Mo Farah ran really slop sloppy today!

[quote]Ger_Miler wrote:

His is right leg hurt? He is pumping his right arm far too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7xXGKgdrxg

He has always seemed to flail a bit, especially with his right arm, as he pushes but starts to get tired. Saw that even at WHM champs as he tried to up his pace and kick for third. That other link you posted, the London race from 2013, he did look much better, he just looked faster, certainly easier than Ritz and even Tariku Bekele, who has a similar compact stride and motion like his brother, albeit without the same power.

Mo certainly looks like he's lost the same speed, even compared to that 3k 3 years ago. Even when he was bringing home his 328, when he was really hurting (and starting to flail) he didn't look like he was fighting as hard as he was today. But this comes a week after a sub 27, and after a good training block?

BTW, anyone else not buying that he didn't know the British 3k record, or that he had it? I'm pretty sure he went after it in previous meets like the Anniversary Games...And with two pacemakers today (and possibly a third accomplished accomplice in Birgen Bethwell, who was to shadow him as long as he could - he really seemed to work hard to catch up to Mo and get behind him early on) it really seemed like a push was on for the record.

Pacing was pretty even except for the second lap (61.6s), km splits were both 2:30.8x, literally 0.01s different, I don't know if it could have gotten much better for Mo. He just couldn't summon a sub 230 final km, that looked so easy for him in the past. That 2013 race linked above, he went 238-38sh, then 234ish in running 736... That was a 224 final km, or better. And I've seen some similar splits for him at 3k before. He just didn't seem to have the same close at a sustained pace. Maybe that really is a crack in the armour.

Guys, he has 2 months.

Say it again, 2 months.

2 months.

I have to agree. I noticed during some of the side shots that he was overstriding significantly and rocking forward more than usual. His arm carriage was also odd, he looked tight. Hopefully gets it all sorted out before Rio!

kdkd wrote:

Except he doesn't have a very good 5000. His last fast 5000 was like 4 years ago. Who knows what 5000 shape he has been in or is currently in????

You mean 4 years ago when he won Olympic gold? Pretty decent effort for someone who "doesn't have a very good 5000".

With no trial to run, you'd have to think that he'd hardly want to be in peak shape two months out from the Olympic Games.

You also have to factor in a sub 27:00 10k a little over a week ago, and a translantic trip.

Some questions, maybe, but awfully early to start writing him off on the basis of his last two runs. If he'd have run 7:25, you'd have had to worry whether he was peaking too soon.

8FE wrote:

Guys, he has 2 months.

Say it again, 2 months.

2 months.

To not win Gold

To not win Silver

To not win Bronze

To wait to receive his 50 free condoms and see how fast he can use them up--party in Rio likes he's DONE

YungEtiope wrote:

I have to agree. I noticed during some of the side shots that he was overstriding significantly and rocking forward more than usual. His arm carriage was also odd, he looked tight. Hopefully gets it all sorted out before Rio!

What do you think about his form in this video shot from behind MoBot during training in Arizona? He was doing a hard training block at 7,000 ft. altitude.

I think he looks fine during this training run. He has lots of time to get ready for Rio.

There will be no worries…as long as KENENISA BEKELE does not show up to run the 10K.

Karma Police wrote:

kdkd wrote:

Except he doesn't have a very good 5000. His last fast 5000 was like 4 years ago. Who knows what 5000 shape he has been in or is currently in????

You mean 4 years ago when he won Olympic gold? Pretty decent effort for someone who "doesn't have a very good 5000".

I think you completely misread my post. Try again.

Cavorty wrote:

With no trial to run, you'd have to think that he'd hardly want to be in peak shape two months out from the Olympic Games.

You also have to factor in a sub 27:00 10k a little over a week ago, and a translantic trip.

Some questions, maybe, but awfully early to start writing him off on the basis of his last two runs. If he'd have run 7:25, you'd have had to worry whether he was peaking too soon.

Barely sub 27 should not be a taxing effort for him. If it is, something is wrong or different about his fitness.

Nothing to worry about. Farah just ran 7:32 and sub 27:00 in the span of just 1 week.

It was pretty windy out there, was there to watch the race.

Without the wind this would have been 7:28 or so, that's a really good performance.

In the 10000m he was not flat out, not even in the last 100.

