Mo Farah gets his first World Record - 8:03.40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe Mo might want to add some support to getting the name of the high profile British Athlete that was warned by wada made public ?

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kek

Double False wrote:

With respect, I just can't agree with you kkfk. To me, races are about winning. While his 15 was crazy fast, he could neither stay with Kiprop, nor outkick him. As the distance increases, this concern disappears. I don't think on their best days he would be able to take the Olympic champion over the shorter course.

Did you even read my post???

There is a difference between your best fitness wise and your best competitively. Do you not understand the difference there?

Your last statement doesn't make any sense. If the current 10k guys were on their best days, then Farah wouldn't win the 10k either.

Major carnage for the guys trying to match the pace. The Frenchman Carvahlo blew up big time. The Japanese guy paid dearly as well. Lagat was 2nd but got gaped fairly quickly by Mo and eventually passed by Koech.

I still say he ducked the competition.

First Levins bombs, and now Sugura Osako runs almost 10 seconds slower then his 2 mile NR three weeks ago at the Armory (8:25.76 compared to 8:14.27).

Are the tracks any different in speed, or is Alberto just running the legs off his team? Cain not doing well either, and Rupp has been run into a state of illness.

It is apparent that Mo is capable of at least 12:40 in a paced 5000. Probably was in that shape in London '12 as well. His 3:28 is now less of an anomaly, and more like the cloth from which he is cut.

Randy Andy wrote:

I still say he ducked the competition.

He didn't duck the competition, he was there on the track and started the race, he competed against the competition that was assembled there. So WTF are you on about?

Was there a world class field assembled for an indoor two mile race somewhere else in the world that Mo was ducking?

kkfk wrote:

illegitimate wrote:

Agreed with this & disagree with others. Very difficult to say that his best event is 1500m while he has dominated the 10k so strongly over the years. Perhaps his 15 eclipses his 10k but there's no way to say 15 is his best.

How is it "very difficult"? It is as simple as looking at the times. Is his 10k time better than 3:28? You are having trouble the difference between best timewise and dominating. It's not very difficult at all. It is basic math.

I'm not saying his 1500 isn't better than his 10k. BUT to say someone's BEST event is the 1500m while DOMINATING the 10k on the world stage for YEARS is unprecedented and supports the thought that his best event is somewhere between the two distances. HIS 1500 IS BETTER THAN HIS 10K I WILL ADMIT THAT ON AN ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCE BASIS, BUT HIS 1500 IS NOT HIS VERY ABSOLUTE BEST EVENT - NOBODY CAN WIN LIKE HE HAS AT 10K IF THEIR BEST EVENT IS THE 1500

reading comprehension people

kkfk wrote:

Double False wrote:

With respect, I just can't agree with you kkfk. To me, races are about winning. While his 15 was crazy fast, he could neither stay with Kiprop, nor outkick him. As the distance increases, this concern disappears. I don't think on their best days he would be able to take the Olympic champion over the shorter course.

Did you even read my post???

There is a difference between your best fitness wise and your best competitively. Do you not understand the difference there?

Your last statement doesn't make any sense. If the current 10k guys were on their best days, then Farah wouldn't win the 10k either.

Obviously I read your post. Your thinking isn't rocket science, it's not really that hard to understand. I disagree with it, that's all. It's okay that you didn't convince me, life goes on.

As per your last sentence, there is no evidence to support it. He raced all comers and won again and again.

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illegitimate wrote:

3.58 flat last 1600 roughly

I thought only American HS'ers ran 3200 m?

Very funny. You are missing how the two mile works on a 200m track.

They add the 18 meters on at the beginning. So, his '400' split is actually 418 and then he has 2800 meters left. So when he came through the line in 4:05 he had 1600m to go as he had already completed 1618m - what I said was accurate.

I can't believe peopke think he's clean. What Amdy didn't mention that Mo has to time his races with his protocols.

Hopefully in a few years he will be exposed.

TAA wrote:

World Record

I like most of the British announcers, but he did not play up the mile and 3k splits as they related to the WR pace, no last mile or last or last lap split and absolutely no mention of Lagat's masters record. And, for the second half of the race that camera was completely on Mo, which is somewhat understandable, but you can take a few glances at the rest of the field.

Why do you want him exposed? Are you asking full frontal?

illegitimate wrote:

kkfk wrote:

How is it "very difficult"? It is as simple as looking at the times. Is his 10k time better than 3:28? You are having trouble the difference between best timewise and dominating. It's not very difficult at all. It is basic math.

I'm not saying his 1500 isn't better than his 10k. BUT to say someone's BEST event is the 1500m while DOMINATING the 10k on the world stage for YEARS is unprecedented and supports the thought that his best event is somewhere between the two distances. HIS 1500 IS BETTER THAN HIS 10K I WILL ADMIT THAT ON AN ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCE BASIS, BUT HIS 1500 IS NOT HIS VERY ABSOLUTE BEST EVENT - NOBODY CAN WIN LIKE HE HAS AT 10K IF THEIR BEST EVENT IS THE 1500

reading comprehension people

He turns the longer races into 1500m races.

ventolin^3 wrote:

10k all-time list is rubbish & the times don't compare in absolute value to 3k let alone 5k

i did my own mathematical tables & say mo was capable of 26'25 - 26'30 at his peak in a "perfect" 10k, that woud be worth

3.29.1 - 3'29.7

7'23.5 - 7'25.1

12'44.2 - 12'46.7

clearly his already 3'28+ is superior to 10k by those tables

even kennster's 26'17+wr is "only" worth

~ 1'41.8

3'27.8

7'21.3

12'40.5

In other words you have tables you created which bear no relationship to reality.

Alberto, i'm tired! wrote:

First Levins bombs, and now Sugura Osako runs almost 10 seconds slower then his 2 mile NR three weeks ago at the Armory (8:25.76 compared to 8:14.27).

Are the tracks any different in speed, or is Alberto just running the legs off his team? Cain not doing well either, and Rupp has been run into a state of illness.

And Centro Jr. ran 3:40.80 in the 1500.

TAA wrote:

World Record

Yeah, so now STFU, Andy Vernon.