Can Mo Farah Become 1500 Meter World Record Holder?

CMFB1MWRC wrote:

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Yes. He has the Strength and the Speed. He would have to focus more on the event and run it more frequently. Maybe even step down to the 800 2-3x in the season.

No, he is still slower than bernard lagat

No, he does not have the speed. His best chance at a world record is 10k, maybe 5k or 3k.

CMFB1MWRC wrote:

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Not now

A few years back when his long- standing dosage of regular epo combined with albertos new-found training tweaks and TUEs represented his best chance

Manchester wrote:

No, he does not have the speed. His best chance at a world record is 10k, maybe 5k or 3k.

Sub 51 last lap speed...yeah MO is way slow.

Faster 1500m PR than

Coe, Cram, Ovett, Cacho...

The answer is maybe. He has run 3:28 while training for the 5/10k so you can't definitively say no. However, 3:26 and 3:28 aren't as close as they sound. He would need to dedicate his entire season and training cycle towards it this year or the next. After that he'll be too old.

Slow Poke Mo wrote:

Manchester wrote:

No, he does not have the speed. His best chance at a world record is 10k, maybe 5k or 3k.

Sub 51 last lap speed...yeah MO is way slow.

Faster 1500m PR than

Coe, Cram, Ovett, Cacho...

And still 3 seconds behind El Guerrouj

51 speed isn't going to cut it

5k/10k however, he could get closer to

dial it up wrote:

The answer is maybe. He has run 3:28 while training for the 5/10k so you can't definitively say no. However, 3:26 and 3:28 aren't as close as they sound. He would need to dedicate his entire season and training cycle towards it this year or the next. After that he'll be too old.

Mo isn't that interested in the 1500. He will stay where he makes his money.

Hypothetically he has the ability to challenge the WR as he ran 3:28 training for 5/10K

Manchester wrote:

Slow Poke Mo wrote:

Sub 51 last lap speed...yeah MO is way slow.

Faster 1500m PR than

Coe, Cram, Ovett, Cacho...

And still 3 seconds behind El Guerrouj

51 speed isn't going to cut it

5k/10k however, he could get closer to

El G had 1:47 800 speed.

If we are talking sprint speed. Coe, Cacho, Ovett, and perhaps even Cram or Auoita were faster than EL G. None of them could run El G 1500 Time

That sub 51 was at the end of a 5k but ok

He can hold every WR from 1500-10000. He has the speed and the strength. Does behave the MOTIVATION to go for it.

He's the double Olympic champ 5/10k and he's run 3:28 in his only serious 1500 in recent years. He can go 3:25-7:19-12:30-26:00s. He's got the talent for it.

Mobotronics wrote:

He can hold every WR from 1500-10000. He has the speed and the strength. Does behave the MOTIVATION to go for it.

He's the double Olympic champ 5/10k and he's run 3:28 in his only serious 1500 in recent years. He can go 3:25-7:19-12:30-26:00s. He's got the talent for it.

Mo does but he won't pursuit the 1500.

That sub 51 was during a 14:10 5k,,, basically walking for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCmEqSGpjY

Bernard lagat threw down a near sub 51(last lap was 51.94 on the clock but lagat was back in fourth at the bell) while breaking 13 and beating Bekele, thats what it takes to run 3'26"34 let alone 3'26"00

He does wrote:

Mobotronics wrote:

He can hold every WR from 1500-10000. He has the speed and the strength. Does behave the MOTIVATION to go for it.

He's the double Olympic champ 5/10k and he's run 3:28 in his only serious 1500 in recent years. He can go 3:25-7:19-12:30-26:00s. He's got the talent for it.

Mo does but he won't pursuit the 1500.

Pursue*

Keep it real wrote:

Manchester wrote:

And still 3 seconds behind El Guerrouj

51 speed isn't going to cut it

5k/10k however, he could get closer to

El G had 1:47 800 speed.

If we are talking sprint speed. Coe, Cacho, Ovett, and perhaps even Cram or Auoita were faster than EL G. None of them could run El G 1500 Time

That sub 51 was at the end of a 5k but ok

1:47 speed? come on

Brev wrote:

Keep it real wrote:

El G had 1:47 800 speed.

If we are talking sprint speed. Coe, Cacho, Ovett, and perhaps even Cram or Auoita were faster than EL G. None of them could run El G 1500 Time

That sub 51 was at the end of a 5k but ok

1:47 speed? come on

El G 800m PR 1:47.18

Noah Ngeny 3:28 1500 Man out kicked el g and lagat both 3:26 guys in 2000 OG's on his way to the OG Gold and OG 1500M RECORD.

Ngeny was a better sprinter than both of them. Obviously.

Mo could run with the best of all time 1500m guys. And he doesn't have Coe type sprint speed.

Mo has the ability to run WR 1500M but he won't chase it so we will never know.

Farah's best and only chance for a record is 2000m.

dsrunner wrote:

Farah's best and only chance for a record is 2000m.

No

Keep it real wrote:

El G had 1:47 800 speed.

And that's why he ran the last 800 in Athens in 1:46.

dial it up wrote:

The answer is maybe. He has run 3:28 while training for the 5/10k so you can't definitively say no. However, 3:26 and 3:28 aren't as close as they sound. He would need to dedicate his entire season and training cycle towards it this year or the next. After that he'll be too old.

You're right that 3:26 and 3:28 aren't that close, 3:28 and 3:28.81 aren't that close either. 3:28.81 IS his PR.

Moreover, he didn't have a `proper' 5/10k training at that time, he was training to close slow races fast, which is more like 1500m training.