Official 2019 London Marathon Discussion Thread

GBnothingWithoutFarah wrote:

The british media as usual got their excuses for Mo Farah's rightful 5th position. They are claiming the Geb issue affected him ???.

It did, his money for EPO was stolen. Only half juiced because no money for gear.

[quote]Bad Wigins wrote:

I'd say Mo was done with the marathon but did he ever really get started?

Huh? I'd say getting the British record, followed by the European record (Great Britain and Europe did at one time have some decent marathoners), winning Chicago and now another 2:05 today is a 'start'. I can't imagine the Brits making such a claim about Galen if he had Mo's marathon bio.

By "track elite" I kind of meant a world #1, not a national record guy. Farah was winning on the track. WINNING winning, i.e. beating the best, not picking and choosing second-tier events with weak competition. Which, funny you should mention Rupp, he does exactly the same thing, because he made exactly the same mistake.

Rupp and Farah are the last two ever to run 12:46 or faster over 10,000m. Farah was the 2nd best 1500 guy after doper Kiprop. Rupp could solo a 3:51 mile on an indoor track with a Flotrack nutcase screaming at him on turn 1. Both ran sub 13 and 7:30.

3 minutes slower at marathon is the equivalent of 45 seconds slower at 10,000m, i.e. not in the same league. There are gonna be more and more 2:02 guys but 2:05 is Mo's peak. He runs wrong for the distance, inefficient, too much effort. Should have stuck with what he was good at.

Could be a joke (nice one btw), but since I read it for the second or third time here - do you really think it would be a problem to get another 3000 in cash while in Ethiopia within one day? I don't say the money wasn't for EPO, but still.

Not really wrote:

Could be a joke (nice one btw), but since I read it for the second or third time here - do you really think it would be a problem to get another 3000 in cash while in Ethiopia within one day? I don't say the money wasn't for EPO, but still.

Having lived there, yes, I would say it would be a problem to get another $3000 in cash within one day. But I agree, just the fact he had some cash with him lends zero credence that it was to purchase drugs.