Centro in the slow heat of the 5k at Payton Jordan

The Official Heat Sheets are on http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/

Hey, give the man a break. He's working on his Java EE2 Certification so he can get a real job back home in on the Beltway.

I watch track in my PJs wrote:

Both Centro and Drew Hunter are in the (presumably) slow heat of the 5000m at Payton Jordan per the heat sheets on Flotrack.

For Hunter, this probably makes sense.

For Centro, shouldn't he be able to be in the fast heat if he is anywhere near being in shape?

Well, he's not in shape. That's the backstory.

Have u seen centros instagram? Literally all he does nowadays is eat icecream and play xbox

definitely out of shape

This isn't making sense to me. How is the Olympic Gold Medalist in the 1500 in the B heat at a top notch but not Diamond League level meet?

Is this some sort of mistake? Surely he has a faster pr (13:20) than some of the guys in that first heat.

Spoke to Centro at NAU today. He has been planning on being in the "slow" heat all along. This meet is purely about time for him, he will have his own rabbit in the slow heat. Doesn't want anyone messing up the pace so he talked to meet management and requested this actually. He wants the Centrowitz family pr. This is not him dodging the competition, make no mistake about it. He believes his final time will be superior to that of the "fast" heat. I guess we will have to wait til Friday night to see if this works out or not.

Estrada is listed in the 2nd section of the 10,000m.

Correct me if i'm wrong but is this his first 5000m as a pro? Probably entered with no time so therefore it's reasonable. Also agree with him just chasing times solo but it would've been nice to see him against the big boys

Rudisha800 wrote:

Correct me if i'm wrong but is this his first 5000m as a pro? Probably entered with no time so therefore it's reasonable. Also agree with him just chasing times solo but it would've been nice to see him against the big boys

He ran 13.20 previously as a pro. Consider yourself corrected.

Are you the guy who wouldn't leave him alone and kept interrupting him during his workout yesterday? I'm sure he appreciated you getting selfies during his recovery. Have some class and hang back like I did dude, the guy is trying to work, he doesn't care about you saying you met him.

No scope deez nuts wrote:

Spoke to Centro at NAU today. He has been planning on being in the "slow" heat all along. This meet is purely about time for him, he will have his own rabbit in the slow heat. Doesn't want anyone messing up the pace so he talked to meet management and requested this actually. He wants the Centrowitz family pr. This is not him dodging the competition, make no mistake about it. He believes his final time will be superior to that of the "fast" heat. I guess we will have to wait til Friday night to see if this works out or not.

Hell yeah!

Hell yea is right, I'm a big Centro fan. I'm calling it right now, 12:57 American record, breaks rupp's pr from pre a few years ago.

Also, who is Centro training with these days? Anyone know some of his recent workouts?

Would love to try a few

Too many questions, slow down guy.

No scope deez nuts wrote:

Spoke to Centro at NAU today. He has been planning on being in the "slow" heat all along. This meet is purely about time for him, he will have his own rabbit in the slow heat. Doesn't want anyone messing up the pace so he talked to meet management and requested this actually. He wants the Centrowitz family pr. This is not him dodging the competition, make no mistake about it. He believes his final time will be superior to that of the "fast" heat. I guess we will have to wait til Friday night to see if this works out or not.

It makes great sense, what you wrote, for Centro to be a fast runner in a slow heat, with a rabbit. He has his own goals and plans, and his record speaks for itself.

Hunter being in this heat also makes sense. He's never even run a track 5k in his life. Just because he's a pro doesn't mean he's a running god. He's transitioning to another level of elite, which means that he's a babe in the woods in Friday's race. Climbing the ladder of success, I hope!

Rupp DFL wrote:

Hell yea is right, I'm a big Centro fan. I'm calling it right now, 12:57 American record, breaks rupp's pr from pre a few years ago.

Also, who is Centro training with these days? Anyone know some of his recent workouts?

Would love to try a few

The AR is 12:53.60

Some guy named Ritz ran sub 12:57

Do all Centro fanboys live in a time-warp?

Centro did a 4 mile tempo workout in 29:40 at Buffalo Park and looked tired but he was happy with the workout because he hit his goal pace. That was enough hard training for the day and then Centro decided to go the pool with me to relax after his hard tempo workout.

Centro let himself get a little pudgy and out-of-shape since Rio.

Centro is also easily distracted and can completely lose his focus on training.

Centro needs to focus more on his training in Flagstaff.

Rupp DFL wrote:

Hell yea is right, I'm a big Centro fan. I'm calling it right now, 12:57 American record, breaks rupp's pr from pre a few years ago.

Also, who is Centro training with these days? Anyone know some of his recent workouts?

Would love to try a few

I hope that you're no older than 14. For a grown man to write what you just did would be cringe worthy.

No scope deez nuts wrote:

Spoke to Centro at NAU today. He has been planning on being in the "slow" heat all along. This meet is purely about time for him, he will have his own rabbit in the slow heat. Doesn't want anyone messing up the pace so he talked to meet management and requested this actually. He wants the Centrowitz family pr. This is not him dodging the competition, make no mistake about it. He believes his final time will be superior to that of the "fast" heat. I guess we will have to wait til Friday night to see if this works out or not.

You made it sound even more strange, you are saying Centro thinks he can run faster against lesser competition. Btw, I don't think he is necessarily dodging anyone, but he's judging his fitness and probably thinks he's in good shape, PR shape, but knows that's not good enough to mix it up with what could be 13 single digits.