Mo Farah - What a talent!!!

Very good

10/10

He should have gone on the juice from the start like the others 'GOATS'

Very well written. I was just reminded of his 13.50 over 5k the last time in Beijing 2007...unable to make it to the final.

Very funny. Top-notch sports commentary. Jim Rome, Colin Cowherd level.

Pretty hard to argue with the fact that Mo dominates and is truly the best of the best at this moment. At this decade..

That he's a doper doesn't doesn't change a thing. Geb, Kenny and El Garouch were too.

I always predicted that mo would fail in a race like this. I was wrong and it seems like the only way to get rid of him is either tackle him or make sure you take him on from the start and pull away 200m's from at K8. Impossible. So i admit i was truly wrong about him.

Sham Mcshammerson wrote:

Very well written. I was just reminded of his 13.50 over 5k the last time in Beijing 2007...unable to make it to the final.

I think you mean 2008. I forgot totally about that race. In the 2008 Olymipc 5000 final, Mo didn't make the final. That's a good nugget we'll have to include in our 5000 recap.

Heat 2

1 Edwin Soi KEN 3 Mar 86 13:46.41 Q

2 Moses Kipsiro UGA 2 Sep 86 13:46.58 Q

3 Abreham Cherkos ETH 23 Sep 89 13:47.60 Q

4 Jesús España ESP 21 Aug 78 13:48.88 Q

5 Ali Abdalla Afringi ERI 2 Nov 82 13:49.68

6 Mohamed Farah GBR 23 Mar 83 13:50.95

7 Adrian Blincoe NZL 4 Nov 79 13:55.27

8 Mourad Marofit MAR 26 Jan 82 14:00.76

9 Ian Dobson USA 6 Feb 82 14:05.47

10 Tonny Wamulwa ZAM 6 Aug 89 14:06.96

11 Kevin Sullivan CAN 20 Mar 74 14:09.16 SB «

12 Ali Saïdi-Sief ALG 15 Mar 78 14:15.00

13 Nader Al-Massri PLE 26 Jan 80 14:41.10 SB «

Heat 3

Ah, another dipshit

I'm sure those who saw Usain Bolt running at Osaka in 2007, in which he came second to Tyson Gay 200m and never ran a 100m race in his life, predicted that Bolt would go on to become the greatest sprinter of all time, smashing the World record numerous times and dominating the sport and winning Gold medals after Gold Medals.

I'm sure those who saw Bekele win the double double in 2009, predicted that he would bomb hard after that and do nothing on the track again. Dropping out of a 10k race in 2011 and finishing 4th at the Olympics.

In 2009 I watched Mo being introduced to some basic weight training exercises in a S+C gym in London. I could not believe what I had witnesses to be honest. He looked like he had never been in weight room; form all over the place and as weak as a kitten. Fast forward, moving to a system that could compliment his talent in 2011 and it is obvious to me how he made the required jump from also ran to world beater. I expect to be shot down here but I see how the progression and 1 percenters have been added to his running.

bobgob wrote:

Ah, another dipshit

I'm sure those who saw Usain Bolt running at Osaka in 2007, in which he came second to Tyson Gay 200m and never ran a 100m race in his life, predicted that Bolt would go on to become the greatest sprinter of all time, smashing the World record numerous times and dominating the sport and winning Gold medals after Gold Medals.

I'm sure those who saw Bekele win the double double in 2009, predicted that he would bomb hard after that and do nothing on the track again. Dropping out of a 10k race in 2011 and finishing 4th at the Olympics.

Fair and salient point my friend.

When Usain Bolt was world junior champion at the age of 15, I thought to myself this kid is going nowhere. Not many agreed with me then of course. But when it took it him until he was 17 before he could even break 20s for 200m, most of the athletics world was in agreement that Bolt was not that gifted.

Certainly nowhere near the unique gifts Mo had displayed as a junior. And senior. And right up until the age most athletes start thinking about retirement.

lol pwned

28 is an age to think about retirement? In most Sports, that's your peak years.

But of course, nobody can ever improve. If you never broke records at junior levels, you might as well pack your bags and go home. I mean, why keep running. There's no way you can ever improve.

Change diet? training regime? change coach? change running style? No no no. All of that is pointless. Once you reach 22 and you're not world class, give up or else you must be doping.

rojo wrote:

Sham Mcshammerson wrote:

Very well written. I was just reminded of his 13.50 over 5k the last time in Beijing 2007...unable to make it to the final.

I think you mean 2008. I forgot totally about that race. In the 2008 Olymipc 5000 final, Mo didn't make the final. That's a good nugget we'll have to include in our 5000 recap.

Heat 2

1 Edwin Soi KEN 3 Mar 86 13:46.41 Q

2 Moses Kipsiro UGA 2 Sep 86 13:46.58 Q

3 Abreham Cherkos ETH 23 Sep 89 13:47.60 Q

4 Jesús España ESP 21 Aug 78 13:48.88 Q

5 Ali Abdalla Afringi ERI 2 Nov 82 13:49.68

6 Mohamed Farah GBR 23 Mar 83 13:50.95

7 Adrian Blincoe NZL 4 Nov 79 13:55.27

8 Mourad Marofit MAR 26 Jan 82 14:00.76

9 Ian Dobson USA 6 Feb 82 14:05.47

10 Tonny Wamulwa ZAM 6 Aug 89 14:06.96

11 Kevin Sullivan CAN 20 Mar 74 14:09.16 SB «

12 Ali Saïdi-Sief ALG 15 Mar 78 14:15.00

13 Nader Al-Massri PLE 26 Jan 80 14:41.10 SB «

Heat 3

To be fair Mo did smoke Adrian Blincoe and Ian Dobson in that race, so even then his goat talent was there on display

Not stories, but witnessing real life. Any of you boys seen Mo injecting EPO?

Sour grapes wrote:

In 2009 I watched Mo being introduced to some basic weight training exercises in a S+C gym in London...

Our of curiosity, which one? St. Mary's didn't have their fancy new weight room then, did they? And who was introducing him?

He won't be the first runner who shifted gears when they started to make their legs stronger...

Lee Valley Athletics Centre. I don't know who the coach was to me honest.

bobgob wrote:

28 is an age to think about retirement? In most Sports, that's your peak years.

Ummm, Mo is several years older than 28.

Yes Mo, incredible work. He's definitively entered GOAT considerations now.

As the esteemed philosopher Swift said "haters gonna hate".

you guys don't get it. GOAT talent isn't just inherent in a person's running performances starting from a young age. oftentimes, it's made or broken by whether or not he's had american technicians tinker with his running form in some high-tech lab.