If I were mo I would've probably ran the 5k only and forgot about the 10k. That would've been way classier.
If I were mo I would've probably ran the 5k only and forgot about the 10k. That would've been way classier.
Kipketer_Pumpkin_Eater wrote:
I think it's a fine outlook to have. So, he wants to give his home fans the best value for their dollar and the best results for their morale and spirits! Commercial teams sports are motivated by all the nonsense commercialism and have rigid set schedules. Fact of life is T&F, athletes can choose. It's not as egregious as the top sprinters dodging each other. Mo turned up for the London Marathon. Mo has been been at all the major championship 5ks and 10ks and many important races, etc. Cut him a break. Maybe his competition should have chosen their races better to have a sniffing chance at beating him when it counts
He did not "turn up" for the London marathon. He HAD to run it because he signed a contract to do it a year earlier.
odofj wrote:
He did not "turn up" for the London marathon. He HAD to run it because he signed a contract to do it a year earlier.
Did this really make sense in your head before you wrote it?
odofj wrote:
Kipketer_Pumpkin_Eater wrote:I think it's a fine outlook to have. So, he wants to give his home fans the best value for their dollar and the best results for their morale and spirits! Commercial teams sports are motivated by all the nonsense commercialism and have rigid set schedules. Fact of life is T&F, athletes can choose. It's not as egregious as the top sprinters dodging each other. Mo turned up for the London Marathon. Mo has been been at all the major championship 5ks and 10ks and many important races, etc. Cut him a break. Maybe his competition should have chosen their races better to have a sniffing chance at beating him when it counts
He did not "turn up" for the London marathon. He HAD to run it because he signed a contract to do it a year earlier.
Did he sign the contract while blackout drunk or something?
I understand what Farah is trying to say here ; he doesn't want to enter a race knowing that he is almost certain to get beat because illness/injury have seriously hampered his preparation. It comes across as saying he won't compete unless he is certain of winning but I don't think that this is what he meant.
The only problem with this attitude is that if every athlete waited until his preparation had been perfect before competing most races would have very, very small fields!!!
I agree with this poster and would take his point a step further. NFL football is far less competitive than world class distance running. Peyton Manning or Tom Brady at 95% can still pick a defense to pieces and win a game. At 95%, a world class distance runner is non-competitive.
I also think the OP misunderstands what Farrah is saying, because Farrah's quote was ambiguous. Like any athlete with his record, he's supremely confident. I would interpret his remarks as follows: "When I am 100% fit, I am going to beat everyone in the world. I'm not going to race until I am at that level of fitness." I would not fault a great athlete for thinking that way.
Look what running in the heat and sickness did to Alberto. His career was extremely successful, but also very short. Training, and especially racing, through sickness is never a good idea if it's more than a little cold. Alberto is just looking out for this guys long term success. What's the big deal of a coach watching out for his athlete
Vamos Algeria wrote:
odofj wrote:He did not "turn up" for the London marathon. He HAD to run it because he signed a contract to do it a year earlier.
Did this really make sense in your head before you wrote it?
What about contracts doesn't make sense to you?
odofj wrote:
Vamos Algeria wrote:Did this really make sense in your head before you wrote it?
What about contracts doesn't make sense to you?
Because no athlete who signed a contract to appear in a marathon then dropped out. Never.
I lost respect for Mo about a year ago, when I read an interview where he was talking about training in Kenya. He talked about what a "sacrifice" it was to leave his twin children behind, and how when he visited them, they didn't recognize him. Then he described his typical training day as going for a mourning run, then lounging around and sending twitter messages to the players on his favorite futbol team. It didn't sound like much of a "sacrifice" to me. It sounded like he was a husband and father who wanted to still live like a college kid. Besides, how difficult would it be to get in your daily training (maybe 6 hours total, when you include running, weights, massage, and nap) when you have no job, and you have enough money for your wife to stay at home and do the majority of the parenting work. There are plenty of pro-runners who are mature enough to manage a family and training for most of the year. From articles I read about Mo, it seems like he is away from his family the majority of the time. If that's what Mo thinks he needs to do "because that's what champions do" that's his right. He just shouldn't talk about it like it is a sacrifice he is making. It is a sacrifice his wife and children are making for him.
