• jjjjjj
      • RE: MATT MF CENTROWITZ 8/23/2016 12:00PM - in reply to Spork
      • jjjjjj
      • According to this thread, Jose Luis Gonzalez in 1987 Euro cup beat Cram narrowly in 3:49 with a last lap of 49.9/50.0 with Cram just a couple tenths back, while Ryun was 50.6 (or 49 by one observer) in the 3:38 and also 50.6 at altitude in 1968 in Lake Tahoe in 3:49, plus Bashir and Cacho were about 50.6 in 1992.
        http://trackandfieldnews.com/d...-1500-mile
    • SlowFatMaster
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      • RE: MATT MF CENTROWITZ 8/24/2016 5:31AM - in reply to jjjjjj
      • SlowFatMaster
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      • Congrats, Matthew!

        I may have missed this in another thread, but what about that workout that Masback said Matthew did? If I remember correctly, it was 8 x 400 in 51 or better with the last one in 49! Even with pretty long rests, that sounds brutal and maybe impossible.
    • Olympic Gold Is Forever
      • RE: MATT MF CENTROWITZ 9/10/2016 6:46PM - in reply to Belltower Pumpkin
      • Olympic Gold Is Forever
      • Belltower Pumpkin wrote:
        Blah blah blah.

        When Centro goes to bed at night,

        That damn gold is under HIS pillow.
        This.
    • Dick Swingenlow
      • RE: MATT MF CENTROWITZ 9/10/2016 8:41PM - in reply to ryan foreman
      • Dick Swingenlow
      • ryan foreman wrote:
        Funny thing is that multiple times runners pulled up right alongside of Centro during that race. Blankenship did with about 800M to go. I have to think in his case he was sacrificing for Centro even though he didn't say anything about it post race.

        BB and Centro seem to get along but no way on Earth was Ben "sacrificing" anything in this race. Centro matched every move made on him and by the time the "movers" got serious, Centro was flying.

        The official last 400 was 50.5, last 600 was 1:17.9. That 600 is worth 47.1 for 400 equivalence on the IAAF tables, and I am sure it is a PR for Matthew.
    • Coke n Pepsi
      • RE: MATT MF CENTROWITZ 9/10/2016 8:59PM - in reply to Dick Swingenlow
      • Coke n Pepsi
      • Dick Swingenlow wrote:
        ryan foreman wrote:
        Funny thing is that multiple times runners pulled up right alongside of Centro during that race. Blankenship did with about 800M to go. I have to think in his case he was sacrificing for Centro even though he didn't say anything about it post race.

        BB and Centro seem to get along but no way on Earth was Ben "sacrificing" anything in this race. Centro matched every move made on him and by the time the "movers" got serious, Centro was flying.

        The official last 400 was 50.5, last 600 was 1:17.9. That 600 is worth 47.1 for 400 equivalence on the IAAF tables, and I am sure it is a PR for Matthew.
        Centro is the only guy who actually ran 1500m. The silver and bronze medalists both ran the last lap in the same time as Centro btw. That little bit they had to move around during the race proved to be difference across the line. Today's guys aren't as speed sharp as some of the old-timers even if their conditioning is far and away superior.