Cheptegei calls out Mo Farah for skipping World Half: "It's quite really ridiculous that he's not in the field."

Not that surprising but love cheptegei calling him out.

Mo Farah doesn’t have Salazar’s “b-12” injections anymore so he’s scared.

This is like if 8 years ago Mo started trashing Geb. Cheptegei should really be calling out Rhonex, but he probably doesn't want to upset the guy who took his 10k WR while wearing racing flats rather than pogo shoes

briswiss wrote:

Not that surprising but love cheptegei calling him out.

Mo Farah doesn’t have Salazar’s “b-12” injections anymore so he’s scared.

Cheptegei can't get too cocky though.

He's still got to stay a step ahead of the testers like Mo managed all his career.

Running Guy 007 wrote:

Rojo just doesn’t like Mo Farah. What else is new. Next

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

Mo Farah and Galen Rupp. Rojo’s “favorites”

knowledgeno wrote:

malmo wrote:

1) Its not trash talk. Hes calling it as it is.

2) Farah is not his rival.

Yeah it really make sure no sense to create hype involving these two, as Farah is probably 2 years from retirement at age 37, and Farah’s achievements are largely in the rear view mirror.

Yeah, this.

This is a non-story...

CaptainPhillips wrote:

Not really ridiculous. Mo Farah isn't exactly a spring chicken anymore, nor has he won the worlds half. I think he finished third one year (2016?). Aside from the Great North Run, I don't think Farah has been dominant at this distance or has any reason to think he could win it.

And he's old and rich.. he can do what he wants now. Cheptegei will understand this in 15 years.

Definitely not “rich”...bet his wife spends every pound he makes as well.

CaptainPhillips wrote:

Not really ridiculous. Mo Farah isn't exactly a spring chicken anymore, nor has he won the worlds half. I think he finished third one year (2016?). Aside from the Great North Run, I don't think Farah has been dominant at this distance or has any reason to think he could win it.

And he's old and rich.. he can do what he wants now. Cheptegei will understand this in 15 years.

Cheptegei won’t be racing in 15 years ... he’ll be done well before that...

GrownUps wrote:

1) No, we don't need more "trash talk" in the world. Grownups emulating belligerent teen and 20-something athletes. Nope. It's called being a grown up. And the idea of sportsmanship shouldn't be quaint.

This mindset is exactly the reason our sport f@cling sucks. You just sound like an old tw@t shaking his fist at the sky. UFC has so much trash talk and Twitter beefs and that’s why it has surpassed boxing as the premier combat sport. I don’t see why running has to be gentlemanly and old fashioned

bigfaststrontsexyguy wrote:

GrownUps wrote:

1) No, we don't need more "trash talk" in the world. Grownups emulating belligerent teen and 20-something athletes. Nope. It's called being a grown up. And the idea of sportsmanship shouldn't be quaint.

This mindset is exactly the reason our sport f@cling sucks. You just sound like an old tw@t shaking his fist at the sky. UFC has so much trash talk and Twitter beefs and that’s why it has surpassed boxing as the premier combat sport. I don’t see why running has to be gentlemanly and old fashioned

I agree wholeheartedly here. Trash talk IS actually good. If this was American football, Stephen A would be going on about it, then Cowherd when he came on the air this morning. Somehow, against all odds, there are sports that attract interest, and therefore viewers, and therefore ad revenue. Look at what fighting and ball sports are doing. Look at how their stars behave. I mean, I've never even noticed a tatoo recently, and I'm watching as many races as I can on TV. I don't have any nor do I have some 'bad boy' image, but neither does a personality-less dude like Rupp. An interview with him could be sold as a prescription sedative. Contrast that with LeBron. One of them has millions of viewers. One of them also has many millions of dollarsbeyond what he's living on.

CaptainPhillips wrote:

Not really ridiculous. Mo Farah isn't exactly a spring chicken anymore, nor has he won the worlds half. I think he finished third one year (2016?). Aside from the Great North Run, I don't think Farah has been dominant at this distance or has any reason to think he could win it.

And he's old and rich.. he can do what he wants now. Cheptegei will understand this in 15 years.

Pretty pathetic to claim a recent World record for the general public who don't realise its not a real record then duck this.

Game over for Mo. He can't even sit and kick versus this kind of talent. He would simply get dropped and he knows it. Time to retire Mo. Nobody outside of GB cares about you anymore!

Nobody out there would expect farah to be able to win this race. what good reason does he have to enter it? he is an old man, like Bekele. He needs to keep his peak performances to a minimum.

Farah does not race just to race. And it would not be intelligent for him to ruin whatever aura he has left at this point.

Why did Cheptegei call out Bekele and Kipchoge?

rojo wrote:

I LOVE this. Just what our sport needs - some trash talk and a rivalry.

Where's the trash talk in this?

Another comprehension fail by the Ivy leaguers

Rojo LOVES this

If Farah were 5 years younger, rojo might have a point. Nobody in their right mind would think there is a rivalry between Mo and Joshua now.

"The record is hard. But of course I am also harder". This guy is great for the sport.

Hahaha nice! Good call out. I don't follow the sport as closely as I'd like anymore, but I'm sure Cheptegei would kick Mo's as$ severely, so Mo probably is ducking him.

Not so quick, Mr. Cheptegei! With all due respect to the man, I foresee Cheptegei losing this one. He will finish 5th. His country man Jacob Kiplimo will finish second. You guess the winner.