Farah completes the double - Wins 2014 European 5000 with 2:22:85 last 1000m

guns of august wrote:

Now that you mention it, it is an indicator of Mo's greatness that, if he felt like devoting some training time to the steeple, he probably would have an excellent shot at pulling off a 1500/steeple double at ECs.

Whereas MB would have no chance against Mo at 5000 and 10000.

So maybe that's not the best comparison to bring up.

Maybe its best that you learn to read. The comparison was about what they actually did not what they coulda woulda shoulda.

guns of august wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

We all know who did the REAL double, Mahediene Mehkissi-Bennabad. Steeple-1500 beats 5k/10k hands down.

Now that you mention it, it is an indicator of Mo's greatness that, if he felt like devoting some training time to the steeple, he probably would have an excellent shot at pulling off a 1500/steeple double at ECs.

Whereas MB would have no chance against Mo at 5000 and 10000.

So maybe that's not the best comparison to bring up.

Wrong wrong and more wrong.

For one, not everyone is a steepler, you never know until you try. Even assuming Mo was a worthy steepler, you realize Mekhissi-Benabbad is one of the best in the world and has an excellent shot at gold. He has a full 6 seconds on Evan Jager and is the only non-Kenyan routinely on par with the top Kenyans. Mo has ZERO!!!!! chance against him.

Mo can run a fast 1500, but is unproven in a slow one in which Mekhissi DOMINATED today. Henrik Ingebrigsten ran 3:31 a few weeks ago and was destroyed. Mo in his current shape is probably not better than Ingebrigsten and certainly wouldn't dominate him like MB did.

Bollocks, mo ripped off a 1.50 last 800 today, could have gone 1.49, mekhissi was tremendous but wouldn't "certainly" beat him off a slow pace, mo's a great tactician and wouldn't have snoozed and let mekhissi take off like Ingebrigtsen did

Use your brain wrote:

He was sick , not injured , there is a difference , if he was not sick he would have run plain and simple.

He was not sick on July 27th (fCWG final of the 5000m), nor was he sick on Aug 1st (CWG final of the 10000m).

He was sick one month prior to that.

He won Euro 10000m on Aug 13th... Then Euro 5000m today.

Ingebrigsten was caught behind the fallen runners and was doing dance steps as MB wad breaking away: wasn't a clean matchup.

Anyway, I'm just talking probabilities. MB cannot beat Mo at 5 and 10 or he would be doing that instead of trying to beat the Kenyans at the steeple.

Mo has the 3:28 and would be favored over MB at the 1500.

Of course the steeple is something of an unknown until Mo actually gave it a try, but he has a "loose" stride and there's a good chance he would take to it. And well enough to be a serious betting threat vs MB.

HAHAHAHA!!! Mo could beat Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad at the steeplechase?!?!! Funniest thing I've read on LetsRun since the chocolate milk thread!!!

Green Faces wrote:

HAHAHAHA!!! Mo could beat Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad at the steeplechase?!?!! Funniest thing I've read on LetsRun since the chocolate milk thread!!!

No kidding... do they not realize he is a 2-time Olympic silver medalist in the event? I suppose these morons think Kirani James could jump in the 400 hurdles and win a silver in that too?

Bad Wigins wrote:

it is an indicator of Mo's greatness that, if he felt like devoting some training time to the steeple, he probably would have an excellent shot at pulling off a 1500/steeple double at ECs.

Whereas MB would have no chance against Mo at 5000 and 10000.

I'm pretty sure that Benabbad could thrash Farah at 5000m if he wanted, and Farah would have zero chance in the steeple.

Heard it was a 52 second last lap!

For once, I actually agree with something J.R. wrote. In 2013 I'm sure Farah would win a 5000 but this year, Farah vs. Benabbad could be a good race.

Cronje wrote:

For once, I actually agree with something J.R. wrote. In 2013 I'm sure Farah would win a 5000 but this year, Farah vs. Benabbad could be a good race.

For some reason, MMB does not run the 5000. There is no time for him in the event going back to the beginning of his professional career (except one very slow race in 2005). I would have thought that 5k is a more natural distance for a steepler than the 1500, and actually would have fit better into MMB's plans in Zurich (not that it ended up mattering)as he would not have had to race a prelim 1500m round the morning after his "victory" in the steeple final.

The bookies would agree with me.

ndiku closed in 37.7 i think for his last 300, on pace for 50.x

reed wrote:

ndiku closed in 37.7 i think for his last 300, on pace for 50.x

It was Soulemain in the 1500m who closed in 37.7, not Ndiku in the 5000m.

Well Farah is undefeated in the steeplechase unlike "Mr Silver" MBB.

Only one performance of 5:56 at 17 in his debut for the 2k chase but comfortably winning and beating future 8:28 and 8:30 men Adam Bowden and Jermaine Mays.

Not enough to say he'd be Olympic champion but an Olympic 5k champ and 3:28 1500m runner with natural chasing ability would have a good shot.

Anecdotally I've also heard from others who saw him running the odd 400m hurdle race as a youth and he was apparently pretty natural at it.

If MB was one of the best Steeplers in the world, why didn't he win Euro champs?

Things I have learned about Mo Farah on this thread: (1) his performance at the EC shows he could have won the CG, thus proving he is a coward who will only run when he is sure he will win; (2) Farah has no chance against someone with a 1500 PR 5 seconds slower and would certainly lose a tactical race to this same person; (3) Farah would face a "good race" against someone who has never run the 5,000 faster than 14:30.

I love letsrun.

test

Hè did win, but was stripped off his title.

Bye the way he closed in 58.84-52.23

For 1:51:07 800 meter

Lap before that was 66.04