Mo Farah goes home DEVASTATED

Will Spaghetti wrote:

Bekele GOAT wrote:

Bekele would have won that.

Doubt it, he's focusing on the 'thon now. moran

Kennster would have won it while running it as the first part of a thon (which he also would have won).

Agree that the hot pace of that 10,000 was probably what dulled the edge off the kick. Mo's not getting any younger and his recovery isn't getting any faster. Mo looked bummed post race but he's got nothing to be ashamed of. A silver in the 5k was well worth it to be able to see that legendary performance in the 10k.

Did anyone else do the 5k 10k double? I could have sworn Cheptegei was doing it but I didn't see his name on the start list in the prelims.

Mo Farah margin was never big. He always was the fastest on the finish but on the 5k it was even smaller.

He finally found a talented and yougner runner who outran him in the last 400. He barely won the 10000.

Gilmore Dr wrote:

Mo Farah margin was never big. He always was the fastest on the finish but on the 5k it was even smaller.

He finally found a talented and yougner runner who outran him in the last 400. He barely won the 10000.

Taking nothing away from Mo and winning, but there's a few times he was just lucky, many times a guy finishing much faster behind him or having to go wide. All part of racing though others guys have to be in the right spots as well which is something Mo always did well

Bad Wigins wrote:

Poor Tony Tiger is going to cry probably, I hope not though, it's not the end of the world.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Next, please. wrote:

Go away now, Mo. We're sick of the charade.

http://honestsport.com/2017/08/11/revealed-sir-mo-farahs-training-partner-filmed-buying-epo-kenya/

Wow.

edris did the robot too

Devastated for a few hours.

...Until the million dollar Marathon paycheck offers start coming in.

Mo's going to be okay.

I had this thought before the race, the only way Mo could lose is if Someone run similarly to what Bekele Did in 2008 on the 5km Final. I was thinking more like 4:55 last 2 km. But He lost in 3:57 last 4 laps and His poor tactics. First he did the unusual by giving the inside line with 400 to go and He stayed behind the Ethiopians instead off going to side by side with the Leader. Anyway very good race by Edris. He has been consistent this year.

If he'd won the Letsrun loosers would point to his lack of a WR.

Missed the relay how did it go?

Unless Mo changes his mind about this being his last track championship, now we can finally put all the silly Mo-GOAT talk to rest.

Mo's track career:

10 golds

2 silvers

1 WR in a non championship event

Mo's career over other surfaces:

nada, zip, zilch

KB's track career:

9 golds

1 silver

1 bronze

2 WR in championship events

KB's career over other surfaces:

11 xc golds

1 xc silver

1 berlin marathon win

(I'm only counting world championship level competitions for both)

I do not think Farah has lost his finishing kick ( he closed in 52-53) nor is facing father time. Edris was better today just like Jeilan was in 2011. We also have to keep in mind that Farah ran 26.49 (near his PR) a few days ago and then the 5000 heat. He should have been somewhat tired.

If Edris would not have been in the race, Farah would have won. Mo just faced a guy who can close in 55 or faster off a 12.55 pace. When Farah closes in over 55 in a tactical race ( as rupp is doing), then it is fair to say that father time caught Farah, but at the moment Farah is as good as always or even better since he won the 10k in under 26.50 over a very quality field. I was one of those who thought that Farah would lose the race if they ran under 26.50, he shouted my mouth.

Fortunately a short trip home to family.....go Mo.

celery wrote:

Unless Mo changes his mind about this being his last track championship, now we can finally put all the silly Mo-GOAT talk to rest.

Mo's track career:

10 golds

2 silvers

1 WR in a non championship event

Mo's career over other surfaces:

nada, zip, zilch

KB's track career:

9 golds

1 silver

1 bronze

2 WR in championship events

KB's career over other surfaces:

11 xc golds

1 xc silver

1 berlin marathon win

(I'm only counting world championship level competitions for both)

Bekele won 8 outdoor gold's. Nobody thinks Farah is total distance goat, just track.

Mo Farah isn't devastated. He's won a lot of medals over the past twelve years. I always knew there were two ways to beat him in the 5000m: Two different groups of runners in 5K and 10K was mandatory; 1) race 5000m at 61.5 per lap, every lap and pace Mo Farah to exhaustion; 2) have a group of runners capable of running sub-2:22.5 for the last 1K. Bumping and elbowing Farah the entire run was mandatory.

Great thread,

20 minute 5k HS XC runners with opinions.

Yes snowflake you are important.

When Edris gets busted, Mo keeps the streak alive.

Rainy Day wrote:

Youreanidiot wrote:

A gold and a silver? Lol I don't think so.

Did you see the interview? He was devastated with Silver.

I was happy to see someone else win. Not because Mo always wins, but because he always wins the same exact way. I haven't seen all of his big races but I've never seen him just destroy the field from anything less than a lap left in the race. If you are that good, make the field come get you just once.

He's phenomenal, but he's not the GOAT.

If he was devastated then he's an idiot.

I never said he was the GOAT either. I do respect him however as one of the best 5k/10k guys ever.

ukathleticscoach wrote:

If he'd won the Letsrun loosers would point to his lack of a WR.

Missed the relay how did it go?

LRCers are losers, no doubt. Myself included. How did the relay go?!? Do you really want to go there. I missed Days 2 - 7, how did they go?

UK athletics are in a sad state. Good sprint relays though. No doubt about it. Congrats.

It was refreshing to see someone not let Mo take the lead going into the last lap. He is usually in the lead the whole last lap.