Mo Farah should retire

What will he do when he retires? Running is his life. It has been since he was a kid.

I doubt if he will have a job in the commentary box with his volatile nature. I see a long, slow alcoholic decline. We may see him occasionally in the news for beating up a hobby jogger in the park or such like.

Funny thing is, he is still around about as fast as he was at 25, when he ought to have been at his athletic peak.

Not so bad. He'll do pretty well as a former runner. He can get fat and open a restaurant.

There is going to be a big hole in his life that can't be filled with food. What can he do to avoid getting bored or depressed?

Nothing, but he will try anyway, that's how getting fat works. Old, depressed, fat, and still bald.

Farah has got to be one of the dumbest people I've ever heard speak " i honestly thought with 5 laps to go i had the time". He was 22 seconds off! not even remotely close

He had an ankle injury and hadn’t done any track work for two weeks, which would probably have involved race pace intervals and sharpening up. He didn’t have that. But he got top 2. Now he just needs the time by June 27. Hopefully he can do some mile repeats and get a ticket to the Olympics. Then we will see what he can do.

Don't write him off

You cheap shot artists are embarassing when you kick somebody who's down.... Karma usually bites you back

Why would he retire when he can still make 100’s of thousands of dollars from just running?

No doubt that was a disappointing race ... but if he did have an injury, and it is minor, then there might be a small chance for him yet. Might have to setup a special race for this though. But maybe it is the end. When Geb fell off, it was off a cliff. Last year Farah still ran pretty well (the 1 hour thing), and now he can barely break 28 with what I assume must have been purposeful training.

And he ran 27:50 after going out at 27:20 pace. I imagine once he saw 27:28 slip out of reach he slowed up even more. He’s probably in 27:35-27:40 pace at the moment. Is he allowed to try again in a few weeks or is Great Britain already done with their selections?

You do know he's a muslim, right? I don't think drinking is in his future.

zxcvxzcv wrote:

I doubt if he will have a job in the commentary box with his volatile nature. I see a long, slow alcoholic decline.

financial guru wrote:

Is he allowed to try again in a few weeks or is Great Britain already done with their selections?

Yes, he needs the time by June 27. There is a meet in Leiden, Holland next weekend, but that might be too soon for him.

KAV wrote:

You cheap shot artists are embarassing when you kick somebody who's down.... Karma usually bites you back

But isnt Karma nullified since he is a dangerous unworthy person?

Harry Grant wrote:

Farah has got to be one of the dumbest people I've ever heard speak " i honestly thought with 5 laps to go i had the time". He was 22 seconds off! not even remotely close

I wouldn't go that far, but after seeing him on that reality show, it was obvious he isn't exactly bright. He had almost no knowledge of anything outside of running. It's not obvious want he'd do in retirement. He could do well getting involved with Parkrun or junior athletics. Superstars like him can usually make money doing corporate gigs but he's not good at articulating his story or his track experiences. He was a refugee who won 10 global gild medals, that's an intrinsically interesting story but he makes it sound dull whenever he tells it on chatshows

I'd guess if he wanted to do BBC commentary they'd have to take him on. The current team behind the mic is entirely White which may be something the organisation ties itself into middle class knots about. Whether he'd be a source of great insight might not be the point. I'd assume he has at least a decade of earning fairly large sums just becuase his sporting CV is so amazing, and fair enough; I'm sure his support team will channel him so he isn't exposed so for example he might not be doing the Oxford Union gig for a while.

Career opportunities wrote:

What will he do when he retires? Running is his life. It has been since he was a kid.

At some stage Logan Paul will challenge him to a race and they'll do it on PPV

runderun wrote:

Harry Grant wrote:

Farah has got to be one of the dumbest people I've ever heard speak " i honestly thought with 5 laps to go i had the time". He was 22 seconds off! not even remotely close

I wouldn't go that far, but after seeing him on that reality show, it was obvious he isn't exactly bright. He had almost no knowledge of anything outside of running. It's not obvious want he'd do in retirement. He could do well getting involved with Parkrun or junior athletics. Superstars like him can usually make money doing corporate gigs but he's not good at articulating his story or his track experiences. He was a refugee who won 10 global gild medals, that's an intrinsically interesting story but he makes it sound dull whenever he tells it on chatshows

He’s not obviously bright like a degree holder with a PhD but he’s not stupid either. Anyone who reaches the highest pinnacle in any field endeavor needs a certain amount of smarts and Farah is no exception. There are quite a few options for him. Farah, Hutchins and Radcliffe - good athletics commentators for tv. No disrespect but people like the NBC people in the U.S. cannot compete. Stones et al.