FARAH GOES HOME DEVASTATED -- SMOKED BY GARRETT MF HEATH -- USA!!!!!!

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

European Rekord wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

European Rekord wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

European Rekord wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

European Rekord wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

European Rekord wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

European Rekord wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

European Rekord wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

You are really talking rubbish. Mo had one of the best seasons of his life. Double World champion, and European half marathon record

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

So let me get this straight , Garrett Heath just beat a guy who 96% of lets run forumers think is doping

Mr Heath must be SuperMan , then LOL

Out of Africa wrote:

European Rekord wrote:

A European record set by a Somalian.

With an English born Father.

His [Mo's] father, Mukhtar Farah, is ... a British citizen, who was born in London, and grew up in Hounslow. Mohamed's [Mo's] parents had met during a holiday.

A weekend fling??

Also he ran a 2 mile indoor world best and overtook Bekele and Gebresellasie in terms of major medals.

Pretty average season for Mo...

He is more British than Lagat is American.

328no'mo wrote:

Disagree. Farah has never won a fast race. (12:5x and 26.4x are not fast when compared to WRs: Farah is over a second per lap slower.)

He hasn't needed to do so.

Metric Miler wrote:

Also he ran a 2 mile indoor world best and overtook Bekele and Gebresellasie in terms of major medals.

Pretty average season for Mo...

Yes, he had a great indoor season.

He also had a good outdoor season.

This XC was surely his worse race in the last 5+ years.

It's phenomenal how much personal hatred people on this website have for Farah, Rupp, Salazar, and co.

Yea, they push the limits of what's legal (and maybe beyond), and certainly aren't my favourite athletes, but I find myself rooting for them simply because of how much hate they get on this forum. The jubilation that people on this board exhibit with any NOP failure is revolting. Why are you guys so personally invested?

Besides the above, "FARAH GOES HOME DEVASTATED" - pretty sure that wasn't the tone of his post-race interview. "SMOKED BY" - lost by two seconds over 8km. Even the quote everyone keeps saying about Mo complaining about the wet grass and being unable to sprint is taken completely out of context. If you actually read the interview you would see that he admits that everyone had the same issues out there.

Bottom line is - Farah just came off of a season where he further cemented his status as an all-time great. And sorry, before the arguments flow in, 2 Olympic Golds, 5 WC Golds, and a WC Silver certainly make him an all time great. He came second in a relatively insignificant XC race in January of an Olympic Year. Sure, it was a great race by Heath and I'm sure Farah would have loved to win, but it means F&@K all in the grand scheme of things.

races r us wrote:

328no'mo wrote:

Disagree. Farah has never won a fast race. (12:5x and 26.4x are not fast when compared to WRs: Farah is over a second per lap slower.)

He hasn't needed to do so.

0/10

You obviously didn't watch this XC race, or the half-marathon where Bekele trounced him. Mo wanted, and tried with all his kick, to win both race; he couldn't get the job done.

Devastated?

Get real.

It was nice to see the Farah of old.

Competitive throughout the race, but not having the required finishing speed.