DON'T FORGET: Mo Farah is a MOster Tachtician

Okcw wrote:

Watch this race from the beginning... dude makes it a 10-lap race from the gun since he is fatigued from his 10,000m Gold.. .just jogs in last and then just does enough to out-smart the field and WIN,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C93qwVmBseE

That's how you race.

So impressive ..

He is about to get Mo-lested this season.

Okcw wrote:

Watch this race from the beginning... dude makes it a 10-lap race from the gun since he is fatigued from his 10,000m Gold.. .just jogs in last and then just does enough to out-smart the field and WIN,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C93qwVmBseE

That's how you race.

Cool! How's that worked for him the last three races?

He didn't do anything special or "master like". He has the best kick in the field. That doesn't require any crazy tactical ability when you can create a 1-3 second gap on the last lap. If anything, that ability would allow him to be the worst tactician and still win.

Okcw wrote:

Watch this race from the beginning... dude makes it a 10-lap race from the gun since he is fatigued from his 10,000m Gold.. .just jogs in last and then just does enough to out-smart the field and WIN,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C93qwVmBseE

That's how you race.

This is one of my favorite races to watch....over and over. What I don't understand is why so many think it's a bad race???

The last 1600 was sub 4..... that's awesome in a must win race....even if they took it easy the first two mi. I always prefer this type race over one in which someone runs off early and just hangs on to win.

Yep, Pretty impressive stuff. Championship races are all about winning. Some clowns here would be more impressed with him running a 12:50 DL race than all the world/olympic titles hes won in the past few years.

I will never enjoy a win by Mo or Galen. They are almost cyborgs.

iisk wrote:

He didn't do anything special or "master like". He has the best kick in the field. That doesn't require any crazy tactical ability when you can create a 1-3 second gap on the last lap. If anything, that ability would allow him to be the worst tactician and still win.

I see what you are saying, but he still runs tactically very smart. He takes over the lead, but doesn't actually take off, and in fact slows the pace a bit. When others try to pass, he holds them off and they think he is going, but again, he is not. He waits until HE is 100% ready and makes his big move...*from the front*....he isn't boxed and needs to pass no one when the fast running occurs. Yes, a perfect race for him.

Compare this to Gebremeskel. ONe of the dumbest races I've seen. He knows Mo has a huge kick, he knows Mo is tired from the 10k at least a tad, and he knows that he has the best time in the field, and yet he and his pals..

a) wait until a mile out to start picking it up. It's such a weak effort that they drop NO ONE from the pack (levins and Lomong are right there at the bell)

b) let Mo take over and dictate the race from the front for the last 2 laps.

c) worst of all, Gebremeskel lets himself get COMPLETELY BOXED at the bell, and is unbelievably in NINTH place with 350 to go, and spots Mo 10 meters!

Despite alllllll that, he still almost gets Mo. If he ran even just a little bit smarter, he could have won.

Yes, tactics DID decide the race.

Mo Ron wrote:

I will never enjoy a win by Mo or Galen. They are almost cyborgs.

Mo has some personality, like Dada from Star Trek. Rupp personality is much more like Robbie the Robot.

Okcw wrote:

Watch this race from the beginning... dude makes it a 10-lap race from the gun since he is fatigued from his 10,000m Gold.. .just jogs in last and then just does enough to out-smart the field and WIN,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C93qwVmBseE

That's how you race.

10K/5K tactics aren't that complicated when you can run a sub-3:30 1500. Mo has legit 10K/5K PRs, so it is not like he can't run a fast race. The only athletes capable of pushing the pace are the same ones looking to medal and running out front the whole way against a field a great athletes is risky. If the pace it too fast, Mo can simply take the lead and slow the race down; currently there is no answer to Mo. The two possible answers is to start pushing the pace further out or have one great athlete push hard the way and possibly give up his race just to bet Mo, but that hasn't happened yet.