FARAH OVER ALAMIREW - 53.4 LAST LAP!!

he eased up once he knew he beaten Alamirew. He has another gear and could probably have closed in 52.8

Consider This wrote:

Where did this Farah can't run fast meme come from? Has Gebrhiwet done anything besides that 12:47 last year? Do you really think it's easy to run a guy with a PR 6 seconds slower than you off his feet?

It must come from the fact that despite a single 12:53 from almost 2 years ago, Farah has never run faster than 12:56.9 over 5000m. Pretty sure both Yenew and Hagos just ran 12:54/12:55 three weeks ago, respectively.

Here are Farah's 10 fastest 5000m in chronological order with respective placings. He has gone sub-13 on three occasions over the past three years.

13:07.00 9/2007 10th

13:08.11 9/2008 4th

13:09.14 7/2009 1st

13:05.66 7/2010 7th

12:57.94 8/2010 5th

12:53.11 7/2011 1st

13:06.14 7/2011 1st

12:56.98 6/2012 1st

13:06.04 7/2012 1st

13:05.88 6/2013 2nd

I'm not sure why everyone thinks these guys can just go out and rip a 12:50 effort like it's nothing for them. That's a stiff time. It takes perfect conditions, an elite field, maybe even time incentives to push the pace. Who knows where these guys are in their training cycles leading up to Moscow? They could all be running with partially dead legs.

Secondly, this isn't US Nationals where there are a few guys with wheels and a bunch of dark horses hoping for an elite to falter. These are the cream of the crop. If they thought they could blaze a 12:50 or even a 12:58 and put Farah away they would have.

gasser wrote:

If they thought they could blaze a 12:50 or even a 12:58 and put Farah away they would have.

They might be saving that type of effort for world champs.

The Ethiopians are young kids. They'll learn fast.

That looks like a lot of firsts starting in 2011. That seems more important than times. He also ran 26:46, which isn't exactly pedestrian. And like I mentioned, what has Gebrhiwet done besides that 12:47? It isn't that much faster than Mo's PR - certainly not anything suggesting that he could just go out and run him off his feet. Kenenisa Bekele tried running El G and Eliud Kipchoge off their feet. They sat on his @ss and he ended up getting third.

Does anyone have a nicer stride than Gebrhiwet? He just floats along.

Made a few couple shoddy gifs

3 wide on the back straight

http://i.imgur.com/mZgH7ng.gif

coming in to the home straight

http://i.imgur.com/5eV2BgB.gif

This race of Mo reminds me of El G's win in Athens in the end time and the last lap (very close at least). Makes one wonder with this speed that Mo displays these days what he could run in a 1500 - I think 3:30, possibly under.

Consider This wrote:

what has Gebrhiwet done besides that 12:47? It isn't that much faster than Mo's PR - certainly not anything suggesting that he could just go out and run him off his feet.

12:55 this year, for one. Compared to - what has Mo done lately? 13:05. 10 seconds is easily enough to gap him.

Maybe they are all rounding into PR shape. They know tht there are 3-4 guys in the field who can go 12:50 low on a good day. It is hard to risk it. t worlds one Ethiopian may be told to sacrifice himself.

Consider This wrote:

That looks like a lot of firsts starting in 2011. That seems more important than times.

You're right. 2011 unveiled a 28-year-old Farah seemingly reborn on the track. I guess we credit Salazar with that, though Mo did run sub 13 prior to joining Alberto.

Farah has some fast times to his credit, yes. That said, those times are dating. Where would Farah have placed a month earlier when Alimerew went 12:54? At that time Farah was not the best finisher in a race that went 13:04. Just a point to consider.

If Farah has shown himself to be the premiere finisher/kicker in the game, which he has, then the only chance anyone has is to tax those legs with relentless pacing. They went into the kick off 14:20 pace. Farah post-2011 takes that type of race every time.

thats what they'll have to do in moscow

maybe sacrifice gebrihewot

and set up alimerew

take it out fast from 3000

52.43 wrote:

This race of Mo reminds me of El G's win in Athens in the end time and the last lap (very close at least). Makes one wonder with this speed that Mo displays these days what he could run in a 1500 - I think 3:30, possibly under.

No. Unless he dedicates one year and specialize in it.

farah gonna be unbeatable in moscow anyhow

he's off to st moritz now for a....."block of altitude training "

wink wink nudge nudge say no more

this maybe a prelim & i think he coud currently shatter these 1500 - 3k estimates

50.5 / 1'46.7 ->

3'29.75

4'45.59

7'20.88

12'41.06

26'33.37

only weakness is the 10k

( because of speed-decay & he NEVER was a 10k run - just a 5k guy ( with exceptional 1500 speed ) who got a sh!t 10k race in london to kick away )

but you better run 26'25 to guaranteeing destroying him...

Bad Wigins wrote:

Consider This wrote:

what has Gebrhiwet done besides that 12:47? It isn't that much faster than Mo's PR - certainly not anything suggesting that he could just go out and run him off his feet.

12:55 this year, for one. Compared to - what has Mo done lately? 13:05. 10 seconds is easily enough to gap him.

What has Mo done recently? Repeatedly beaten all of the other top runners in the world.

TrackCoach wrote:

I skip 5k's wrote:

I think alamirew would have won if the other brit moved a whole 2 laps earlier. In a 12:5x race I think alamirew has the advantage in the last lap

You do know that being able run fast at the end is not just about speed?

Great post! It's the individual who arrives at the last lap with the least amount of lactate in the bloodstream.

ventolin^3 wrote:

3'29.75

4'45.59

7'20.88

12'41.06

26'33.37

What a crackpot you are.

Farah will never approach any of those times.