Farah's chances of winning London?

jeez ...some money to be made here backing against farah

can't believe they have him as favorite

Put simply , I don't believe this!

Which one of us has ever come out before a race and said "Yeh , I'm feeling pretty good , training has gone really well and I'm going to win this race with something to spare" (or words to that effect).

To try and ease the pressure on himself from the Brit media (the majority of whom do not understand athletics at all) Farah is going to play down both his goals for the race and his chances of achieving them.

I'll stick to my original point : he would not be doing this unless he (and the rest of "the Project") believed he could achieve something pretty memorable. Breaking the UK marathon record does not come into the category of "memorable".

mark b wrote:

Put simply , I don't believe this!

Which one of us has ever come out before a race and said "Yeh , I'm feeling pretty good , training has gone really well and I'm going to win this race with something to spare" (or words to that effect).

To try and ease the pressure on himself from the Brit media (the majority of whom do not understand athletics at all) Farah is going to play down both his goals for the race and his chances of achieving them.

I'll stick to my original point : he would not be doing this unless he (and the rest of "the Project") believed he could achieve something pretty memorable. Breaking the UK marathon record does not come into the category of "memorable".

it is a good point and i thought of this too

mo is big $$$$ and his value drops if he doesn't win quickly at the marathon

Mr. Xfit wrote:

I agree. If he can get to the start and avoid getting Rabdo he could be good.

Maybe he should just use a parachute for the sprints and not mess with tires.

(I'm still laughing at this.)

I do think it's weird that the odds are what they are, regardless of who Mo Farah is ... should anyone be only 3-1 in any competitive marathon? Is there just so much emotional UK homer money versus so little "I seriously follow distance running" money skewing the odds? I wonder what the volume of betting here is vs other marathons.

Wake up. Have you noticed that the Kenyan men and women have been in decline everywhere except the marathon. But watch out, the Ethiopians are coming fast at the marathon now. Ethiopians have most all the WRs except the marathon.

Diababababa wrote:

Ethiopians have most all the WRs except the marathon.

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Men's:

800m - Kenya

1500 - Morocco

3000 - Kenya

Steeplechase - sort of Kenya

5000 - Ethiopia

10000 - Ethiopia

Half-Marathon - Eritrea

Marathon - Kenya

Women's:

800m - Czechoslovakia

1500 - Morocco

3000 - China

Steeplechase - Russia

5000 - Ethiopia

10000 - China

Half-Marathon - Kenya

Marathon - England

Kenyans do all out 300 meter hill sprints and Im sure they can squat plenty and carbs are very necessary for endurance...duh