Put some respect on Mo Farah’s name

He absolutely wasn't as fit as the best runners even during his prime. He also missed a few doorbells while he was at home and not even that made him fit enough to get any major records.

He was a good championship runner and had an awesome kick but was mostly lucky that the 5/10 fields were weak between Bekele and the current crop.

He was great, but he dominated a historically weak era for the 5k/10k which is over now.

I mean, let’s not forget his closest competition at the Rio 10K was a sickly white kid from Oregon who couldn’t get from his bed to his door without an inhaler

That race was won by a few decimals in the low 27:00s

do you mean London? Cause Rupp was out of the podium at Rio for the 10k

Like whip-cream on a big ol' steaming pile.

Can you guys please stop bringing up the doorbell and 2 missed tests. It happens to the best of us

I don’t even like Mo Farah but this is ridiculous. Someone with his combination of 1500m speed and 5000m strength is going to be competitive in any era. I would pick Mo in a championship race over all of the low 12:40s guys this year and it’s not even close. Nobody wins 10 global championships by getting lucky.

Thank you!! And also, when did running stop being about winning?? Mo was not a record chaser he was a win chaser and he did better at that than almost anybody in history. Everybody had the chance to race him, including past and current record holders Bekele and Cheptegei.

Yet the 5K now is being dominated by a white kid from Norway?

Agreed entirely.

Most people forget he didn't ever run world best times. But he was a great championship racer. Even then, you know he was in the middle of the Salazar Slime for his entire prime.

My favorite part of the Mo doping investigations regarding L-Carnitine and other substances was when they asked him, under oath, if he had been injected with any substances while under Salazar. He said that he wasn't, despite the doctor's notes saying he was injected with many times the legal amount of L-Carnitine.

His lawyers then took a break and advised him off to the side for a few minutes.

They came back, and Mo was asked the same question again. This time he said that he had been injected, but he didn't know what with or with what amount.

Not just smoke. Flames.

"Closed a championship 5k in 1:49 for christs sake!!!" And what was the finishing time?

"Could close in 52 in low 13s 5k races" Mo Farah and low 13s 5k, does not compute. Unless by low 13s you mean high 13:30s

Too many Mo lovers here

Missed doorbells. Best friends with Jama Aden. Lying about whereabouts (while visiting Aden in Sabadell). Altercations at a London park with literally an old man, a flight crew, and a runner at Haile’s hotel. Bizarre behavior like the London expo treadmill incident. Just so many oddities to even name. His wife is a real piece of work as well.

No respect for someone who transformed in one year from also-ran to world beater after hooking up with Salazar.

Crazy how people will fangirl over Jim Ryun but when it comes to Mo Farah who absolutely dominated it was because the competition was weak.
White American in today? Easily WR.

Black/African descendant? Doper, not that good, would get rolled today.
Hilarious takes here

Mo Farah personal bests:

3:28.81/7:32.62

12:53/26:46

59:32/2:05:11

He wasn't that fast outside of the 1500m nor was he fast for his time.

Farah is a legend. The consensus here is meaningless. It was hysterical desperation in real time, as they actually believed he would lose.

This forum would place a one-hit wonder world record setter with zero global top 10 finishes ahead of Mo Farah.