Jos Hermens: "Mo is lucky there’s not an athlete like (Geb or Tergat) that he has to compete against"

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Sara Germano in the WSJ has an article on Mo Farah "Mo Farah Dominates His Competition—or Lack There Of"

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Well, he can't get people to respond as well as KB and Geb because testing is slightly better and he was just lucky to find two high responders at basically the same time. And that's the truth.

isn't so that the talent has gravitated toward the marathon for monetary reasons?

Interesting statement. Depends on how you look at it. Many would say Geb (more so) and Tergat were lucky to have each other because their friendly rivalry drove them to levels that they might not have achieved without each other.

Hot take: Geb and Tergat are lucky they never had to compete against Farah.

it's true best kenyan 10k talent is generally on road

eliud was probably in 26'20 shape in his 2"03-flat & he was training for M !!!

however, the kenyans have got nearly 2 best possible current 1/2M guys in 10k ( eliud wouda been at least up there with karoke for 2nd in cardiff ) & tanui looked in ~ 26'20 shape in trials if you converts vivian's/betsy's trial times to sea-level

however, it's Kamwo or bust

as malmo said elsewhere, this is 1st games in history ( well, maybe since '72/'76 ) where kenyans have weather ( if not too windy as sprints in morning were ) to grind mo into the dust

it has to be done from gun with nothing less than 64s laps from gun

kenya have 3 guys in

26'00 - 26'15

shape, if all 100% fit

you can't let it drift & get smacked again by a guy who will kick in a 54 in finishing 26'50

no jog for 1k then hammering it, as you can't make it 9k race

hermens is damn wrong

the 3 kenyans are as good as bekele in his prime, the top one, a quantum leap better than kennster

he needs to get his boyz to even-pace him thru 5k in 13'05 - 13'10 & keep going to 7k, hopefully 8k at same pace, & they can then wave him past having done their job

it's simply a matter if Kamwo can have paid enough for the other 2 boyz to sacrifice themselves...

Mo is only a year younger than K Bekele... so I look at Mo and say his peak was not as high as Kenny's but he has certainly been more durable.

norphxc wrote:

Mo is only a year younger than K Bekele... so I look at Mo and say his peak was not as high as Kenny's but he has certainly been more durable.

Not even close. Bekele is/was far more durable than Farah. Farah only races a few times per year and none of them are hard fast races. Bekele ran year round against all competition and chased fast times. Bekele is far far more durable than Farah.

as were lucky to be alive in free for all epo era................

and bekele lucky to have a manager with connections

and get use of the best epo micera by far years before others

micera was magic

all done when could rock any hematocrit .

very lucky ................

Jos is a fool guys dont pay him any attention

Jabe Truth wrote:

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Knuppel wrote:

Jos is a fool guys dont pay him any attention

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LetsRun.com wrote:

Sara Germano in the WSJ has an article on Mo Farah "Mo Farah Dominates His Competition—or Lack There Of"

We think this link will let non subscribers read it:

http://bit.ly/2b6gLnz

Absolutely, no question.

You think Mo could have hung with Bekele back in 08? No way!

Greatest 5000m ever run!

All these 13:30-40 5000's its a joke!

vygyyg wrote:

norphxc wrote:

Mo is only a year younger than K Bekele... so I look at Mo and say his peak was not as high as Kenny's but he has certainly been more durable.

Not even close. Bekele is/was far more durable than Farah. Farah only races a few times per year and none of them are hard fast races. Bekele ran year round against all competition and chased fast times. Bekele is far far more durable than Farah.

Not sure how that makes him "far far more durable than Farah."

Farah is winning gold medals in his 30s. Bekele hasn't won a gold medal in 7 years.

Jos is lucky there is no serious enforcement of agent's association with dopers. If there were, he'd have been gone decades ago and no celebrated by the IAAF president Coe.

it's true best kenyan 10k talent is generally on road

eliud was probably in 26'10 / 26'20 shape in his 2"03-flat & he was training for M !!!

however, the kenyans have got nearly 2 best possible current 1/2M guys in 10k ( eliud wouda been at least up there with karoke for 2nd in cardiff ) & tanui looked in ~ 26'20 shape in trials if you converts vivian's/betsy's trial times to sea-level

however, it's Kamwo or bust

as malmo said elsewhere, this is 1st games in history

( well, maybe since '72/'76 )

where kenyans have weather

( if not too windy as sprints in morning were )

to grind mo into the dust

it has to be done from gun with nothing less than 64s laps from gun

kenya have 3 guys in

26'00 - 26'15

shape, if all 100% fit

you can't let it drift & get smacked again by a guy who will kick in a 54 in finishing 26'50

no jog for 1k then hammering it, as you can't make it 9k race

the 3 kenyans are as good as bekele in his prime, the top one, a quantum leap better than kennster

he needs to get his boyz to even-pace him thru 5k in 13'05 - 13'10 & keep going to 7k, hopefully 8k at same pace, & they can then wave him past having done their job

it's simply a matter if Kamwo can have paid enough for the other 2 boyz to sacrifice themselves...