He looked really smooth running 26:53, not working hard like in the 3000m.

Nobody has showen anything that would indicate they can beat faraha right now.

Alamirew, Soi, Longosiwa, gebremeskel, ghebrihiwet and kjelcha are not in the shape the used to be.

Biggest challengers seem to be: Edris in the 5000m and Kamworor and Tanui in the 10000.

Henk wrote:

Nothing to worry about. Farah just ran 7:32 and sub 27:00 in the span of just 1 week.

It was pretty windy out there, was there to watch the race.

Without the wind this would have been 7:28 or so, that's a really good performance.

In the 10000m he was not flat out, not even in the last 100.

He looked really smooth running 26:53, not working hard like in the 3000m.

Nobody has showen anything that would indicate they can beat faraha right now.

Alamirew, Soi, Longosiwa, gebremeskel, ghebrihiwet and kjelcha are not in the shape the used to be.

Biggest challengers seem to be: Edris in the 5000m and Kamworor and Tanui in the 10000.

Spot on .. After the Pre Classic run he said he didn't feel tired at all @the end of the race.. you are right Edris n Kam are about the only threat he will face in Rio as of June 6the 2016

He has enough time to work on his speed in the next 2 months .. Hopefully ,he will demonstrate that In Monaco July 15th

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Mo worked for his 26:53 and harder for his 7:32. Right now he looks like ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag.

Unless the chemists/endocrinologists can get Slow Mo dialed for Rio, a hard and fast effort is gonna do the old b@stard in.

I don't know why everyone thinks this is such a bad run. His goal was UK record and he got it. Despite what people are saying, it wasn't a particularly optimal day to run fast. Look at the 1500 - Kiprop, who says he is after a WR (3:25.xx) runs 3:29 and then Iguider is next in 3:33?

Djdjdjsjsjshdisi wrote:

I don't know why everyone thinks this is such a bad run. His goal was UK record and he got it. Despite what people are saying, it wasn't a particularly optimal day to run fast. Look at the 1500 - Kiprop, who says he is after a WR (3:25.xx) runs 3:29 and then Iguider is next in 3:33?

Agreed, it wasn't a fast day. The wind picked up and made things difficult.

Mo could probably run 7:27 or so in better conditions which isn't bad coming off a ~26:50 10k. I don't see Kamoworor running 7:30.

People are quick to compare Farah to Bekele and rubbish his efforts, but the real question remains: who can beat Farah in Rio? It sure ain't Bekele.

I was left a little unsure whether Mo is a brilliant tactician, even against himself, to cut the margin so tight on the British record, particularly with a relatively pedestrian last lap (by his standards), or whether it really was quite tough out there.

Good to see him solo running like that though, just to prove he can. Would like to have seen a faster final lap though just to confirm the speed is still there.

On the world stagen he currently has world leads in 3000m and 10000m, which isn't too shabby. Tells the story that whilst he might not have Bekele's speed, there is no-one else around to challenge and you can do little more than beat what you are put up against.

Calculo>ventolin wrote:

In fairness to ventolin/calculo, since his ban and subsequent name change he has been posting both less frequently and less insultingly. If he'd always behaved the way he has been lately, he wouldn't have been banned to begin with.

Ventolin was only banned for a day.

Don't know why you are posting this.......

Currently he has two months to get in the best shape he can.

Last time I checked he won the last

3 out of 4 10000m champioship races.

4 out of 4 5000m championship races.

Was number 3 at the world half marathon championhips, not bad for a 3:28 runner.

Unless all the African Runners improve a lot the comming month he will have less competition then in 2015.

henk wrote:

Don't know why you are posting this.......

Currently he has two months to get in the best shape he can.

Last time I checked he won the last

3 out of 4 10000m champioship races.

4 out of 4 5000m championship races.

Was number 3 at the world half marathon championhips, not bad for a 3:28 runner.

Unless all the African Runners improve a lot the comming month he will have less competition then in 2015.

Why is it that Mo fans believe he is immune to running poorly. African runner need to improve or fail. Mo only needs to wait two months.

Djdjdjsjsjshdisi wrote:

I don't know why everyone thinks this is such a bad run. His goal was UK record and he got it.

He said at the end he didn't know what the record was so I'm sure that was not his goal.