Why am I so happy that Farah lost today?

Bobby Orr wrote:

another smashing bloke wrote:

Mo is so hyped up that every decent person has to dislike him. If only for the sake of balance.

You are the person who doesn't like anyone who wins. There are others who only like winners. Isn't psychiatry interesting?

Strange thing I love Kennster then.

Bobby Orr wrote:

coach d wrote:

Same reason I'm happy: drugs. And the more I see Salazar and his gang going to the press these days and coming off like Lance, the happier I get to see them all lose.

Travis Tygart an Jeff Novitsky: Go get 'em.

coach d... you have proof of this or do all winners cheat in your eyes.

No, but salazar rupp and farah cheat.

No, don't blame him. I said his races bore me. I can hardly wait for them to add trials of the 10. We can all watch 2 boring 10,000. Maybe we will see first race go slower than the women.

Isn't psychiatry interesting?

LOL

restores the old order and validates what we already knew - Farah is a good but not great.

Lets not kid ourselves. Farah lost to a world record holder by 1 second, after a full season and peaking. In the process he broke his British half marathon record. Farah didn't get blown out. He ran an elite time and lost by a second. Many of the top marathoners in the world would have killed to have been Farah today.

El Keniano wrote:

Indeed. The old timers showed the kids how it's done.

Kenenisa is 9 months older than Mo. Calm down.

Virginia Runner wrote:

Lets not kid ourselves. Farah lost to a world record holder by 1 second, after a full season and peaking. In the process he broke his British half marathon record. Farah didn't get blown out. He ran an elite time and lost by a second. Many of the top marathoners in the world would have killed to have been Farah today.

Except Mo was expected to win. Race was tailor made for him...and still lost

Virginia Runner wrote:

Lets not kid ourselves. Farah lost to a world record holder by 1 second, after a full season and peaking. In the process he broke his British half marathon record. Farah didn't get blown out. He ran an elite time and lost by a second. Many of the top marathoners in the world would have killed to have been Farah today.

Farah is still at his peak. WC was just a few weeks ago. Bekele is nowhere near his peak right now. Bekele toyed with him today. It wasn't just 1 second.

jdj wrote:

Virginia Runner wrote:

Lets not kid ourselves. Farah lost to a world record holder by 1 second, after a full season and peaking. In the process he broke his British half marathon record. Farah didn't get blown out. He ran an elite time and lost by a second. Many of the top marathoners in the world would have killed to have been Farah today.

Farah is still at his peak. WC was just a few weeks ago. Bekele is nowhere near his peak right now. Bekele toyed with him today. It wasn't just 1 second.

Is that some kind of joke? Bekele had no WC to prepare for, and he would have been able to focus exclusively on the HM. Whether or not he did peak for this (I'd tend to think he did), KB had ample opportunity to do so.

Farah, on the other hand, went through a full season nearly unbeatable on the track, running one of the fastest 1500m races ever and taking two more global titles. He performed at an elite level throughout the entire season before peaking perfectly and earning two more global titles.

While it doesn't absolve him of the loss, do you really think Farah could have been in peak shape for every race from 1500m through 21.1k, all in the space of about 6(?) weeks, including a global championship?

Killarney wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Indeed. The old timers showed the kids how it's done.

Kenenisa is 9 months older than Mo. Calm down.

YOU calm down. Was talking about the kids (Kenyan and Ethiopian) who don't know how to beat a sit a kick runner with less than impressive endurance and lacklustre PRs.

Same reason I always hoped Lance would lose.

epsdasojfaiowegioew wrote:

Is that some kind of joke? Bekele had no WC to prepare for, and he would have been able to focus exclusively on the HM. Whether or not he did peak for this (I'd tend to think he did), KB had ample opportunity to do so.

Farah, on the other hand, went through a full season nearly unbeatable on the track, running one of the fastest 1500m races ever and taking two more global titles. He performed at an elite level throughout the entire season before peaking perfectly and earning two more global titles.

While it doesn't absolve him of the loss, do you really think Farah could have been in peak shape for every race from 1500m through 21.1k, all in the space of about 6(?) weeks, including a global championship?

What? Bekele has been preparing for the world championships all year. Ethiopia chooses their team very late. He performed at an elite level just as much as Farah did. Actually, you could argue somewhat that he had a longer season than Farah did this year. Never mind the fact that he's coming back from injury and being out of shape.

The only peak shape that Farah proved himself to be in was the 1500. As evidenced by today's race, he was never in good distance shape this year.

ksksk wrote:

What? Bekele has been preparing for the world championships all year. Ethiopia chooses their team very late. He performed at an elite level just as much as Farah did. Actually, you could argue somewhat that he had a longer season than Farah did this year. Never mind the fact that he's coming back from injury and being out of shape.

The only peak shape that Farah proved himself to be in was the 1500. As evidenced by today's race, he was never in good distance shape this year.

This race was an afterthought for Mo. Bekele has known for 2 months now that he's running it.

And this was a very good HM performance for both. Don't compare the time to a the flat, paced races like Den Haag in bubble conditions.

ksksk wrote:

As evidenced by today's race, he was never in good distance shape this year.

You are a terrible troll... honestly, saying that Farah was never in good distance shape this year is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. The man got double wins @ the WC's in the longest competitive events there (Mar doesn't count), ran 3:28, and almost beat the GOAT today at 13.1. Fool

Bleu wrote:

I didn't say he ruined it. I said it was pussified. Some people loved it. I thought it was boring. I would rather watch a repeat of Geb and Tergat. Can you honestly say the last 2 yrs of championship racing has been exciting?

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YES!

illegitimate wrote:

ksksk wrote:

As evidenced by today's race, he was never in good distance shape this year.

You are a terrible troll... honestly, saying that Farah was never in good distance shape this year is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. The man got double wins @ the WC's in the longest competitive events there (Mar doesn't count), ran 3:28, and almost beat the GOAT today at 13.1. Fool

Why do you refuse to look at the times? 13:30 and 27:30 are not "good distance shape". Do you think those times are good distance shape?

3:28 is certainly good but it's not a distance event. Whether or not he beat Bekele today is irrelevant to whether or not he is in good distance shape. Being in good shape is about TIME not PLACE. Being a good racer is about PLACE not TIME. 60+ is not representative of good distance shape. That's a poor performance for someone supposedly at Farah's level.

Do you see the difference?

ksksk wrote:

Why do you refuse to look at the times? 13:30 and 27:30 are not "good distance shape". Do you think those times are good distance shape?

3:28 is certainly good but it's not a distance event. Whether or not he beat Bekele today is irrelevant to whether or not he is in good distance shape. Being in good shape is about TIME not PLACE. Being a good racer is about PLACE not TIME. 60+ is not representative of good distance shape. That's a poor performance for someone supposedly at Farah's level.

>60 on an aided course, no less.

The top three women (two of whom raced worlds a month ago) all PRd, by the way.

Though Bekele has always been impressive, I've never been a big fan or anything, but during that video, I was yelling at my computer, "Come on, Kenny! Go Kenny!" I desperately wanted Mo to lose. I don't hate Mo either. I think it's just that he's been winning everything, usually through very unexciting racing, but this race was different. It was a real race and had a major thrill at the end, which is quite the contrast to the crap we've been seeing on the track the past few years. Bekele was also kind of the underdog, so there's that too.

It was an exciting race regardless.