before you all criticize Levins, he said he was very sick after the race.
before you all criticize Levins, he said he was very sick after the race.
Does someone have a link to the full video?
formerrunner wrote:
Ethiopians and Kenyans ran right into his hands; he must have been thinking how easy they were making it for him as they jogged the first 2000 meters.
This. They gift wrapped this race for Mo.
I was stunned that no Ethiopian or Kenyan pushed the pace until the last mile. Did they forget what happened in the 10k? Farah has a deadly kick, so best chance is to burn it out of him, especially since he might be a little less than 100% strength after that 10k. So make him run sub-13 to beat you.
Especially since, and I can't emphasize this enough, you knew that if Farah was anywhere near the lead over the last lap or two, 80,000 people in the stadium were going to go absolutely bonkers cheering for him. The home crowd had established itself as a real factor, and at this point everyone should have known that you did not want a British athlete on your shoulder within sight of the finish line.
I give Mo Farah credit - he seized the opportunity, he won the gold, and that is what counts. But in my opinion his competitors could have made it much much harder on him, and I am baffled why nobody went hard earlier. Did every single guy in the field really think, "I can outkick Farah off a really slow pace with 80,000 people cheering for him?"
There were critical times in the race I felt Mo was looking back / around to team mate Rupp like "come on young buck get on my shoulder"
Amazing race too watch. Loved it when the Ethiopians shared the pace and dropped a 4:05 mile mid race only to look behind them and see 10 guys sitting right there.
Mo put the foot down with 300 to go and dropped a few very good runners. But with 200 to go you could still throw a blanket over the first 6.
Iguider was sitting in third right on Mo's shoulder along with Longosiwa and Geb looked like he was boxed in.
Lagat and Koech right there too.
Really impressive run by Mo. Geb couldn't challenge because he shot his load down the back straight after some bad positioning at the bell. Lagat could have had bronze but he seemed to run into the back of Iguider with 100 to go.
Stop moaning about the slow start it was a bloody great race.
Zuba wrote:
Amazing race too watch. Loved it when the Ethiopians shared the pace and dropped a 4:05 mile mid race only to look behind them and see 10 guys sitting right there.
Mo put the foot down with 300 to go and dropped a few very good runners. But with 200 to go you could still throw a blanket over the first 6.
Iguider was sitting in third right on Mo's shoulder along with Longosiwa and Geb looked like he was boxed in.
Lagat and Koech right there too.
Really impressive run by Mo. Geb couldn't challenge because he shot his load down the back straight after some bad positioning at the bell. Lagat could have had bronze but he seemed to run into the back of Iguider with 100 to go.
Stop moaning about the slow start it was a bloody great race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dCQnzty9P8
slow start? Try slowest race in Olympic history, relative to season best and world record.
There was nobody in that field even remotely troubled by four or five 61's. Why would they be after running a bunch of 70's? The Ethiopian "surge" was half-ass and pointless.
I don't care about comparing the pace to other races. They could run 14:40 and still make it a good race.
There were sub 13 guys that couldn't handle the pace on the last lap so clearly the surges did some damage.
That 5k tonight was entertaining. Not quite as good as the 10k but still had me jumping out of my seat.
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
runawayforever wrote:Their British; Mo's British. What part don't you understand??
Oh, I assume they will root for him, but they are beyond over the top. It's great that Mo won do golds in London and all, but they are acting like Ovett, Coe and Cram never existed.
You do know that the main announcer was Steve Cram don't you? Obviously not.
The other guy was Brendan Foster, former 10k Olympic medalist and world record holder.
Errrrrrmmmmmmmm wrote:
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:Oh, I assume they will root for him, but they are beyond over the top. It's great that Mo won do golds in London and all, but they are acting like Ovett, Coe and Cram never existed.
Cram is acting like he never existed lol.
This guy is pure retarded.
You do know that the main announcer was Steve Cram don't you? Obviously not.
The other guy was Brendan Foster, former 10k Olympic medalist and world record holder.
runSONrun wrote:
There were critical times in the race I felt Mo was looking back / around to team mate Rupp like "come on young buck get on my shoulder"
I noticed that too. Rupp looked absolutely out of it mentally even when he moved up to Mo's shoulder with 500 to go.
