MO GOES HOME DELIGHTED! / Mo Farah is the greatest ever

rojo wrote:

PT in Eugene wrote:

Reuters, 2008:

"EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Ethiopian world record holder Kenenisa Bekele tuned up for his Olympic defence by running the fourth-fastest 10,000 metres ever at the Prefontaine Classic on Sunday.

Bekele in a near-solo performance clocked a crowd-pleasing 26:25.97 in his final 10,000 metres before Beijing's August Olympics. "

Was there. The guy was running all by himself on a warm Sunday morning. He was moving like a "tremendous machine." Went by the 5k mark in 13:11. A toss-up between him and Geb for GOAT. Sorry, Mo.

Yep. I remember that. That was before there were live streams I believe but I remember thinking , "What a disgrace. Can you imagine if he were American? He'd be running at night and with rabbits." It definitely in my book was a superior effort to the WR.

2625 in daylight , heat and crappy rabbits.

Meanwhile Rupp gets a rabbit at night for 8k for his AR.

#Whiteprivilege

doot doot wrote:

Never change Coach Internet wrote:

After six years of dominance, the internet still believes that the field actually just chooses to be behind a ten time global champion distance runner after 11.5 laps.

Especially when Mo hits the front, slows it down basically forcing everyone to bunch up and gather for their kick. Then he wobbles, overstrides, looks everywhere but foward and generally flails around so god d@mned much they don't want to or can't take the lead again to force the pace. And if people do take the risk to pass in those jockey moments Mo starts shoving. Textbook Mo.

It surprises me how much the others let Mo push them around. I remember shoving back when guys would get overly territorial in races. But it's obvious that the officials at the elite level know it's the Mo Show so some athletes are treated more equal than the others.

There's no disputing that it's all together an effective tactic.

doot doot wrote:

Never change Coach Internet wrote:

After six years of dominance, the internet still believes that the field actually just chooses to be behind a ten time global champion distance runner after 11.5 laps.

Especially when Mo hits the front, slows it down basically forcing everyone to bunch up and gather for their kick. Then he wobbles, overstrides, looks everywhere but foward and generally flails around so god d@mned much they don't want to or can't take the lead again to force the pace. And if people do take the risk to pass in those jockey moments Mo starts shoving. Textbook Mo.

It surprises me how much the others let Mo push them around. I remember shoving back when guys would get overly territorial in races. But it's obvious that the officials at the elite level know it's the Mo Show so some athletes are treated more equal than the others.

There's no disputing that it's all together an effective tactic.