2014 Lausanne Preview: Centro skipped USAs for this one - how low can he go?

Forcing runners to run certain meets and preventing them from others would be wrong, because it would be infrigement of their freedom to make their on personal choices with their running careers. Many runners, unable to compete and have the competition they want, would find the sport not worth the cost to keep going. Already the USATF is unweildy and unhelpful. Making that worse would NOT be good for the sport. Consider the reason attendence was low at nationals, was because of it being a USATF meet.

If we have to use a bit of a bully pulpit to get people to do stuff for the greater good of the sport, so be it.

It simply means you're unresponsible and unconscious.

Tom Brady saying, "I'm going to have the game of my life at some point this season, throw for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, but I'm not sure when it's going to be or where."

I don't know who that is???? A football player? If so, it has no importance on a forum about running.

A Duck wrote:

LetsRun.com wrote:

Our preview of tomorrow's meet is now up on the HP:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/07/lausanne-dl-preview/

Centro skipped USAs for this race. How low will he go?

Do you think he'll PR? He's been in good form so far this year.

Geezus, as always guys, GROW UP.

He skipped USA's to get to Europe, get through jetlag, get acclimated and focus on his goal of becoming a consistent 1500m guy in it to win it in every race.

That's his seasons goal.

You can take the above to the bank, it came from his own mouth and his family.

We get it - you know people at a clown college, nobody cares.

I don't like how Centro skipped USA's, that opportunity is something that hundreds of runners fight for and many would kill to be able to win like he has in the past. But at the end of the day, there is a valid reason he ran at Lausanne. His average finish in Diamond League Races is 11th, which does not compare well to his world championship finishes. It is a non championship year, this is a year where Centro needs to become great at running fast and finish higher in these Diamond League Races. He has great position in the tactical races, but if any Kenyan would hit the gas in a championship race he would be toast. Not happy that Centro skipped, but for the long term goal hopefully it works out.

sbeefyk1 wrote:I'm sure some will say, "3:32 is good." So what. Place is what matters. He can medal at a world championship event because each country can only take a limited number. If they simply took the top 48 times from the world list he would never sniff a medal.

There are only two things that matter; medals in championships and good times. As far as legacy is concerned, no one will remember or care what place he got in that one diamond league race (or every diamond league race.) They will care that he has two World Championships medals, and a handful of good times.

His resume is at this point quite superior to the vast majority of American distance runners in history...and Id be willing to bet it only gets better.

I know this has been said 1000 times but they really gotta stop having 12/15 runners in the field wearing the exact same Nike yellow singlet

Sunshiner wrote:

carl marks wrote:Indeed. Their "do it for the good of the sport" rhetoric sure smacks of socialism for a couple of guys with their conservative bona fides.

How in the fuk do Americans find a way to turn literally everything in Conservatives vs Liberals?

Constant conditioning by the corporate media.

J.R. wrote:

No one has an obligation to run any meet just to please the Brojos.

The Brojo hit job on Centro is ridiculous.

Agree 100 percent.

Part of being an American is that you have the right to the pursuit of happiness that you choose - not what the USATF or Michelle Obama tells you.

If your goal is to become one of the best in the world it doesnt make sense to run at usas...

At the same time, Nationals is where you give back to the sport. Up and comers get a rare opportunity to improve themselves by pushing themselves against the best in the country, in the same way that today's elites were able to do when they were coming up. No legal obligation but I think that, if you care about the sport as a whole, you show up. Nick Willis flies back to NZ specifically to race in national events. I'm sure it is an inconvenience for him, but he understands that his presence helps to lift the sport at local and national level.