Time to panic? Centro runs 1:50.97 800!!!

Senor Chang wrote:

Kev2 wrote:

I would take a gutsy silver medal at high altitude over a slow tactical gold and 2 world records to boot if I wanted to be remembered as the greatest American miler. Centro was lucky that the 3:26 and change Kenyan ran a dumb race that played into his hands

Then you would be pretty stupid.

Off-topic, but I just don’t know why Ryun’s Olympic race would be considered “gutsy.” It seems like he let the altitude defeat him before the gun went off.

why was my response to an offensive post deleted, but not the original offensive post?

literally everything that ive said re: superspikes on this site has been tongue in cheek

Time to move to the thon

No panic because he doesn't care.

There’s no performance that would concern me in an early April race if his training has been going well.

What would concern me is if he hasn’t bought all in with his new coach and training.

If you don’t believe in the training then you lose confidence and get out of rhythm.

I hope he transitions well into the speed phase and tapers well.

I think of Webb in 2008.

After a fantastic 2007 that ended on a low note and a hamstring tweak, he loaded up heavy on volume leading to the 2008 Trials.

He never seemed sharp or fast in any races before the Trials and couldn’t even outkick Leer.

If Centro runs 1:50 in late May, I’d be concerned.

dancing knees wrote:

1:50.98 in the Florida meet today for 5th or 6th place. I know he has still run a good 1500 after slow 8’s before but this doesn’t look good!

LRC note: Results below. There were no splits on the broadcast but they said the leader came through in 53 seconds. So Centro was 54 or 55 in last place. He moved up to pass Brandon Lasater but that was it. We're merging a couple threads on this including one by started by dancing knees titled "Centro is Done"

Place Athlete Time Heat Points

1 Abe Alvarado USA 1:47.29 1

2 Kameron Jones USA 1:47.33 1

3 Rajay Hamilton JAM 1:48.32 1

4 Robert Downs USA 1:49.34 1

5 Andres Arroyo PUR 1:50.21 1

6 Matthew Centrowitz USA 1:50.97 1

7 Brandon Lasater USA 1:51.19 1

If he went 54-56 or 55-55 I'd assume he's in 1:49-1:48 shape in the right race. I bet he went out in the back hoping the pace would be faster and it just didn't happen. With like 3 months until the trials I wouldn't expect him to be in 1:47 shape right now.

If you heard it here, it’s true. Amazing how brilliant LR posters are in terms of predicting times, results, training, shoes, and so on. The trials are a done deal by now. If you want to know who is on the team in advance, the message board has you covered. Almost forgot, PEDs and vaccine experts post, too. Thanks y’all.

5491 wrote:

If you heard it here, it’s true. Amazing how brilliant LR posters are in terms of predicting times, results, training, shoes, and so on. The trials are a done deal by now. If you want to know who is on the team in advance, the message board has you covered. Almost forgot, PEDs and vaccine experts post, too. Thanks y’all.

I get it. The message boards are irredeemably horrendous. And yet here you are.

Moby Dick Jr wrote:

5491 wrote:

If you heard it here, it’s true. Amazing how brilliant LR posters are in terms of predicting times, results, training, shoes, and so on. The trials are a done deal by now. If you want to know who is on the team in advance, the message board has you covered. Almost forgot, PEDs and vaccine experts post, too. Thanks y’all.

I get it. The message boards are irredeemably horrendous. And yet here you are.

Was about to say the same thing, but with a few colorful words thrown in there. If you don’t like it, gtfo.

1:50.97 ... that’ll be T. Cheruiyot‘s split enroute to Olympic Gold.

^ wrote:

1:50.97 ... that’ll be T. Cheruiyot‘s split enroute to Olympic Gold.

Wouldn't be surprised to see him go out in sub-1:50 even!

“When the music changes, so does the dance”- caption of Centro’s IG post just now. Cryptic way of saying he’s leaning towards retirement? Moving up in distance?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNk9NclFVzU/?igshid=9j9d8o091jv0

So in mid June of 2016, he ran 1:47 high and then followed up with a 3:51 1500m. Yeah, people are being kind of dumb, I could easily see him reaching that kind of fitness in two months.

He's 31 years old and likely losing some of his speed at this point in his career. I don't see him being a true medal contender in the Olympics, but I do think he'll have a decent shot to make the US team. He's just such a smart racer, probably the best American tactician we've had in my lifetime.

The 1:50.xx is not a good sign, but it's still very early. I wonder if he'll run another 800M prior to the Olympic trials.

He needs to move up to 5k. He’s a 13 flat guy for Pete’s sake

Emoemo wrote:

malmo wrote:

Last I checked it's April 10th. Act like you've been there before.

I'd rather be the hunter than the hunted.

Correct. There is nothing wrong with this result. I would be more concerned if Centro was running 1:44 in April. Now if he cannot run 1:48xx in 2 months there might be cause for concern. Centro might be utilizing this as a sharpening workout.

Intelligence matters. Learn from some posters who know something about this.

Emoemo wrote:

Emoemo wrote:

Correct. There is nothing wrong with this result. I would be more concerned if Centro was running 1:44 in April. Now if he cannot run 1:48xx in 2 months there might be cause for concern. Centro might be utilizing this as a sharpening workout.

Intelligence matters. Learn from some posters who know something about this.

I asked my friend. She said that intelligence matters a ton.

(I couldn't resist)

I wouldn't worry. He's using the 800 pace to train to run a 3.42 mile. "Event specific" training, as an expert has informed us on the Cheptegei thread.

malmo wrote:

Emoemo wrote:

Intelligence matters. Learn from some posters who know something about this.

I asked my friend. She said that intelligence matters a ton.

(I couldn't resist)

Hahahahah. Well done Malmo. You gotta love Rojo!