El guerrouj has 12:50. So Farah is better than 12:53 despite running it several times but El guerrouj potential isn't better than 12:50?
Also Kiprop has actually presented some really interesting cross country performances against some actual good competition, it's really no stretch to think that he could run a good 5km.
Don't simply assume that being fast at 800m and 1500m means that he sucks at 5km, I reckon he would be capable of 13 flat or somewhere close.
I am not assuming that Kiprop would lose spectacularly to Farah over 5000m because he is good at the 800m and 1500m. He is just very much more the 800/1500m type and could probably run 1:42 in the right race. He has speed and speed decays with distance.
Even if he is able to run 13 flat for the 5000m, Farah would win comfortably. How many 13 minute 5k guys have troubled Farah recently?
Even with Asbel's 3:26 1500m speed, unless the pace had been so slow as to not tire Asbel then Farah would be have much more left over the last km.
One thing Farah is good at is tactics, and if he was racing Kiprop over 5000m he would just make it fast.
However, El G would be a tough one as he would be difficult to shake and has a fast finish. I reckon it takes 12:45 to beat El G outright for certain, he could have run 12:48 tops.
ElG and Mo are different types of racers. El G the long fast drive at the end, draws the kick out of opponents and he can still sting the last 100.
The 2004 Oly 1500 was textbook, a 53 third lap and still outkicking Lagat in the stretch. Whew.
Mo controls the last 2 laps and counts on the last 100.
Not sure how you'd call the winner.
Also, remember Kipchoge nailed El G in 2003, one of the great races ever.
If it were today's testing, Farah. If Mo ran in that era, El G.
may be hors subject ,but good point:if AOUITA NOT ELG WILL BEAT Mo F FROM1500 TO 10000M
Kiprop is a beast in cross country so he definitely has the strength to be a legit 5k guy. Kiprop could be Daniel Komen w/ a better kick meanwhile Farah is what PRIME Lagat would have been had he competed in the 5k except he isn't as fast as Lagat.
800m Brit wrote:
I am not assuming that Kiprop would lose spectacularly to Farah over 5000m because he is good at the 800m and 1500m. He is just very much more the 800/1500m type and could probably run 1:42 in the right race. He has speed and speed decays with distance.
Even if he is able to run 13 flat for the 5000m, Farah would win comfortably. How many 13 minute 5k guys have troubled Farah recently?
Even with Asbel's 3:26 1500m speed, unless the pace had been so slow as to not tire Asbel then Farah would be have much more left over the last km.
One thing Farah is good at is tactics, and if he was racing Kiprop over 5000m he would just make it fast.
However, El G would be a tough one as he would be difficult to shake and has a fast finish. I reckon it takes 12:45 to beat El G outright for certain, he could have run 12:48 tops.
Shaheen outkicked El G in a fast 5000 (12,48 vs. 12.50).
Well of course ElG ran that great 2000m in 4:44, and Mo would be lucky to run 4:47. ElG was phenomenal. Mo, not so much.
Kennys wrote:
Well of course ElG ran that great 2000m in 4:44, and Mo would be lucky to run 4:47. ElG was phenomenally doped .Mo, not so much.
Fixed that
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