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“My bottom end speed is usually pretty good, so like 200’s, 300’s, 400’s - they come around pretty quick - but that 800, 1000 kind of rep, that’s my weakness and what I tend to work on a lot.” -Matthew Centrowitz

‘Centro’ doesn’t really need a lead in. His potent finishing kick has already netted the street smart American Olympic Gold in Rio, and two World Championships minor medals; all over 1500m. We took a look over the training that has helped mould this 1500m superstar.


Profile

  • D.O.B: October 18th, 1989, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
  • Residence: Portland
  • Coach: Alberto Salazar
  • Height: 1.75m (5 ft 9 in)
  • Weight: 60kg (133 lb)

Highlights

  • Olympic 1500m Gold, Rio, 2016.
  • World Championship 1500m Silver, Moscow, 2013.
  • World Championship 1500m Bronze, Daegu, 2011.
  • World Indoor Championship 1500m Gold, Portland, 2016.
  • 2011 NCAA 1500m champion.

Personal Bests

  • 800m: 1:44.62
  • 1000m: 2:16.67
  • 1500m: 3:30.40
  • Mile: 3:50.53
  • 3000m: 8:20.09 outdoors - 7:40.74 Indoors
  • 5000m: 13:20.06

Salazar & Nike Oregon Project’s Mental Edge

Centro winning the 2016 US Olympic Trials. Photo by T&Fphoto, Randy Miyazaki

“In my eyes, it’s the best professional training group in the world.”  -Matthew Centrowitz

Centro is a core member of Alberto Salazar’s stable and he attributes the group environment to a lot of his success:

“They taught me not just what I am capable of in these workouts physically but also a lot of stuff mentally and psychologically from these guys and I think that’s a bigger piece really than a lot of these workouts and the physical preparation.”    -Matthew Centrowitz

Centro’s goes as far as stating that when it comes down to something like an Olympic final, with a bunch of close to equally talented athletes, that it is more a mental thing than physical:

“I think a lot of it is more mental than physical. The best way to work on that for me over the years was just a lot of races - every race from college to post-collegiate was a culmination of all those races that got me to where I was in Rio and I was able to respond to that slow, tactical race, and be able to handle that type of calibre of field.”  -Matthew Centrowitz


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