Does anyone have the street address for Jesuit High in Portland / Beaverton?
Does anyone have the street address for Jesuit High in Portland / Beaverton?
Real time weather/forecast for that lat/lon (link useless after event, screenshot if you want it)
ThizzlerontheRoof wrote:
Ummmm....Ever hear of Roger Bannister’s first sub 4 mile ever???? Private time trial record attempts are the foundation of modern miling!
Uh, Bannister did NOT set the world record (3:59.4) in a time trial. Precisely because of record requirements an athletics meeting was set up between the University of Oxford and the AAA (Amateur Athletic Association). The one mile run was one event out of more than 10 on the program.
te5n1k wrote: i think the bigger issue would be jet lag in tokyo or other traveling issues since he is showing up so late.
Lots of talk and different opinions here about fatigue, recovery and time frame factors between tonight’s mile record attempt and the Olympic 1500. Not much at all about jet lag and how it might affect Centro. Only te5n1k back on page 5.
When is he leaving for the Far East? He doesn’t have to go directly to Tokyo – better if he does not, but recovers and trains somewhere in the Tokyo time zone.
But the shortest air travel Portland to Tokyo is just under 14 hours on Air Canada, via Vancouver. Other routings are 16 hours, and up. And remember the arduous entry procedures for Japan – see NPR article where it took accredited journalists four hours just to clear the Tokyo airport.
And, the time difference between Oregon and Japan is 16 hours and he loses a day in transit (crosses international date line).
Now, if this isn’t a recipe for jet lag, I don’t know what is (see film “Lost In Translation”).
My longest flights have been 12 and 13 hours, and they knocked me out, even with Business Class, lie-flat seats, plenty of sleep, etc.
Yes, Centro is young and obviously very fit, but I hope he and coach J have considered this factor carefully in his plans.
I wish him good luck tonight!!
Also, it's a terrible idea to do an all out time trial just before flying.
Muscles need slow, gentle activation to recover from a hard workout - not immobilisation. This is even more true when you're talking about a time trial when you push your body to its limits, with greater damage to muscles and tendons.
What is the point in this? Is it pure ego, or is it an excuse to justify an anticipated poor performance?
Is he going straight from the race to his seat on the airplane?
I am certain they have all the logistics planned out.
For those that say folks complain about Centro NOT racing? That still holds... this is not a race, it is a set up Time Trial, like many attempts at anything these years. Just the facts. If he did run anywhere near this, it would be gis best effort in years, why use that up in this? I understand he could or would be fully recovered in 9 days, but a max effort nine days out? Who does that, and its not like he has been spitting out 3:31's for 3 straight years. Just a thought.
You have to figure he only has 1-2 max efforts in his gun this year based on past performance, why use any of them now. You have to figure he only has 1-2 max efforts in his gun this year based on past performance, why use any of them now.
Repeat sentence typo, sorry.
As to the lack of international racing, it would be nice to have another Steve Scott who raced fast a lot and also hit a WC medal.
But they do have great periodization and racing prep now.
And to his credit, Centro has everyone looking at this attempt right now while we wait for track portion of the Olympics to start.
This is fun.
The cool thing about the sport is that there are two elements that the track fan can find interesting.
Racing people and running against the clock.
We have the latter here and the former next week.
I love that everyone here thinks they know how to prep for the Olympics better than a Olympic gold medalist and his coach who has multiple olympians.
Star wrote:
As to the lack of international racing, it would be nice to have another Steve Scott who raced fast a lot and also hit a WC medal.
But they do have great periodization and racing prep now.
And to his credit, Centro has everyone looking at this attempt right now while we wait for track portion of the Olympics to start.
This is fun.
The cool thing about the sport is that there are two elements that the track fan can find interesting.
Racing people and running against the clock.
We have the latter here and the former next week.
Agreed. Looking forward to both!
4L wrote:
I love that everyone here thinks they know how to prep for the Olympics better than a Olympic gold medalist and his coach who has multiple olympians.
No kidding, look how well he has Jager prepared. (and Houlihan)
He has 7 olympians in these games. He knows what he’s doing.
pre maturing wrote:
4L wrote:
I love that everyone here thinks they know how to prep for the Olympics better than a Olympic gold medalist and his coach who has multiple olympians.
No kidding, look how well he has Jager prepared. (and Houlihan)
Neither raced at OT. Moot point.
anonymous wasp wrote:
He has 7 olympians in these games. He knows what he’s doing.
You meant to say that he is given the best athletes to work with by Nike, don't screw them up. (and don't get caught)
Track Fan One wrote:
Does anyone have the street address for Jesuit High in Portland / Beaverton?
I don't mean to be impolite, but have you not heard of a little thing called.. 'google'??
This is Jim Kiler wrote:
I don't see the upside here.
If he's truly in 3:30 shape, why burn matches doing this? Could have just as easily run a low-key TT and accomplished much the same. Part of me wonders if he wants to miss this mark, and use the ridicule he'll get here and elsewhere for Tokyo motivation.
Or, like I said, he gets it, which might not be the best thing for a Tokyo race that's some time off.
If he runs fast enough (obviously AR would be fast enough, maybe up to 3:48 mid?) this only helps him in Tokyo, because it puts the field on notice that he can hang in a fast race. In turn, that may make it more tactical. If they know he can run fast anyways, no point in trying to burn him out. And yes, people are obviously race planning off of the reigning gold medalist.
Other than that, any negative speculation is pointless and silly. He obviously knows better than you about how to prepare. He's a gold medalist. Lol.
I really do not think the field, all of which rop 4 guys have run 3:30.00 or better are planning for Matt Centrowitz, at all.
Not a knock, just most likely a fact, no matter what he runs tonite. If he runs really fast he becomes one of several who have run 3:47.5 mile euiv . or faster that would figure to make the final
In 2016 there were 5 who ran 3:31 or faster. It was sensational field, but they all lost to Centrowitz. Of course they are considering him in their race plan, especially if he runs a fast time as well.