E51: Cole Hocker - Olympic 1500m Champion

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s not every week that we’re joined on Marathon Talk by an OLYMPIC CHAMPION; let alone one who won gold in such a dramatic style…

Cole Hocker was Paris’ 1500m Olympic Champion, and we get the scoop from him on how he trumped the titans of Kerr and Ingebritsen, the training mentality that unlocked such a performance, and the power of choosing your stresses!

Elsewhere in the show, we check in on Martin’s triathlon triumphs, eye up the stellar lineups for autumn marathon season, round up a surprise winner in the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, and so much more…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - At the top of the show, we’re focused Martin’s performance in the the 2nd of his triathlons this year, with some unique challenges and a heartwarming moment to remember
9:10 - The big stories this week come courtesy of a surprise winner for the gruelling Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Sydney’s Age Group World Champs & assessment to become a Major, and we look ahead to the autumn lineups
27:25 - Olympic Champion in the 1500m Cole Hocker is our special guest, as he takes us through THAT final 100m, the training that unlocked such a performance, and why you should choose your stresses to get the best out of yourself

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 51 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:07.0	In this week's show, we look back at an epic UTMB this past weekend.
0:13.8	We look ahead to the Age Group World Championships.
0:17.3	We'll run the rule over the elite fields
0:19.8	for the fall marathons Berlin, Chicago, and New York have released their elite fields.
0:25.9	And we speak to none other the newly crowned Olympic 1500 meter champion, Cole Hawker.
0:32.4	We can all learn a lot from what he has to say.
0:35.3	All right, let's go.
0:37.0	Martin, I could not wait to chat with you to find out how your triathlon race went.
0:47.0	How are you?
0:48.0	I'm good. You know, it's, it's, this has been a part of season changing, isn't it? And I haven't raced
0:53.9	triathlons for quite a long time. You know, since 2007, actually,
0:59.1	with any real commitment. And so, you know, it's like people who are running marathon, sometimes you have
1:05.3	seasons when you're really focused and sometimes you have seasons when you're slightly less focused and
1:10.4	sometimes you have seasons when you're not focused at all.
1:13.9	And so yeah I raced the new forest standard distance triathlon
1:19.0	at the weekend which is fairly close to where I live quite an established triathlon.
1:24.0	Yeah, enjoy myself.
1:25.0	Okay, you enjoyed yourself, but like we need to know a little bit more.
1:29.0	You want stats?
1:30.0	Yeah, I want stats, I want how did you place in your age group?
1:34.3	So I won my age group.
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