers".