Was it that easy to beat Mo after all?

he got greedy

... wait 6 years for his speed to deteriorate...

Hippo wrote:

... wait 6 years for his speed to deteriorate...

...yes, but I wonder if it would have also worked in the 10,000m. That was only a few days ago. Surely his speed didn't deteriorate that much in the past few days.

Fvttfygtytg wrote:

Hippo wrote:

... wait 6 years for his speed to deteriorate...

...yes, but I wonder if it would have also worked in the 10,000m. That was only a few days ago. Surely his speed didn't deteriorate that much in the past few days.

It didn't, Edris has a better kick off a faster or slower pace- at least this year

And that's why I picked Edris 2 months ago to win

Fvttfygtytg wrote:

Don't make it a fast race

Don't lead

Go to front of pack with your teammates in last 800m

Have one of you teammates lead with 400m to go

Box Mo in

Finish fast

You need to add:

Be fresh

Have Mo race a 10,000 at nearly PR pace, less than a week before

Get lucky

Mo lost by a fraction of a second and the guy who placed first needed a 52 point last 400m to defeat him. Not so easy.

Blah blah.

MO IS DONE!!!

Mo is one of the greatest Track specialist of all time! He bearly missed 1st! It was a cracking last 800...about 1:53....after a hard 10K a week ago in 26:49....come on, who among us does not respect such an awesome performance?!

Mo will be great at the marathon too.

I don't know.

HIs personnal best aren't amazing.

milethon wrote:

Fvttfygtytg wrote:

Don't make it a fast race

Don't lead

Go to front of pack with your teammates in last 800m

Have one of you teammates lead with 400m to go

Box Mo in

Finish fast

You need to add:

Be fresh

Have Mo race a 10,000 at nearly PR pace, less than a week before

Get lucky

Ok, it was a 2 step process.

It seemed fairly insignificant at the time but I think Chelimo's fast first lap where Mo went right to the front in an effort to cover (in case Chelimo wanted to take off like did in the US champs) messed with Mo a bit. He usually lopes around in the back for a while (waving at the crowd in premature celebration) in a race that slow, but once he was up front he stayed there and had to deal with all the jostling that comes with that especially in a slower race.

Mo

2:04:30

Next Marathon

FitzyXC wrote:

It seemed fairly insignificant at the time but I think Chelimo's fast first lap where Mo went right to the front in an effort to cover (in case Chelimo wanted to take off like did in the US champs) messed with Mo a bit. He usually lopes around in the back for a while (waving at the crowd in premature celebration) in a race that slow, but once he was up front he stayed there and had to deal with all the jostling that comes with that especially in a slower race.

I think that's the last 1 000 that killed him.

The race was slow but the last 1 000 was insane.

The time at 11:09:67 from the Aussie

It ended at 13:33:79

Edrid ran sub 2"23 and probably sub 2"22 the last 1 000.

FitzyXC wrote:

It seemed fairly insignificant at the time but I think Chelimo's fast first lap where Mo went right to the front in an effort to cover (in case Chelimo wanted to take off like did in the US champs) messed with Mo a bit. He usually lopes around in the back for a while (waving at the crowd in premature celebration) in a race that slow, but once he was up front he stayed there and had to deal with all the jostling that comes with that especially in a slower race.

Just another area Bekele is better in, he could front run and set the pace Mo can't, he usual only goes to the front for a few seconds to slow things down and show himself until the last 600 really

Bekele would have never let himself be in MO's position, plus he wouldn't have let Pat get that gap would have been on that move in the blink of an eye.

its pathetic to even compare bekele to moe.

kenny b in his prime wud have killed moe any time. any where.

we are talkin about the greatest ever.

i mean geb was pretty much a livin legend and kenny surpassed him plus that he was king of kings at the x-country scene b4 switching to track.

"Was it that easy to beat Mo after all?"

No. How come it took so long to beat him then?

Mo had to come back from 26:49 a week ago and only ONE guy could beat him?

And no Kenyans could do it.

Very appropriate thread. I was thinking exactly the same thing as the race ended.

Countless posters here claim Farah is lucky. Today the field was lucky. Farah's teammate Butchart didn't do him any favors by rallying outside and pushing to the front just inside 600 meters to run. That was an unintentional sabotage. Instead of Farah allowed to calmly dictate the front end approaching the final lap suddenly the other contenders woke up and it turned into a frantic race.

That idiotic move by Butchart served to string out the field which enabled the Ethiopians opportunity to put their plan in place -- placing three in a line evenly spaced outside Farah and boxing him in as they hit the bell lap before sprinting away in tandem. That's exactly what Farah was referring to when he said the tactics finally worked. It was blatantly intentional because you could see Kejelcha looking over his right shoulder at the bell to make sure the procession was properly lined up. The other Ethiopian at that point immediately dropped in on the rail a couple spots behind Farah as if to force other runners to rally outside and box in everything.

Chelimo was the wild card. The Ethiopians had no idea what he would do and neither did Farah. It was pot luck whether he would help or hurt Farah. The extra body served to briefly box in Farah at the top of the stretch but it didn't matter at that point. The strategy had prevailed and Edris was gone.

The Mobot was inappropriate. Low class. Rick Allen had a terrible day. He described that Mobot by Edris as a tribute. It was a mock.