• demethedream
      • Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 4:57PM
      • demethedream


      • Editor's note: LetsRun.com's article and analysis of the twitter war is now up on the front page:

        https://www.letsrun.com/news/20...e-mo-show/

        Andy started with a dig at the watered down field Mo is racing, how he always gets these easy races on home soil...

        Andy Vernon: @AndyVernonGB: Another stellar field against @Mo_Farah on home turf this weekend at Birmingham. #joke

        Mo: @Mo_Farah: @AndyVernonGB Shame you didn't make the line up....again #ComeBackWhenYouWinSomethingDecent

        Andy: @AndyVernonGB: Lol @Mo_Farah I think even you can work out that I can make the cut to the Indoor Grand Prix. Lets hope no one loses their shoe...

        Mo: @Mo_Farah: @AndyVernonGB I wish you did make the cut mate so I can leave you in my dust like ALWAYS!! hahahaha #hatersgonnahate

        Andy: @AndyVernonGB: @Mo_Farah. 1) stop quoting Taylor Swift. 2) I don't hate you Mo. I would just rather watch a race than the the Mo Show. #playersgonnaplay

        Mo: @Mo_Farah: @AndyVernonGB that's why they didn't put you in the race mate.. Cos you're an embarrassment!! Taylor swift can probably run faster than you!
    • demethedream
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 1:56PM - in reply to demethedream
      • demethedream
      • It continues still. A lot of side fights now with folks chiming in for either side. Lots of typical "Mo is a doper" or "Andy is a B lister" replies. Andy just said...

        @AndyVernonGB: Don't know how this got so blown up.Its no secret that Mo gets weaker fields put together for home races. Ian Stewart would tell you himself


        Andy also reveals that Taylor Swift could in fact beat him right now. He is injured.

        Anyhow do these two have a bad history or is it the territory of being two top guys in the same place?
    • seasoned ranker
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 2:23PM - in reply to GDGDGDF
      • seasoned ranker
      • But he's not wrong.
        GDGDGDF wrote:
        Andy is such a butt hurt little bitch
    • Good Guy Brooks
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 2:32PM - in reply to demethedream
      • Good Guy Brooks
      • This is even funnier once you look at Vernon's twitter banner.

        But seriously what's up with this guy? He always starts shit with other pro's on twitter.
    • Precious Roy
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 2:35PM - in reply to seasoned ranker
      • Precious Roy
      • Generally not a good idea to be calling out a fellow pro and countryman when your 10k pr is about a lap down from the target of your scorn. And it is a very stupid fanboy argument that the top guys should always race against the top athletes and take it to the limit every time out. Farah is just opening up his indoor season. When you sweep the Olympics in 5/10k, you get the privilege of choosing when to hit your peak racing.
    • call me snake
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 2:40PM - in reply to Good Guy Brooks
      • call me snake
      • how much does andy vernon weigh? he's like the british reincarnation of jason rexing.
    • reader of the forums
    • seasoned ranker
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 2:49PM - in reply to Precious Roy
      • seasoned ranker
      • Precious Roy wrote:
        Generally not a good idea to be calling out a fellow pro and countryman when your 10k pr is about a lap down from the target of your scorn. And it is a very stupid fanboy argument that the top guys should always race against the top athletes and take it to the limit every time out. Farah is just opening up his indoor season. When you sweep the Olympics in 5/10k, you get the privilege of choosing when to hit your peak racing.
        Neither of them look good in this exchange. I'm just saying that Andy is right that Mo gets watered down fields in London (apart from the marathon, of course).
    • Lynsey Sharp 2.0
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 2:55PM - in reply to GDGDGDF
      • Lynsey Sharp 2.0
      • Andy Vermin just can't seem to let his legs do the talking.
    • shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 2:59PM - in reply to Precious Roy
      • shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      • "When you sweep the Olympics in 5/10k, you get the privilege of choosing when to hit your peak racing."

        You'd think he'd also have the confidence not to get into a twitter battle. What's Mo care, just run your races, don't have to justify them to anyone. Even if they are cheap wins.
    • oh please
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:05PM - in reply to shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      • oh please
      • I'm not necessarily a Mo fan, but for Vernon to call out a double Olympic and double WC gold medalist as somehow "dodging" competition...strange. And while Mo hasn't run Bekele/Geb/Komon times, it's not like 26:4? and 12:53? are "slow"

        Vernon must not understand that organizers have to have a draw, because no one's paying to see him run.
    • Brokedown Palace
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:07PM - in reply to call me snake
      • Brokedown Palace
      • call me snake wrote:
        how much does andy vernon weigh? he's like the british reincarnation of jason rexing.
        He has "Beer Mile WR" written all over him
    • OverTheHillAndBack
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:15PM - in reply to Brokedown Palace
      • OverTheHillAndBack
      • A couple MINOR points


        1) WHO DA F**** is Andy Vernon?

