Mo Is running from the front in the great North Run

You forget, he's already made his mistakes - In London, with the tomfoolery re the water bottles. He won't be doing that again.

Plus that other key takeaway from that quote above - he expected to break his pb today and would have done but for the wind. That just shows us where he knows he is physically in his training cycle. Looking good, looking real good...

Banana Bread wrote:

I literally think Mo could medal in the Olympics now. Bekele gold, Kipchoge silver and Mo Bronze is my bet in the Olympic thon.

Right! Unless of course Bekele would literally push hard literally from the beginning, and the other two would foolishly try to hang on. Then Kipchoge and Mo would literally drop out before mile 10.

+1. One week to Copenhagen. I really hope he is not injured. Was looking forward to Mo and Galen racing. I just wonder how bad that Achilles injury is.

Yes Mo could medal. Even Alberto said he still has the talent to be the world best. But the line up for the olympics will be kipchoge, Galen and Mo. I think it’s a good thing if Galen may have some struggles now. Get it out of the way. He’s has so very few injuries but he always come back stronger.

Has Mo ever been injured? Kipchoge?

jflo wrote:

Mo Looks fit.

Yup. He looks very dope.

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

I think Bekele`s time in the glory is gone. Mo will run something like 2 x 59:26 + 5 min = 2.03.52 at next marathon if needed. Maybe down to around the world record......

They are within a year of being the same age. Bekele is done, and Mo can only get better. . . . Whatever Mo is taking it is something the testers don't know about yet.

Why didn't he just run Copenhagen to go sub-59? He's run this a bunch of times (won five times) and never before was in shape to run this fast there. Sounds like he had a low 59 in him with a windless final two miles.

Good point. Most likely $$$.

zxczxcv wrote:

Why didn't he just run Copenhagen to go sub-59? He's run this a bunch of times (won five times) and never before was in shape to run this fast there. Sounds like he had a low 59 in him with a windless final two miles.

I'm sure he could have ran Copenhagen and gone sub 59 but the Great North Run really is a British institution as far as running goes (surely second only to the London Marathon) and Mo has a great history here.

The best Mo-ment was at the end when he was greeting the crowds and took a selfie with this one young lad in the crowd. The boy was totally overwhelmed / star struck and couldn't move, then as Sir Mo moved off he reached out just in time to touch him, almost as if to confirm the legend was really there in the flesh. It was beautiful. That's not happening in Copenhagen...

Awe, such a sweet story...Hopefully whatever the cocktail du jour is isn't transmitted through secondhand contact. Little boy will be lapping his mates at school tomorrow.

Dopey Mo wrote:

jflo wrote:

Mo Looks fit.

Yup. He looks very dope.

Doped. The word is doped. It’s an adjective, not a noun. Like tanned and chilled. Adjectives.

Anyway, top male athlete fails to run on on fast course, makes excuses, gets nowhere near record timed but stoaks his own narcissi and his BBC acoltye’s fan fiction dreams.

Not an exciting day.

English Pedantic wrote:

Dopey Mo wrote:

Yup. He looks very dope.

Doped. The word is doped. It’s an adjective, not a noun. Like tanned and chilled. Adjectives.

Anyway, top male athlete fails to run on on fast course, makes excuses, gets nowhere near record timed but stoaks his own narcissi and his BBC acoltye’s fan fiction dreams.

Not an exciting day.

You don't get out much, do you?

Example" Dude, that car is dope!

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

Mo will run something like 2 x 59:26 + 5 min = 2.03.52 at next marathon if needed. Maybe down to around the world record......

Not going to happen.

Nowadays there are loads of sub 60 half marathoners and how many sub 2.04? Your math does not applies at that level of performance.

Daydreaming wrote:

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

Mo will run something like 2 x 59:26 + 5 min = 2.03.52 at next marathon if needed. Maybe down to around the world record......

Not going to happen.

Nowadays there are loads of sub 60 half marathoners and how many sub 2.04? Your math does not applies at that level of performance.

Agreed Jan's math is out, it's more 2 x half time + 7 min. They did lose at least 10s over the last few miles near the coast.

Subway Surfers wrote:

HHH Runner wrote:

59:25.

Just outside PB. Windy last few KM. Good run though.

Robertson in a nice 59:58 for a PB.

Yes it looked reasonably windy, even Mo looked shot over the last mile. When he hit the coast road man he was flying, his stride is massive. I'd say Mo is in better shape than London's 2:06, 2:05. Rupp's sitting at home going, "Oh sh!t"

Pffft. Rupp's sitting at home in front of a warm fire and he just cracked a good book. He's not worried.

English Pedantic wrote:

Dopey Mo wrote:

Yup. He looks very dope.

Doped. The word is doped. It’s an adjective, not a noun. Like tanned and chilled. Adjectives.

Anyway, top male athlete fails to run on on fast course, makes excuses, gets nowhere near record timed but stoaks his own narcissi and his BBC acoltye’s fan fiction dreams.

Not an exciting day.

Doped, tanned, and chilled are all participles, or verbs acting as adjectives. Blue is a simple adjective. You would say “he looked blue” not “blued.”

Participle.

Anyway, top keyboard warrior fails to make grammar joke but stokes his pedanticism with unoriginal bashing of successful athlete.

Not an exciting day.

Pletan wrote:

English Pedantic wrote:

Doped. The word is doped. It’s an adjective, not a noun. Like tanned and chilled. Adjectives.

Anyway, top male athlete fails to run on on fast course, makes excuses, gets nowhere near record timed but stoaks his own narcissi and his BBC acoltye’s fan fiction dreams.

Not an exciting day.

Doped, tanned, and chilled are all participles, or verbs acting as adjectives. Blue is a simple adjective. You would say “he looked blue” not “blued.”

Participle.

Anyway, top keyboard warrior fails to make grammar joke but stokes his pedanticism with unoriginal bashing of successful athlete.

Not an exciting day.

Um, ever heard of a gun with a blued barrel?

Money, of course, and British interest, but somehow the man's never managed to go all-out for time anywhere, aside from a meaningless indoor 2M.