Centrowitz goes home DEVASTATED!!

chanjackie wrote:

CoachO wrote:

Are you too cool to be a fan? Is it such a travesty for people to be excited about a young, talented runner?

Too cool to be a fan of a doped up athlete, yes. Anyone who thinks Murphy OR Centro are clean is delusional.

Good one. I've never heard that said before. How original.

I think Centro actually felt really good about his performance. He hung with our top 800 guy in a race that's closer to 800 than 1500. His immediate turn and handshake as they just crossed the finish was a sign of him feeling upbeat even though he got beat.

Older guy wrote:

Cmon guy wrote:

Take it back to the lab Centro. Loses to Murphy in the ATL 1000m by 0.08 seconds. 2:20.20 for Centro, 2:20.12

Don't get you guys. Obviously a training run for both. Don't blame Centro for wanting to practice some shoulder-to-shoulder down the stretch racing. He won't be 10 meters ahead of the field in the Olympic finals.

Correct. They went through 800 in about 1:55; Centro, Jr's mile PR is 3:50. 800m at mile pace plus 200m kick like hell would be a great sharpening workout.

Nothing...

Tomorrow is another day

Dat niqqa wrote:

Chet Manly wrote:

I don't know about that - he certainly appears to be more talented than Nick Symmonds who ran sub 1:44 and ran a lot faster than Centro in an NCAA race (it appears Centro's NCAA PR was just 3:41 although he ran 3:34 that summer in Monaco, if Murphy runs a 1500 later this season I'm assuming he'll run faster than that). I don't know if he'll go sub-3:30 since Coe, Cram and Willis are the only white men who have done that) but 3:30 doesn't sound that impossible.

Centro ran 3:36 as a Sophomore at Stanford.

Yep, missed that. His TFRRS Top Performances only listed his junior year for some reason.

CoachO wrote:

CMGoesHomeDvstd wrote:

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I know, right! How does Murphy have fanboys already? He'll never go sub 3:30. He'll never go sub 1:44.

Are you too cool to be a fan? Is it such a travesty for people to be excited about a young, talented runner?

Yes, I am too cool. I do not like Murphy's style.

The More You Know wrote:

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/olympian-matt-centrowitz-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w212154

Oh my.

Thank you for that.

I think I am going to pass out.

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Remember that discussion about whether Centro's had a better career than Webb...well let's just say that Alan Webb would not have gone home devastated if he were in this race during his prime

Centro was fine til 400 left. He let DuanBang and company make moves around him and he got boxed in. He should've made that move and taken it early, he may have had a better chance. Passing on the inside of guys and side-stepping before trying to beat someone with equal to superior speed in the final 150 wasn't a good idea. I think Centro is still better, just didn't handle himself the final 400 like he usually does. He'll be fine. They both will.

DiscussNotDiscus wrote:

CoachO wrote:

Are you too cool to be a fan? Is it such a travesty for people to be excited about a young, talented runner?

Yes, I am too cool. I do not like Murphy's style.

You're cooler than I thought.

Bell Lap Ball Buster wrote:

Centro was fine til 400 left. He let DuanBang and company make moves around him and he got boxed in. He should've made that move and taken it early, he may have had a better chance. Passing on the inside of guys and side-stepping before trying to beat someone with equal to superior speed in the final 150 wasn't a good idea. I think Centro is still better, just didn't handle himself the final 400 like he usually does. He'll be fine. They both will.

Bell Lap Ball Buster wrote:

I think Centro is still better

lol okay. that's why he got his doors blown off by a future 3:27/28 guy

I like Murphy, but if you think he's coming within 1-3 seconds of the world record in the 1500, I don't really care about your opinion.

centro doesnt care about this at all. you have to be joking if you say he is "devastated". He races 800's all the time solely for speed work, this is is the same. it is a freaking 1k while he is a 1500m runner, and murphy obviously is a better 800 runner than centro.

Bell Lap Ball Buster wrote:

I like Murphy, but if you think he's coming within 1-3 seconds of the world record in the 1500, I don't really care about your opinion.

Sure he will. His pale skin bothers you, but he's simply more talented the Centro who has run 3:30.