Centrowitz says he'll never run the 5k because there's no "glamour" or "hype" around the event

objectiveobserver wrote:

WE have a saying in my country of origin:

"The berries are sayer said the fox. He couldn´t reach them".

As stated by several other posters above:

Centro would possibly not stand a change if he moved up to the 5000m.

chriscarstenson wrote:

Centro ran 13:00.39 as recently as 2019, I believe.

jamin wrote:

That's definitely true in the relative context of T&F at large (Sprints and some field are the prestigious events) but I don't think it's true relative to the 1500m.

People who aren't distance runners consider the 1500m and 5000m equally lame, and people who are distance runners consider both events to be about equal in prestige and equally interesting to watch.

Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ZOmK3Iv9k&ab...

chriscarstenson wrote:

Centro ran 13:00.39 as recently as 2019, I believe.

high school xc coach wrote:

for the casual, it is the 100 and the marathon. nothing in between matters.

in high school, the 1600/mile has prestige over other distance events, but I don't think that's true in college and the pros.

I think his thoughts on the events are born of self preservation, whether he knows it or not. he just wouldn't be good enough in the 5000, so the effort to move up just wouldn't be worth it.

MasterofNone wrote:

high school xc coach wrote:

for the casual, it is the 100 and the marathon. nothing in between matters.

in high school, the 1600/mile has prestige over other distance events, but I don't think that's true in college and the pros.

I think his thoughts on the events are born of self preservation, whether he knows it or not. he just wouldn't be good enough in the 5000, so the effort to move up just wouldn't be worth it.

Maybe not now, but when he ran 13:01 back in 2019, he should have moved up. The wheels were coming off even back then. Obviously an all-time great 1500 guy, but there was untapped potential in the 5k

jamwatch wrote:

In his defense, they usually show the entire 1500 without cutting to commercial or another event.

No luck on getting your letsrun account shut down? You create a lot of clicks on stuff you post - that might explain it.

jamin wrote:

That's definitely true in the relative context of T&F at large (Sprints and some field are the prestigious events) but I don't think it's true relative to the 1500m.

People who aren't distance runners consider the 1500m and 5000m equally lame, and people who are distance runners consider both events to be about equal in prestige and equally interesting to watch.

Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ZOmK3Iv9k&ab...

bebebebe wrote:

Jamin is 100% wrong here. The 1500m has always been considered the most prestigious track event along with the 100m. It was always known as the 'blue ribband' event, and is why you have 'The Dream Mile' and never 'The Dream 5000m'. The top 1500m guys have always been more famous to the public than the top 5000 or 10000 guys.