Brendan Foster accused of being rude about Mo.

‘I hope the message is getting out to the spectators that Mo isn’t losing’ said a perplexed Brendan Foster as Mo Farah set about doing just that in the London Marathon.

Decent article on Eightlane about it

http://eightlane.org/blog/2014/04/13/hoist-by-their-own-petard-bbc-the-victims-of-their-own-hype/

I wasn't making excuses for Farah - just trying to comment on what I saw on the TV screen - which , as with all televised sport , can be misleading. The salient fact is not that Farah couldn't go with the pace of the lead group but that he couldn't maintain his own chosen pace which should have been well within his capabilities until well after halfway. This is why I suggested he might have been medically less than 100%. The main field DID NOT set a blazing pace from the gun in order to destroy any potential Farah kick over the closing stages ; they ran slower than the pre race hype suggested that they would.

Although he is denying this (he probably has to even if he doesn't believe everything he is now saying) I wonder if Farah accepts that London was not the right choice for his debut? Yes , if he had been with the leaders with a couple of miles to go crowd support may well have carried him home to victory but all the hype , expectation , promotional stuff etc. cannot have helped him and very likely hindered his preparations. A lower profile event (ie outside the UK) on a similarly fast course would perhaps have been a better choice? (And , no , this is not another excuse!!)

al-sal and his group deserve accolades for pushing the envelope. he's getting his distance guys running sub 350 miles. and pushing the other end running marathons too.

the strange thing is that their is obviously unfinished business going for a run at a world record in the prime distances on the track. i'd do that first instead of the marathon crap shoot. anyway, they learned that the marathon is a long shot for any championship medals right now.

moe demonstrated that he indeed can run a marathon and that he did not blow up. certainly he can go a couple of minutes better with focus. he know that a 203 is far from a certainty down the line.

if moe bounces back, i see a WR shot at 10k as a real possibility. it's the weakest record. you are talking now about a guy that can run a 208 and a 328 in the same year you know.

in the following years, moe can run the odd half marathon, when he breaks 59 and not pass out and can run an 20 miler under 5min pace at altitude. then he can take another stab at the marathon. but not before.

in conclusion, alsal is making the sport interesting and is pushing the boundaries.

one last side comment, moe said he wished he had gone with the lead group is insane. if he could not even muster the energy to catch his slower pacers, going with the lead group would have definitely led to a blow up.

such is the mind of the competitor.

Rude? Aren't all the Brits on the blunt side if not outright rude? Check out this documentary on the SEX PISTOLS and see what I mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuWGrAGKt-c

Also, I agree with Brendan.

C'mon Mo, get ready to race Kiprop again at Monaco over 1500. Go for the win!

Longjack makes good points.

I note that Alberto had a fine marathon debut, and he quickly rose to be the #1 guy, according to T&FN. So this played into his thinking about Mo.

Bad Wigins wrote:

someone had to do it wrote:

try 7'19

12'40

26'30

No, and Mo's not gonna try for any of those times either, because he can't do it, and he knows it, and so do you. You shouldn't be so fanatic about things you don't even believe.

idiot

we've been thru this

you have no credibility

El Keniano wrote:

And yes, the BBC is the Fox News of Britain.

I agree. Mo Farah, being a black Somali immigrant, would be someone Fox News would absolutely love and give disproportionate positive coverage.

All he would need to do was come out as gay and I reckon he would be the Fox News 'favouritest person of all time'.