OFFICIAL 2014 LONDON MARATHON UPDATE THREAD

to be fair - even in Britain anyone who knows anything about running knows that the hype around Mo had been over the top

Coolsaet falls off of Canadian record pace.

Mo looks horrible - this could go down as one of the most hyped performances ever.. we wont be seeing him running a marathon again.. cant wait for the excuses

4:47 last mile for lead couple, no let down

Kiprotich 4 minutes down at 35k. Wasn't expecting that

Mo is diagnosed with a marathon trauma.

It looks he's about to crack.

Not sure why Mo not being with the leaders is a shock, for those of you that gamble, he had very short odds to finish outside the top 7. Not many people break continental records for 1500m and then win a major marathon in the same season.

Is G. Mutai still in 3rd?

thats bull -- easy to say now.. he was seen as a fav going in -- all his own fault

and it just proves - once again - what an amazing runner Steve Jones was. 2.07.13 29 years ago!

Kipketer_Pumpkin_Eater wrote:

yeah, 1:43:xx into the race, he's grimacing, tensing, slowing the clip a bit... dang

Well, he is coached by the most overrated marathon coach on earth. What did you expect?

He really can't DNF in London so get ready to see where Salazar coaching gets the "world's best distance runner" over that last 2.2k

Sir Bastion Newbold wrote:

and it just proves - once again - what an amazing runner Steve Jones was. 2.07.13 29 years ago!

With a 61.43 1st half!

Long odds.

Announcier wrote:

Mo looks horrible - this could go down as one of the most hyped performances ever.. we wont be seeing him running a marathon again.. cant wait for the excuses

Can Salazar get Kipsang DQed?

might be rcs wrote:

Kipketer_Pumpkin_Eater wrote:

yeah, 1:43:xx into the race, he's grimacing, tensing, slowing the clip a bit... dang

Well, he is coached by the most overrated marathon coach on earth. What did you expect?

He really can't DNF in London so get ready to see where Salazar coaching gets the "world's best distance runner" over that last 2.2k

this thread should have been renamed

OFFICIAL 2014 LONDON MARATHON BASHING ON MO FARAH

cm on guys, gimme ANOTHER reason why mo farah suck

Mo w the nasty patch of face hair.. no way he decided to run this without believing he could win/run with top guys.. boy he is in shambles

might be rcs wrote:

Announcier wrote:

Mo looks horrible - this could go down as one of the most hyped performances ever.. we wont be seeing him running a marathon again.. cant wait for the excuses

Can Salazar get Kipsang DQed?

Maybe he'll get an inconspicuous runner further back DQ'ed (analogous to DQ-ing Andrew Bumbalough)... eg. Felix Lelisa, etc. so Farah can move up in the finish! haha

Kipsang just pushed again