CENTRO 3:31

bangalangadanga wrote:

Buster Mottram wrote:

F@ggot Rupp dropped!

POTD

Prick of the day

Centro was right on Kiplagat's shoulder coming out of the turn so he was positioned well and really did not run much further.

Don't know why he was in lane 4 thru the finish.

He was simply out run by Kiplagat.

No shame in that.

Good run and good time.

Yes- 3:31

Don't know why some think 3:31.49 is a 3:31 while 3:31.50 would be a 3:32

There is no universal rule to rounding.

Runners truncate.

As long as you are consistent, truncating is fine.

america fan wrote:

Totally confused by all the continued hating on Rupp. I have yet to hear a non-subjective reason for why people dislike him so much. Also tired of hearing people talk about allergies being in your head, a friend of mine wound up in the emergency room because he raced during high pollen counts and he couldn't breath. Pretty sure he was tired when he surged again in the last 50 meters to beat Lagat at the trials. You don't win a silver medal at the Olympics being a severe head case.

The Rupp hating goes as far back as when he was in H.S., I didn't understand it then becasue he won 98% of his races and ran some fast times as well.

They all owe their fast times to the tall Kenyan, I think it was Chepseba, who ended up 4th

who was the only one with the balls to go after the rabbits

otherwise, they'd have been out of contact and slowed down to about 3:35 pace.

:w0s wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3X0vRHjhRg

Stretched out like a 5000. That shorty they had pacing was so far ahead he might have gone for it.

Great finish, looked like a 100m, all lanes occupied. My pre race pick Gebr was getting tied up it looked, Silas always looks like something is wrong, Centro always looks good... just couldn't quite overtake them all.

TrackCoach wrote:Lagat and E'G were only 1:45x 800m runners

please don't tell me you are a proper coach

webb ran 1'43.8 off 3'46.9

hicham has run 3'26.0/3'43.1 & bernie 3'26.3

they were at worst 1'43 guys in their prime

question :

noah ran 2'11.9wr & had

1'44.49pb

he actually went 49.8 in his 1k which is suicidal

he had to hang onto some sort of 800 time knowing he had 200m more to go

he split

1'44.62

what are you offering for his 800 shape in rieti ???

The first time I broke 5:00 in the 1600 in high school I ran 4:59.96. I'm pretty sure I called that a 4:59.

ricky stanzi USA#1 wrote:

so if you ran 3:31.96, would you tell your friends "oh I went 3:31 the other day", or would you round up to 3:32?

funkmasterflex wrote:

sooo is no one going to point out that he ran 3:31.96? thats basically 3:32, not 3:31 like everyone is exploding about.

O.o wrote:Not really, half the Africans aren't even allowed to compete.

well

kenya did leave off komen in '96 when he went 7'20 after

pretty sure he was in 12'35/12'36 shape that year & couda run a solo 12'43 at worst

O.o wrote:

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Negatory with this crap. Dude wears a silver medal that he won by besting the entire contingent of East Africans in an Olympic Final. If that's not enough to impress you than you really have no business calling yourself a runner.

And Congrats to Centro for basically being a badass and reminding Team Kenya that we're gunning for them.

Not really, half the Africans aren't even allowed to compete.

You are a fool. The guy is expected to beat runners that aren't in the race? Seriously, anyone that thinks an Olympic medal is no big thing ought to just punch themselves in the junk.

brakey wrote:You are a fool. The guy is expected to beat runners that aren't in the race? Seriously, anyone that thinks an Olympic medal is no big thing ought to just punch themselves in the junk.

cycling allowed 5 guys/country in the road race

The top ten ranked countries in the final standings of the 2011 UCI World Tour qualified to have five riders to represent their respective country in the race

why discriminate in athletics/swimming ???

Because there are no lanes in a cycling road race, you moron.

idiot

what lanes you see in the marathon/open swimming/triathalon ???

The Rupp haters never DNF, that's for sure -- the guy could save their mom from a burning building, and they'd be like, "he shoulda finished faster".

There is also a team tactics aspect to cycling which is marginally practical with 5 but worthless entirely with only 3.

Still, I do think they should have some system for getting all people with a legitimate shot in. An "A+" std and your're in sort of thing.

In fact, to prevent abuse..you run a race with all legit runners who didn't qualify in their trials 2 weeks before the Oly. "A" std, this season, to get in the race, "A+" (3:32.5 ?)to get from there to the Olympics. That would be a race to watch.

This would only be practical in the 1500 down. But it would be exciting.

suburbanxcore wrote:

Since a few people have mentioned it, when was the last time Rupp DNFed (aside from that nasty fall he took last summer)? People make it seem like he has a huge habit of it.

One or two d-bags does not "people" make.

Don't listen to the doubters, they are all losers.

TrackCoach wrote:

america fan wrote:

Totally confused by all the continued hating on Rupp. I have yet to hear a non-subjective reason for why people dislike him so much. Also tired of hearing people talk about allergies being in your head, a friend of mine wound up in the emergency room because he raced during high pollen counts and he couldn't breath. Pretty sure he was tired when he surged again in the last 50 meters to beat Lagat at the trials. You don't win a silver medal at the Olympics being a severe head case.

The Rupp hating goes as far back as when he was in H.S., I didn't understand it then becasue he won 98% of his races and ran some fast times as well.

Immaturity, jealousy, mean spiritedness, and stupidity (by the Rupp haters) explains all you need to know.

These are not true sports fans, these are immature personalities that have real issues.

worst poster wrote:There is also a team tactics aspect to cycling which is marginally practical with 5 but worthless entirely with only 3

no

same argument extends to marathon/sea swimming/triathalon & we can add modern pentathlon which is 4 mickey mouse events & a 3k to paraphrase ovett

one rule for cycling

another for others...

I think the word is "contend" not "content."

Uh, Rupp did get a silver medal, didn't he? He's not my favorite runner, but he's pretty darn good. Centro and Leo are awesome, too. Go back to your Zippy Dippy fun run this Saturday and cherish your 156th place finish.

anyone else observe that, as smooth as centrowitz always seems, he doesn't seem to have the flat out speed and extra gear right at the end?

those last 100m i just think, "shit, if he could pick up his knees a little..."

but then he is not running his style, is less smooth, and ultimately runs slower... still it LOOKS like if the dude had a bit more power at the end he'd be even more unreal.

great stuff.

as for rupp, i can't help thinking of him as a doofus with his drawl in interviews, but he runs hard, and well. really can't criticize his running.