Michele Ferrari on Mo Farah

Another attention seeker.

The keyword here is "unhealthy thin".

Yes, he maybe be the fastest in the 5000/10000 but his overall health is rather poor.

"ghastly, unhealthy thinness"

Farah is obviously very thin, but no more so that any of the East African distance runners on the circuit, with the possible exception of K. Bekele. In no way does he look remotely unhealthy, to my mind.

he's 5'9 143. not that thin. kiprop is 6'2 and weights the same. now THATS thin. El Guerrouj in his record setting phase was 5'9 and 126. THATS thin. farah ain't that thin.

tall skinny runner wrote:

he's 5'9 143.

Very thin athletes "on a program" typically exaggerate their weight.

Chris Froome is listed at 71 KG/ 156 LBS. No way.

What's ironic is that being "ghastly thin" is the number one thing Ferrari emphasized to his athletes (Lance, Tyler Hamilton, other top cyclists). Even more than injecting his athletes with EPO and a host of other drugs, he pleaded with his athletes to improve their diets.

Ferrari was also a coaching genius without the drugs, revolutionizing how cyclists train, but that's another story.

If Farah is thin, then what does that make Kiprop?

tall skinny runner wrote:

he's 5'9 143.

lol where are you getting this from!?? He is MUCH lighter than that.

Probably 130lbs.

tall skinny runner wrote:

he's 5'9 143. not that thin. kiprop is 6'2 and weights the same. now THATS thin. El Guerrouj in his record setting phase was 5'9 and 126. THATS thin. farah ain't that thin.

we've been through this recently. webb is 5'9" 143, just to give you some context of what that looks like on an elite distance runner. farah is 5'9" 126-128.

to be clean and still be the very best at endurance sport you HAVE to dip into that unhealthy zone of being "ghastly thin". the trick is to stay a few pounds on the right side of the line, then only cross that line for several weeks at a time for top competitions.

the alternative, not being ghastly thin, and appearing SOMEWHAT normal in terms of body weight, requires an absolute genetic freak, or someone that is willing to cheat. you get someone that looks more like Makhloufi, who i'm not accusing, just saying he's a genetic freak or he's gassed.

+1

Keep up the good work.

Xfit_guy_the_real_one_1 wrote:

The keyword here is "unhealthy thin".

Yes, he maybe be the fastest in the 5000/10000 but his overall health is rather poor.

And you strike many here as "unhealthy mentally," homoerotic and unpleasant.

seems like ferrari's calling peds on froome and mo

ferrari obviously knows quite qell what they're on anyhow

considering his medical and doping expertise

News to Farrari: East Africans are very thin. End of thread

tall skinny runner wrote:

he's 5'9 143. not that thin. kiprop is 6'2 and weights the same. now THATS thin. El Guerrouj in his record setting phase was 5'9 and 126. THATS thin. farah ain't that thin.

Rupp is listed at 5-11, 138.. There is absolutely no way Farah ways more than Rupp.

man, i'm 6'1/2" and 153 and i thought i was getting a little too lean lol

word on the street wrote:

tall skinny runner wrote:

he's 5'9 143. not that thin. kiprop is 6'2 and weights the same. now THATS thin. El Guerrouj in his record setting phase was 5'9 and 126. THATS thin. farah ain't that thin.

Rupp is listed at 5-11, 138.. There is absolutely no way Farah ways more than Rupp.

Sigh. I think you meant weighs.

mistermano wrote:

seems like ferrari's calling peds on froome and mo

Shock of the year.

We could argue about Mo's real weight, and it's easy to throw around adjectives like "ghastly," which is pretty subjective. I don't get where the "unhealthy" comes from. seriously, did I miss something? Has Mo been ill? For whatever it's worth, when I was running quite a bit and competing at the marathon distance, certainly not as an elite athlete, I was a fraction under 6'0" tall, and for at least twenty years I weighed between 140 and 145. I was not at all unhealthy at the time. Maybe people thought I looked "ghastly," who knows...