        2) You can't win 2 Olympic Golds and simultaneously dodge competition. INCOMPATIBLE. HEAD EXPLODES.

        3) Someone said "except for the london marathon". The london marathon is no small ASTERISK. Mo Farah ran over 4X his usually racing distance, against a LOADED field, in arguable one of the HARDEST and LEAST predictable events. Because Mo ran that London he is FOREVER excused from "dodging the competition."

        4) #WhoIsAndyVeron
    • NAPzster85
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:23PM - in reply to demethedream
      • NAPzster85
      • This is comedy gold.

        Neither of them are particularly wrong, but this is real entertainment.

        Keep it going lads!!
    • seasoned ranker
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:23PM - in reply to OverTheHillAndBack
      • seasoned ranker
      • OverTheHillAndBack wrote:
        A couple MINOR points


        1) WHO DA F**** is Andy Vernon?

        2) You can't win 2 Olympic Golds and simultaneously dodge competition. INCOMPATIBLE. HEAD EXPLODES.

        3) Someone said "except for the london marathon". The london marathon is no small ASTERISK. Mo Farah ran over 4X his usually racing distance, against a LOADED field, in arguable one of the HARDEST and LEAST predictable events. Because Mo ran that London he is FOREVER excused from "dodging the competition."

        4) #WhoIsAndyVeron
        It's a pretty simple point. Mo did London for a payday. He was absolutely not dodging competition there. We are agreed on that.
        Andy did not say that Mo dodges competition altogether, but that's what you idiots keep implying by listing PRs, title wins, etc. He said that he gets watered down fields to run on home soil in the UK.
        He's right. For reference, here is the 2 mile field this weekend:
        http://www.britishathletics.or...-schedule/
        Please show me a track meet in the UK where Mo had to race a really good field. I'm not saying that Mo is in charge of who is in the field, either, so don't bother going down that road.
    • seasoned ranker
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:26PM - in reply to seasoned ranker
      • seasoned ranker
      • And don't list the London Olympics races - we all know that people can't control the entrants for that race. We are talking UK invitational track meets. Like London Diamond League, Birmingham Grand Prix, etc.
    • row row rowbury your boat
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:27PM - in reply to OverTheHillAndBack
      • row row rowbury your boat
      • OverTheHillAndBack wrote:
        Because Mo ran that London he is FOREVER excused from "dodging the competition."
        100% false. I am a huge NOP fan and I absolutely root for Mo more often than I should based on what I am about to say, but Andy Vernon is NOT saying anything untrue. Your Olympic comment contains some sense because obviously the best make it to the Games, but the tactical affair takes the air out of that sail. I admit, Mo wins big races and gets the job done more often than not. But to argue that he has absolutely face saturated fields in many many instances would be ignoring common fact.

        He was ballsy to pick London for his marathon, I give him that. But one failed attempt at a race he had never run does not excuse him from every other time he has taken on a weak fields in his career.
    • joho
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:28PM - in reply to seasoned ranker
      • joho
      • If Mo isn't in charge of determining the field, why attack him about it? Why didn't Vernon ask / accuse the RD for not having any competition for Mo.

        As far as the 2 mile you listed. It appears that a large part of the field is British. Just which British runners would be consider good competition for Mo? Bernard is there so maybe he can give him a run for his money.
    • Wtfunny
      • RE: Mo Farah and Andy Vernon go at it in Twitter 2/17/2015 3:29PM - in reply to OverTheHillAndBack
      • Wtfunny
      • OverTheHillAndBack wrote:
        A couple MINOR points

        ..

        3) Someone said "except for the london marathon". The london marathon is no small ASTERISK. Mo Farah ran over 4X his usually racing distance, against a LOADED field, in arguable one of the HARDEST and LEAST predictable events. Because Mo ran that London he is FOREVER excused from "dodging the competition."
        ...
        Except for the very minor point that Mo didn't really compete with those guys. He had his own pacer and ran a slower race, as planned. He didn't try to win that race any more than I did.