MidFootStriker wrote:
Also he has great range and has been a fun upbeat exciting charismatic guy for the sport.
- Alberto Salazar
- Jama Aden
- Evading testers
- Multiple physical altercations, including the one at Haile’s hotel before he skipped out on his bill
Plus I just effin’ hate the “Mobot.”
Seems like a heck of a guy.
birdbeard wrote:
MidFootStriker wrote:
What are you basing this on? Have you seen this in any Olympics or World Championships? The Olympics are a big deal and psychology changes when you're on the world stage. People don't want to come in 4th or 5th by pushing the pace. Everybody wants to win and give themselves the best chance.
He might be basing it off the most recent world championships, where Cheptegei and Kipruto switched off leads for 24 laps or so and Cheptegei ran 26:48 with a 55 second last lap.
With a bunch of HM stars coming down to the 10,000 for Tokyo rather than going up to the Marathon (Kamworor, Kandie, Kiplimo), it seems even more likely Tokyo will be fast than it was in Doha.
I agree with the comment about HM stars coming down. In the women’s 10000 as well.
Who cares about Mo Farah a lucky recieptan t of Ethiopians injuries and Kenyans repeating the same tactics championship after championship. He never had the guts to time trial, what elite runner besides him never tired to test himself/herself and see how fast they truly could run in a time trial. He will never be GOAT in my opinion. Hope he DNF at the next championship because they drop him early
bugattiaron wrote:
I predict that between Cheptegei, Kejelcha, Kiplimo, Kipruto, and Kandie, the race will go out aggressively around 26:45 pace and be strung out by 1k. Then that whole group will drop the hammer for the last 2-3k, final lap will be under 55, and the finishing time will be around 26:28 (new Olympic record, by a lot)
These half-marathon specialists have zero % chance of beating Mo Farah on the track
only real contenders are proven track runners ~ Cheptegei, Ahmed, Kiplimo, Kejelja (less so now that hes being coached by rowberry)
that is the exhaustive list. Farah might no longer be able to run 3:28 but he doesn't need anywhere near that kind of top end speed to outkick this field and he is just as strong if not stronger than he ever was.
Does Sir Mo forget that he only beat Cheptegei by less than a second at the 2017 World Championships? Cheptegei had not even turned 21 yet at that race. Cheptegei is decidedly better now. Mo is decidedly worse. Cheptegei's PB is now a full 35 seconds (!!!) faster than Mo's. Fact is, Cheptegei will simply go and run everybody's legs off and will win by at least 50 meters.
It has been said before, but Mo is the luckiest 5K/10K guy of all time. Literally no other super elite 5K/10K runners during his two Olympic doubles. Only 17th on the all-time 10K list and doesn't even crack the top 25 on the all-time 5K list.