Mo's 5000m sub 13:30 performances mapped chronologically. Whatever happened in 2011, it was significant. It wasn't until after his Indoor Birmingham 13:10 that he joined Salazar. Five months later he was at 12:53 and beating all comers, about a full year after running 13:05 for 7th place at Gateshead in 2010.
13:09.40 Mohamed Farah 6r1 Heusden-Zolder 22.07.2006
13:07.00 Mohamed Farah 10 Bruxelles 14.09.2007
13:25.01 Mohamed Farah 17 Ostrava 12.06.2008
13:08.11 Mohamed Farah 4 Bruxelles 05.09.2008
13:12.28 Mohamed Farah 11 Oslo 03.07.2009
13:09.14 Mohamed Farah 1 London 24.07.2009
13:19.94 Mohamed Farah 3h1 Berlin 20.08.2009
13:19.69 Mohamed Farah 7 Berlin 23.08.2009
13:22.33 Mohamed Farah 13 Bruxelles 04.09.2009
13:05.66 Mohamed Farah 7 Gateshead 10.07.2010
12:57.94 Mohamed Farah 5 Zürich 19.08.2010
13:10.60 Mohamed Farah 1 Birmingham 19.02.2011
13:06.14 Mohamed Farah 1 Birmingham 10.07.2011
12:53.11 Mohamed Farah 1 Monaco 22.07.2011
13:23.36 Mohamed Farah 1 Daegu 04.09.2011
13:12.87 Mohamed Farah 1 Eagle Rock 18.05.2012
12:56.98 Mohamed Farah 1 Eugene 02.06.2012
13:29.91 Mohamed Farah 1 Helsinki 27.06.2012
13:06.04 Mohamed Farah 1 London 13.07.2012
13:26.00 Mohamed Farah 3h1 London 08.08.2012
13:15.68 Mohamed Farah 1 Eagle Rock 17.05.2013
13:05.88 Mohamed Farah 2 Eugene 01.06.2013
13:14.24 Mohamed Farah 1 Birmingham 30.06.2013
Anyone else remember Farah winning this 5000m in 2009? Guess that was a flash of what was to come...
From the Aviva 5000m in 2009
1 Farah , Mohammed GBR 13:09.14 20
2 Mutahi , Sammy KEN 13:10.17 16
3 Kigen , Mike Kipruto KEN 13:17.79 14
4 Gebremeskel , Dejen ETH 13:20.45 12
5 Shaheen , Saif Saaeed QAT 13:29.31 10
6 Abdullah , Ahmad Hassan QAT 13:29.59 8
7 Abdirahman , Abdihakem USA 13:33.79 6
8 Asmerom , Bolota USA 13:36.60 4
9 Pifer , Stephen USA 13:45.01 3
10 Thompson , Christopher GBR 13:50.34 3
11 Forrest , Shawn AUS 13:52.08 3
12 McNeill , David AUS 14:00.75 3
13 Draper , Mark GBR 14:08.72
14 McLeod , Ryan GBR 14:18.53
Kiplagat , Bernard Kipchirchir KEN DNF
Geele , Moumin SOM DNF
Cragg , Alistair Ian IRL DNF
Overall , Scott GBR DNF
Birgen , Bethwell KEN DNF