Where does Centro go from here?

drop to 5k or retire. thought he could maybe stay relevant for worlds next year in the 1500, but his recent results suggest that is impossible.

Stepping up to the 5000 is probably the next logical step. However, I don't think that he is going to be competitive in that arena. I can see him going sub 13, maybe around 12:55- ish at best. But hes not going to be a world beater that's for sure.

Think of how long it took Mohammed Ahmed to become competitive, and he's been running long distance for over a decade. So I guess it all depends what he wants out of track-and-field. If he wants a "day job" in running, then he can jump up to 5000 and just kind of coast for the next few years in that middle area between also-ran and winner. If he only wants to run to win... I think that ship has sailed.

If he's past his prime in the 1500m, it won't be any different for him in the 5000m. John Walker is the only guy I can think of who tried to move up to 5000m after no longer being a medal threat in the 1500m and he got dropped at that distance in 1984.

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Owner of an offal burrito taco truck named Shelby's

Home. Devastated.

Straight up retire.

He can’t hang with the big boys in the 5k or 10k. He would be wasting his time trying to run a Thon.

Sure he could probably consistently run 13:00-13:10. But that not that good when the winners running 12:35-12:40.

Makes olympic team 2 months ago

Op: he should retire or switch events

burrito vendor wrote:

Owner of an offal burrito taco truck named Shelby's

I'm pleased that the burrito jokes have slowed to a trickle.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

burrito vendor wrote:

Owner of an offal burrito taco truck named Shelby's

I'm pleased that the burrito jokes have slowed to a trickle.

It was not a joke.

Please tell me more about the burrito jokes. I was not aware we had established protocol for mocking Centro.

Film Rep wrote:

Straight up retire.

He can’t hang with the big boys in the 5k or 10k. He would be wasting his time trying to run a Thon.

Sure he could probably consistently run 13:00-13:10. But that not that good when the winners running 12:35-12:40.

Yes and no.

He already bested his father’s 5000m pr. Before retiring he should claim family records at all distances. Maybe put on some of that old racing gear and run Boston or NYC.

He’s fit and strong. Every serious runner should race a marathon before retiring.

OozmaKappa wrote:

Please tell me more about the burrito jokes. I was not aware we had established protocol for mocking Centro.

For those who have not figured it out: Centro starts his own threads on LRC. He is a regular poster here.

Is that why my Centro Goes Home DEVASTATED thread got deleted? Bc the staff know Centro uses the boards?

Church of the Long Run wrote:

Film Rep wrote:

Straight up retire.

He can’t hang with the big boys in the 5k or 10k. He would be wasting his time trying to run a Thon.

Sure he could probably consistently run 13:00-13:10. But that not that good when the winners running 12:35-12:40.

Yes and no.

He already bested his father’s 5000m pr. Before retiring he should claim family records at all distances. Maybe put on some of that old racing gear and run Boston or NYC.

He’s fit and strong. Every serious runner should race a marathon before retiring.

His likely outcome in the marathon would be a DNF and even the 10000m would be a bridge too far for him.

If he did run a marathon, any finishing time would be a family record. Centro Sr. did manage a 28:32 10000m.

te5n1k wrote:

drop to 5k or retire. thought he could maybe stay relevant for worlds next year in the 1500, but his recent results suggest that is impossible.

As dumb as the posters here saying dalilah needs to retire since she is "out of her athletic prime". Nevermind the fact she set a pb, broke the old world record, and got a silver.....

Moving up when you're past your prime doesn't make much sense to me.

It's not like the level of competition in the 5000 is drastically inferior to the 1500.

Disappointing race yesterday.

you don't say wrote:

Moving up when you're past your prime doesn't make much sense to me.

It's not like the level of competition in the 5000 is drastically inferior to the 1500.

I don’t necessarily think he’s past his prime…his poorly-paced 3:49 mile is very close to his open 1500 PR. It’s just that he’s never going to run 3:27 or 3:28 and Jakob, Tim and Stewy aren’t going to let global 1500s go out at 3:40 pace ever again. I think Centro can still be competitive in a tactical 1500 (I still think he let off the gas early at the Trials and gifted Hocker the win), but those aren’t happening any more. He’s still an odds on favorite to make the US team again next year, but he still needs to transition to the 5k while he’s still got better raw speed than almost any one else in the 5k.