Crushed in Eugene at Worlds…to Commonwealth gold…to 3:37 bomb in Lausanne. Is this a confidence thing? Is he injured? Sick? Head case?
My uneducated guess is he’s tired toward the end of a long season of training on the edge, so he realized the hard way that he wasn’t destined to run 3:29 today, after tailing Ingebrigtsen closely for 1000+ meters.
And in my experience, it’s easy to be a “head case” when you know you’re having a tough race and the field starts going past you. I figure he probably could have run 3:32-3:33 if he’d paced it that way, and 3:34-35 going out as hard as he did if he’d been able to stay totally positive and motivated in the last 500–but that’s easier said than done.
I’d make this really simple because for some reason society these days tends to try and over-analyze everything.
So how about this:
- At worlds he had a bad day, ran an even worse race (accelerating multiple times during the race which doesn’t suit his physiology) and left in a really low spot mentally (as a guy with his talent should not making the final).
- Went to Comms and turned it around in the most emphatic fashion ever beating the last 2 world champions in the race of his life.
- Came to Lausanne and tried to go with the pace but the emotional energy he spent in the last month (an incredible low followed by immense high uses a ton of it irrespective of if the final moment was a high) just took its toll and he wasn’t either super committed or desperate enough to fight when it mattered.
Actually kind of simple. He’s human. No big deal at all really.
He was in Grand Rapids last week getting treatment according to the coffee club podcast, so while that might not be the entire reason, I think it is at least part of the reason for today.
Guys, Oliver had a niggle aftet commies and hasn't been training much. Hence why the poor performance.
I think this is a big part of it, also, he went from CO to Switzerland on Wednesday. How well do you think he’s going to do two days after that kind of flight?
I’d make this really simple because for some reason society these days tends to try and over-analyze everything.
So how about this:
- At worlds he had a bad day, ran an even worse race (accelerating multiple times during the race which doesn’t suit his physiology) and left in a really low spot mentally (as a guy with his talent should not making the final).
- Went to Comms and turned it around in the most emphatic fashion ever beating the last 2 world champions in the race of his life.
- Came to Lausanne and tried to go with the pace but the emotional energy he spent in the last month (an incredible low followed by immense high uses a ton of it irrespective of if the final moment was a high) just took its toll and he wasn’t either super committed or desperate enough to fight when it mattered.
Actually kind of simple. He’s human. No big deal at all really.
This is correct. The premise of the thread is wrong. Hoare has had two bad races all year, one at the worst time possible and now this in Lausanne. His DL results this year are 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, 12th and he's 3rd overall in the DL standings. Add in the wins in Millrose and CWGs and that's a consistent season by most people's measures.
Inconsistent? He's one of the most consistent racers around! Just look at his results from the last two years. He had one bad day at world's. Travelled over to Europe this week so jet lag may have been a factor. Lots of people have a bad first race after travel and it affects everyone differently. Add to that a niggle and going out slightly too hard and you get this performance. Two bad races in 2 years (3 if you count the Olympic final which was still ok considering it was his first major champs) doesn't make him inconsistent.
I’d make this really simple because for some reason society these days tends to try and over-analyze everything.
So how about this:
- At worlds he had a bad day, ran an even worse race (accelerating multiple times during the race which doesn’t suit his physiology) and left in a really low spot mentally (as a guy with his talent should not making the final).
- Went to Comms and turned it around in the most emphatic fashion ever beating the last 2 world champions in the race of his life.
- Came to Lausanne and tried to go with the pace but the emotional energy he spent in the last month (an incredible low followed by immense high uses a ton of it irrespective of if the final moment was a high) just took its toll and he wasn’t either super committed or desperate enough to fight when it mattered.
Actually kind of simple. He’s human. No big deal at all really.