Passant wrote:
The video that show that Muktar Edris has better kick than Mo Farah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJ0I5XLfII
So this debate has gone from mocking Mo who gets tested, but like Rupp is nothing without Al Sal's special sauce to praising Edris, who isn't tested and can somehow out kick a 3:28 1500m runner. Really logical folks.
He needs to take the batteries out of his doorbell again.
If he was in this situation but still with Salazar, Salazar would have set up a track meet on June 26 for the express purpose of getting him his qualifier. He would even have flown in a slew of lesser-known African sub-27 10k guys to serve as pacers for him to draft off.
I didn't read any thread(s) about the lack of prep races before this 10k. Especially this being C19 era haven't heard any TT, road 5ks.
Mo has always had a sustained rpm most notable to all his Olympics prep is his multiple 3:29 1500s.
So far he's had marathoning with last track race Years ago, a reality show that's isolated and no proper training, no prep track races, and supposed ankle problem? In the name of sport this just tells us he's not there but then to run 27:50 with these preparations lacking I would say he's solid. Getting a standard and competing at Olympics at this level shouldn't have merit without tune up races at shorter races.
Didn't Sifan just PB @800 before this 10kWR?
Passant wrote:
The video that show that Muktar Edris has better kick than Mo Farah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJ0I5XLfII
Edris had a better kick one time. Championships aren't everything
he rolls with it and switches into marathon training mode for a year away, letting himself heal more before getting all fierce.
well,, wrote:
Can you make a list of all the races where Rupp has DNF:ed?
Well Rupp has DNF'd two of his last five marathons, so it's not completely out of the question.
Boston 2018
Chicago 2019
thegripper07 wrote:
well,, wrote:
Can you make a list of all the races where Rupp has DNF:ed?
Well Rupp has DNF'd two of his last five marathons, so it's not completely out of the question.
Boston 2018
Chicago 2019
But we know it was weather in the first, where more than half the field dropped out (Elite), and then Chicago after he tried to come back from surgery perhaps too soon. How'd that work out 3 months later in Feb 2020? Oh, I remember, he made the rest of the US marathoners look like sub-elites.
AdiVector wrote:
I didn't read any thread(s) about the lack of prep races before this 10k. Especially this being C19 era haven't heard any TT, road 5ks.
Mo has always had a sustained rpm most notable to all his Olympics prep is his multiple 3:29 1500s.
So far he's had marathoning with last track race Years ago, a reality show that's isolated and no proper training, no prep track races, and supposed ankle problem? In the name of sport this just tells us he's not there but then to run 27:50 with these preparations lacking I would say he's solid. Getting a standard and competing at Olympics at this level shouldn't have merit without tune up races at shorter races.
Didn't Sifan just PB @800 before this 10kWR?
yup. he must be overconfident in his training. Guys often find out they are not in the condition they assumed when they hit the track. Gotta have those tune ups and TTs. Maybe he did?
dictionary wrote:
xczxczczczczxzvz wrote:
It would be ironic if he tries to go full throttle in the next week to get the time and is then popped.
I have a feeling ironic doesn't mean what you think it does.
Ask Alanis.
Ok7272 wrote:
Passant wrote:
The video that show that Muktar Edris has better kick than Mo Farah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJ0I5XLfIIEdris had a better kick one time. Championships aren't everything
Twice, dumbsh!t.
Redonculous Maximus wrote:
Ok7272 wrote:
Edris had a better kick one time. Championships aren't everything
Twice, dumbsh!t.
And actually, Championships are everything.
+1
Hardware is all that matters. No one gives a damn about victories in circuit races or a good TT (unless it's a WR)
Bad Wigins wrote:
Mo Farah has spent the past 5 years banging his head on top level marathons and failing, even if he did pretty good with a 2:05 in one of them. He is now certainly trained for marathon, even if he's not as good at it as he was at 10,000.
So, why does he want to go to the olympics in the 10,000, where he would surely lose badly, and not the marathon, the only "top" marathon where his 2:05-2:09 results might actually win?
I realize they've already probably picked their team, but why didn't Farah try for it?
Farah's 2:05 on a very fast course is nowhere near medal contention in Tokyo. He likely could've gotten a medal in 2016 at the marathon, but only because he would've been one of the very few athletes wearing prototype Vaporfly's. He has no chance at a medal in any event in Tokyo.