I don't have time to search for the original article, but here is one that is similar.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/feb/02/mo-farah-kenya-altitude-training-london-marathon
just made this up wrote:
I lost respect for Mo about a year ago, when I read an interview where he was talking about training in Kenya. He talked about what a "sacrifice" it was to leave his twin children behind, and how when he visited them, they didn't recognize him. Then he described his typical training day as going for a mourning run, then lounging around and sending twitter messages to the players on his favorite futbol team. It didn't sound like much of a "sacrifice" to me. It sounded like he was a husband and father who wanted to still live like a college kid. Besides, how difficult would it be to get in your daily training (maybe 6 hours total, when you include running, weights, massage, and nap) when you have no job, and you have enough money for your wife to stay at home and do the majority of the parenting work. There are plenty of pro-runners who are mature enough to manage a family and training for most of the year. From articles I read about Mo, it seems like he is away from his family the majority of the time. If that's what Mo thinks he needs to do "because that's what champions do" that's his right. He just shouldn't talk about it like it is a sacrifice he is making. It is a sacrifice his wife and children are making for him.
I don't have time to search for the original article, but here is one that is similar.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/feb/02/mo-farah-kenya-altitude-training-london-marathon
> Kenya
> "live like a college kid"
Does not compute
Positive Contribution wrote:
This quote says it all.
“I’m not going to turn up in my home country and get beaten. A lot of those Kenyan guys I can beat, but when I’m only 80 or 90 per cent I’m just asking to be beaten.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/11027332/European-Athletics-Championships-2014-Mo-Farah-hits-back-over-Paul-Radcliffes-easy-option-jibe.htmlTranslation. I only participate when I am 100% certain I will win.
I spoke to Mo and he is utterly devastated that he's lost your respect.
Hmmmmmmm wrote:
It's been fun watching him cherry-pick races and win a couple golds during a worldwide slump.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
In a sport where there is no set schedule on where you have to go and when, why would you run a race when you're not in your best shape or risking injury? He just ran a marathon in March and he's saying he regrets that and it really hurt him. So why try to make the same mistake Alan Webb did and keep running races until you run yourself into the ground.
I love Mo, but I love Steve Ovett (1984) more.
Walter White wrote:
In a sport where there is no set schedule on where you have to go and when, why would you run a race when you're not in your best shape or risking injury? He just ran a marathon in March and he's saying he regrets that and it really hurt him. So why try to make the same mistake Alan Webb did and keep running races until you run yourself into the ground.
Yeah, how will Mo be "doing what's best for the sport" if he gets injured?
Homonculus wrote:
odofj wrote:What about contracts doesn't make sense to you?
Because no athlete who signed a contract to appear in a marathon then dropped out. Never.
What you're talking about has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. Learn to read next time before you criticize me.
Haters will always hate Mo no matter what he does and how he does it
people like Alkenian would probably love to see Mo turn up dead tomrw
SMH !!!
[...] but be sure
I will from henceforth rather be myself,
Mighty and to be fear'd, than my condition;
Which hath been smooth as oil, soft as young down,
And therefore lost that title of respect
Which the proud soul ne'er pays but to the proud.
(emphasis added)
Hmmmmmmm wrote:
juir57 wrote:I think the Kenyans and Ethiopians are always in competitive form against Farah. In the Olympics 5k, Gebremeskel might have been able to beat him if he positioned himself better, and the same thing goes for Gebrhiwet last year.
I think Canova said that Ndiku was probably in 12:52 shape at the CG. This is probably enough to beat Farah at 80-90%
Ha. The obvious sentiment, and Mo's problem, is that Caleb at 12:52 would beat Mo at 100%. Mo's finished. It's been fun watching him cherry-pick races and win a couple golds during a worldwide slump.
If you dont understand track, get off the boards idiot.