Centro apparently 'on the warpath' - looking to do BIG THINGS at Pre Classic

[quote]beast among boys wrote:

Never doubt the Champ. Didn't perform like he wanted in Tokyo, looking to make amends and take

I have the biggest respect for Centro winning the Gold at Rio. He controlled the race perfectly to his liking and took the victory. However winning the Olympic gold doesn't necessarily make you a "fast" 1500m runner compared to the other elites. I believe this is why Centro didn't medal at Tokyo. It was a fast race, the fastest in Olympic history, and the winning time of 3:28 may be beyond his all time capability - his best ever is 3:30 set 6 years ago. My thoughts are if it's a similarly fast race in Eugene he may have a similar outcome to Tokyo.

KaareV wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

More related to if pacing sucks or it’s windy/crappy weather. Tim has run slow at Pre before. Yes if conditions allow it it should be fast. Poster said 3 seconds gap…even in a fast race 3:45-6 it’s a disappointing result if Centro doesn’t run 3:48. The setup will be much better than Amos/Thompson doing Tim Sein impressions.

The weather forecast is just fine. Let's say Jakob 3.44 Tim 3.45 and Centro and the other Ingebrigtsen 3.48.

"the other Ingebrigtsen"

Ever since Filip's brother began beating him regularly, he has had to take a back seat. Well! How the mighty have fallen!

aging Titus wrote:

KaareV wrote:

The weather forecast is just fine. Let's say Jakob 3.44 Tim 3.45 and Centro and the other Ingebrigtsen 3.48.

"the other Ingebrigtsen"

Ever since Filip's brother began beating him regularly, he has had to take a back seat. Well! How the mighty have fallen!

Well, this other brother has often been sick. He might have a comeback next year or even this. But you are right compared ... but yes, the mighty have fallen.

Let me laugh

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

beast among boys wrote:

Never doubt the Champ. Didn't perform like he wanted in Tokyo, looking to make amends and take scalps in his homecoming to Eugene!

Source? Where did you hear he is 'on the Warpath'????

Ya gotta root for the guy. Would be awesome if he gets another mile PB

KaareV wrote:

The weather forecast is just fine. Let's say Jakob 3.44 Tim 3.45 and Centro and the other Ingebrigtsen 3.48.

You have high expectations. 3:44 would be a career-best performance. I don't want to rule it out but 3:45mid-3:46.xx would be a great winning time from Jakob or Tim and more realistic to me.

Sure to me Sentra was just overtrained and came up flat

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

KaareV wrote:

The weather forecast is just fine. Let's say Jakob 3.44 Tim 3.45 and Centro and the other Ingebrigtsen 3.48.

You have high expectations. 3:44 would be a career-best performance. I don't want to rule it out but 3:45mid-3:46.xx would be a great winning time from Jakob or Tim and more realistic to me.

May be. Jakob is in this 5-6 weeks of top shape. We will get a pretty clear indication of his real capasity. If he is more than 2 sec behind El Gs WR then he is not better than 3.28 at 1500. So high expectations and they may be wrong. We have to wait and see and then we can comment again. This time I think he will be in front of the race for the last 400-600 meters.

Do you really not know the word ‘capacity’?

sportwatcher wrote:

Do you really not know the word ‘capacity’?

And that is your point? Right, sometimes when I write in english I spell some words wrong. But usually I do my best, and sometimes it is not good enough. But to your question. Yes, I know the word and what it signifies. And that was your contribution to a foreigner.

The question beckons, how jet lagged will he be? Norway-Japan-Norway-Eugene in the past few weeks might have an affect on the young buck at this point of the season.

As they say, the money is in the bank, just have to start writing checks. Centro dollars baby!!!!! Big withdrawal coming! These checks WON'T bounce.

OozmaKappa wrote:

Aouita 84 wrote:

"Anti-tactical racing propaganda" WTF? What is that?

You "Race" to win...PERIOD! It's a very simple concept unless you've never experienced it. It's safe to say you've never participated in elite racing (sitting in the stands doesn't count) but to voice an opinion with little if any working knowledge is just plain moronic. You don't have to like the dude, just acknowledge the accomplishments.

How F**king Stupid are you?

It's basically wanting to watch a 1500m race as opposed to a 3 lap jog followed by a 400m sprint.

As well as wanting the resulting performances to somewhat match the capabilities of the runners.

I watch the races to see who was the fastest over that distance on that day, therefore an outcome that doesn't satisfactorily answer that question is, well, unsatisfying.

Ahhh!!!

I'll give you credit for that answer, only because I understand and support what you're saying, BUT...you're talking about two different types of "racing".

1) Championship Racing (Oly Games, World Champs, etc...)- The #1 priority is WINNING! No matter how fast or slow. Simply who gets from point A to point B first.

2) Racing for times (AR-WR)- These are set up with pacemakers, lights, in nice weather if possible (evenings). These are your typical Diamond League events (Oslo, Zurich, Monaco, Hengelo, etc...) Unfortunately, we don't see too many American records and or World records in championship events, especially the distance races. Too much risk/reward and the money for fast times and records is HUGE in Europe.

All good.

beast among boys wrote:

Never doubt the Champ. Didn't perform like he wanted in Tokyo, looking to make amends and take scalps in his homecoming to Eugene!

Pretty sure it's inappropriate these days to say "take scalps".

Marty Liquori more safely called it taking pelts or hanging hides.

Suppose the PC police are probably coming for "warpath" next. Best get ahead of that one, too.

Filip's not quite at the level in the 1500m that he was several years ago. He had the chance to break 3:30 in his best race in Monaco and slowed slightly in the last meters, running 3:30.01, when he could have broken it by a fair amount. But he ran 7:34.00 3k pr this year. He has also run 3:32.23 this year (Monaco). Last year, he ran a Norwegian 1k record with 2:16.46 and also pr'd in the 800m with a 1:46.75, which has gradually come down since 1:50.81 in 2011 (when he was just 18 and had a 51.41 400m pr), while running 3:30.35 at Monaco. In sum, he's clearly had some injury or health issues around championships but he's been in excellent form when healthy even in 2020-21, and at 28, he might still break 3:30 or even possibly medal again.

GreatDane1 wrote:

[quote]beast among boys wrote:

Never doubt the Champ. Didn't perform like he wanted in Tokyo, looking to make amends and take

I have the biggest respect for Centro winning the Gold at Rio. He controlled the race perfectly to his liking and took the victory. However winning the Olympic gold doesn't necessarily make you a "fast" 1500m runner compared to the other elites. I believe this is why Centro didn't medal at Tokyo. It was a fast race, the fastest in Olympic history, and the winning time of 3:28 may be beyond his all time capability - his best ever is 3:30 set 6 years ago. My thoughts are if it's a similarly fast race in Eugene he may have a similar outcome to Tokyo.

Can’t believe anyone is still taking Centro seriously in a fast contest. He’s gonna be middle of the pack at best, and if he hangs near the front he’ll be totally goosed with 150 to go. Stick a fork in him for any global victories.

Sub-3:30 or STFU and GTFO.

It's over.

Aouita 84 wrote: Championship Racing (Oly Games, World Champs, etc...)- The #1 priority is WINNING! No matter how fast or slow. Simply who gets from point A to point B first.

Right.

And if #1 in the race is THREE SECONDS FASTER THAN YOUR PB, and also FOUR GUYS FINISH FASTER THAN YOUR PB in a championship race that would be a pretty damn good time to run your fastest, right? That final was stacked with PBs.

Oh, right, Centro didn't even make the final.