• Face reality
    • Rockgip
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 7:10PM - in reply to Face reality
      • Rockgip
      • A brilliant run by both Centro and Willis. Gotta love the honest pace and a true battle up until the very end. Also props to Pat Casey, who seems to be having a breakout season.
    • i chose D2
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 7:10PM - in reply to a Dvck
      • i chose D2
      • Didn't think he would be able to hold off Willis at the end. Was anyone besides the rabbit ever in front of him?
    • Hogtown
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 7:14PM - in reply to i chose D2
      • Hogtown
      • i chose D2 wrote:
        Didn't think he would be able to hold off Willis at the end. Was anyone besides the rabbit ever in front of him?
        Nope. He was out front from the start.
    • LetsRun.com
      your benevolent dictator
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 7:42PM - in reply to
      • LetsRun.com
        your benevolent dictator
      • Wonderfully executed race by Centro. Got the lead when the rabbit dropped out and never gave it up. Willis tried to challenge before the final turn but Centro wouldn't let him pass.

        1 Centrowitz, Matthew Nike OP 3:51.35
        2 Willis, Nick adidas 3:51.46
        3 Casey, Pat Nike OTC 3:54.36
        4 Lagat, Bernard Nike 3:54.91
        5 Jager, Evan Nike BTC 3:55.25
        6 O'Hare, Chris adidas 3:55.35
        7 Manzano, Leo HOKA ONE ONE 3:56.05
        8 Cheserek, Edward Univ of Oregon 3:56.43
        9 Lalang, Lawi Nike 3:57.15
        10 Gregorek, John Univ of Oregon 3:57.47
        11 Merber, Kyle HOKA / NJNYTC 4:05.96
        12 Leer, Will Nike 4:10.21
        Wieczorek, Mark Brooks DNF
    • big pharma
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 7:44PM - in reply to
      • big pharma
      • Whilst the rest of the world's medalist (including the east African ones it turns out) need talent and pharma to win medals, Centro and the rest of the NOP simply work harder.
    • uhm...
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 7:46PM - in reply to
      • uhm...
      • Yea, and Willis is running the fastest times of his life at 30/31.
        What is he on? The Regina Jacobs sauce?
    • hawksrunner01
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 9:07PM - in reply to
      • hawksrunner01
      • The splits are very interesting. Other than Centro getting out over 1.5 seconds quicker than Willis over the first 400M, Willis ran every single lap faster.

        Awesome run for both guys. Willis has one many races with this same tactic. Personally I am glad that Centro held him off this time. Hes an exciting racer to watch.

        http://results.nyrrmillrosegam...lts_6.html
    • Bad Wigins
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 10:06PM - in reply to In the loop
      • Bad Wigins
      • In the loop wrote:
        This is a really great story. What a great precedent.

        http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...iants.html
        You've gotta be kidding, this is straight-up Orwell shit.

        Anonymous internet posts are not taken seriously enough to harm anyone's reputation. Let alone whether anyone's reputation is worth millions of dollars. This is another example of frivolous tort out of control, lawyers out to destroy the web.
    • talking about track
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 10:21PM - in reply to Bad Wigins
      • talking about track
      • back to actually talking about Centro & racing...the knock on him has been that he can do well in tactical races but can't hang in a fast race. does this do something to counter that? leading the whole way AND running fast (3:51 is pretty damn good indoors, right? PR for him?.
    • The Great Ones
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 10:31PM - in reply to Lagat rules
      • The Great Ones
      • This really was a great race. Centro showed that he can lead nearly the entire race and yet use amazing racing tactics to win at the end. Kudos also to Nick Willis for a tremendous effort and to Bernard Lagat for his Masters record. Three Oregon Ducks went well under sub 4 today with Gregorek and Cheserek at Millrose and a third going 3:57 at the Seattle Indoor.
    • Popful Mail
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 10:39PM - in reply to a Dvck
      • Popful Mail
      • I've been running, watching, coaching, and officiating track for a long azs time and good lord everything about this Centrowitz screams dope dope DOPE!!! I start to have flashbacks of FloJo and Regina every time I see him race. What a chump.
    • The King Has Cheese
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 10:48PM - in reply to The Great Ones
      • The King Has Cheese
      • Daniel Winn is the other Oregon runner who went 3:57 at an Indoor meet in Seattle today. He broke Mac Fleet's Oregon school record, no small feat. Then just minutes later, he lost his record when both John Gregorek and King Cheserek broke Winn's record. It was a very big day for Oregon runners as they were setting records both in Seattle and NYC on the same day.
    • hyhg
      • RE: MF Centro 2/14/2015 10:53PM - in reply to talking about track
      • hyhg
      • talking about track wrote:
        back to actually talking about Centro & racing...the knock on him has been that he can do well in tactical races but can't hang in a fast race. does this do something to counter that? leading the whole way AND running fast (3:51 is pretty damn good indoors, right? PR for him?.

        No. Fast for him, but not the best milers. He just looks good today because of the lesser competition. This run was on par with a ~3:32/3:31 outdoors.