Fair or foul: Centro kicks for the half-mile prime at 5th Avenue Mile even though he makes north of 500k per year

twistncrawl wrote:

With Centro's recent form he had to know he was not going to finish in the top half of the race so why not get some TV time, have a bit of fun and pick up a few bucks.

You mean the terrible form that made him finish 2nd in the Olympic Trials and run a sub 3:50 mile?

Further proof that 'fans' on this site don't like pro athletes making money.

mrmagont wrote:

I don't care if he collected the thousand bucks or whatever it was regardless of his yearly income. I think it is telling however, that he was completely aware and resolved of the fact that he had no chance of winning the race. And the fact that by going for the gimmick money, he is completely fine with all of us knowing it as well.

Happens all the time in cycling. Guys who have no chance to win the overall going for bonuses/stage wins, regardless of how much they get paid. Why not? Centro already raced a road mile where the pot was only $5k.

[/quote] Would've been really cool if he donated the money to a 9/11 charity.

This! Now, that would be classy.

Can't blame the guy. He has to keep buying food cart burrito's for his gal pal Shelby.

ROFL if I could win an easy 1k I totally would. Why are people hating on this. Makes no sense. LRC is getting soft AF when we start criticizing people for being too competitive.

So now he makes $501K this year, that's barely 10% over the average letsrunner's annual income. He should do better.

Why don't we break it into 2 groups of runners. One on each side of the mile.

The first group starts at the "normal" start and finishes at the normal finish.

The second group starts at the finish and finishes at the start.

Who wins? Fastest time to cover the mile...doesn't matter which way you went.

Him taking the money at the halfway mark then vanishing, is a metaphor for his last 5 years.

He's half cracked it.

If he had any pride he'd have tried to win it. Its clear he us more afraid of losing than turning it loose.

Unless he wakes up, he's young and done.

I worked at a running shop long enough to realize that most of the posters are crusty, old and spending their Saturdays run/walking with The Galloway Group with their significant others. Outsiders looking in. Nothing but entertainment fodder.

Foul

So if I'm Aaron Rodgers, I shouldn't try to make it to the playoffs and get my bonus so I can leave it to the guys that make less than me? Pretty sure Centro can kick for whatever money is available and it's fine with me.

tjlayne wrote:

So if I'm Aaron Rodgers, I shouldn't try to make it to the playoffs and get my bonus so I can leave it to the guys that make less than me? Pretty sure Centro can kick for whatever money is available and it's fine with me.

Again, a killer analogy! Centro haters go home shameless.

chockopudge wrote:

Him taking the money at the halfway mark then vanishing, is a metaphor for his last 5 years.

He's half cracked it.

If he had any pride he'd have tried to win it. Its clear he us more afraid of losing than turning it loose.

Unless he wakes up, he's young and done.

This. He was scared to fail trying, so he set up a B "achievement".

Total coward move.

Like when kids get scared in a 5000 and decide at the last minute to "just time trial the first 3000 and jog it in".

Was anyone seriously talking about this guy for a medal in Tokyo? lolololol

Eh, I don't have a problem with it but it is still an interesting choice since he's made the most outta everyone else on the start line & shouldn't need it. That being said, I like the intermediate bonus. It works well in other sports and the mile is one of the few running events where it makes some sense. Can't have people kicking in the middle of a long distance race because they'll have zero shot at the win.

NYRR paid out $5k for the win & $1k for 5th. 8th gets $250. Less prize money than I would have guessed. If Centro had raced for place he would've come in the top-10 but maybe not in the top-5. He made more than the 8 guys in front of him. His overall money result seems about right. I'd put him around 5th in this field on that day. Guarantee the payday, take a risk, and see if you have legs after getting the bonus. He went right back to the pack and tried to gear up for the 2nd half of the race & didn't have the legs for it.

He just showed us all that he doesn't mind humiliating himself for 800 bucks. No pride but he's got some pocket change. Just shows where he's at.

When Centro is on your payroll you get to tell him how to race unless he asked for your advice. But you can still write him a letter and tell him he lost a fan for bagging an extra $1k.

OozmaKappa wrote:

Did webb finish in the top 14 of that race?

I don't think so, he basically dropped out, then jogged in but way, way back. Think they had a "top 20" mandate for the bonus? Hesch ended up picking it up, of all people. Some funny photos of that one, IIRC