• wejo
      co-founder
      • Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 7:14PM
      • wejo
        co-founder
      • Sorry for not posting this yesterday when it was emailed to me.

        Mo Trafeh ran 1:01:39 in China and lost a half marathon by 1 second to El Hassan El Abbassi of Morocco.

        Trafeh actually is coaching El Abbassi now.

        Report here from Trafeh's agent:

        http://possosports-europe.com/eng/news.php?ID=89


        El Hassan El Abbassi ran 1:01:13 earlier this year.

        Maybe we should come up with a list of all the contenders most recent race.
    • sometimes ignorant
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 7:22PM - in reply to wejo
      • sometimes ignorant
      • So Mo is coaching other elites, training in Morocco, and racing in China? Nice. That doesn't sound strange at all.
    • TLW
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 7:36PM - in reply to runn
      • TLW
      • Mo will win the trials. Mo, Hall, Meb.
    • agip
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 7:37PM - in reply to wejo
      • agip
      • I have to think Trafeh just slotted in in front of Ritz and Meb on the odds board,no?

        Although I know a half marathon 4 weeks out is a weak indicator of marathon performance.
    • otto
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 7:42PM - in reply to wejo
      • otto
      • Maybe we should come up with a list of all the cheaters most recent race.
        fixed
    • Guldens Gulch
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 7:48PM - in reply to otto
      • Guldens Gulch
      • Is 1:01:39 really so mind blowing to you that it could only be achieved by doping?

        Oh, right he trains in Morocco, the only place with EPO in the world.
    • TLW
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 7:52PM - in reply to Guldens Gulch
      • TLW
      • I thought you only knew EPO was available in Africa.

        The Nike golden boys in Portland who train on $100k treadmills, cool down in cryogenic chambers and sleep in altitude houses don't have access to EPO and wouldn't DARE touch that kind of stuff!
    • confused runner
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:04PM - in reply to wejo
      • confused runner
      • wejo wrote:
        Mo Trafeh ran 1:01:39 in China and lost a half marathon by 1 second to El Hassan El Abbassi of Morocco.

        Trafeh actually is coaching El Abbassi now.
        Is Salazar coaching both of them?
    • otto
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:26PM - in reply to Guldens Gulch
      • otto
      • Oh, right he trains in Morocco, the only place with EPO in the world.
        No but you don't even have to micro dose like the hobbits from Portlandia because you ain't getting tested. Same in China. Sweet little tempo run.
    • TLW
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:27PM - in reply to UTsA roadrunner
      • TLW
      • How do you know he cheats? What is surprising about his performances that raise red flags? You do know that Mo ran a 29 minute 10k in high school right? His performances are not really shocking given his background.

        Why not claim Hall and Ritz are cheats? Hall's 59 minute half out of nowhere? Ritz running 12:56 out of nowhere?
    • Jesse was indeed a friend
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:33PM - in reply to TLW
      • Jesse was indeed a friend
      • TLW wrote:
        How do you know he cheats? What is surprising about his performances that raise red flags? You do know that Mo ran a 29 minute 10k in high school right? His performances are not really shocking given his background.

        Why not claim Hall and Ritz are cheats? Hall's 59 minute half out of nowhere? Ritz running 12:56 out of nowhere?
        These morons claim he cheats because it makes them feel better to disparage Trafeh because he came from Morocco. They don't think he's really an American. They don't like his kind of people, and they assume he cheats because some Moroccans got caught cheating.
    • otto
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:40PM - in reply to Jesse was indeed a friend
      • otto
      • They don't think he's really an American. They don't like his kind of people, and they assume he cheats because some Moroccans got caught cheating.
        I'm not American. I couldn't care less what he "is". Fact: he won't get tested in Morocco or China. He does not have to micro dose like other people.
    • TLW
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:45PM - in reply to UTsA roadrunner
      • TLW
      • But he wasn't average in highschool with a 29 minute 10k so that suggests he had issues with coaching in college. Have you ever known anyone who didn't get along with their coach?
    • TLW
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:47PM - in reply to TLW
      • TLW
      • And really, Halls career in college was extremely subpar given his 4 flat mile conversion. Hall only shined in two races (2nd in XC, and his 5k victory) and now is the best American.
    • bangalangadanga
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:48PM - in reply to sometimes ignorant
      • bangalangadanga
      • sometimes ignorant wrote:
        So Mo is coaching other elites, training in Morocco, and racing in China? Nice. That doesn't sound strange at all.
        Sounds suspicious to me.
    • Jesse was indeed a friend
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:49PM - in reply to TLW
      • Jesse was indeed a friend
      • TLW wrote:
        And really, Halls career in college was extremely subpar given his 4 flat mile conversion. Hall only shined in two races (2nd in XC, and his 5k victory) and now is the best American.
        Yeah, and you can throw in Alan Webb for good measure.
    • confused runner
      • RE: Mo Trafeh Tunes Up for Trials With 1:01:39 Half in China 12/19/2011 8:50PM - in reply to confused runner
      • confused runner
      • wejo wrote:
        Mo Trafeh ran 1:01:39 in China and lost a half marathon by 1 second to El Hassan El Abbassi of Morocco.

        Trafeh actually is coaching El Abbassi now.
        confused runner wrote:
        Is Salazar coaching both of them?
        Oh I got the Mo's confused, more than one of them.