Ryan Hall against Stephen Sambu and Mo Farah in GreatNorthRun

it wouda been better for his "legacy" if he'd taken a shot at 7'17 / 7'18 in rieti on that day instead

I took a shot at 7.18 and ran 8.30 and it didn't help my legacy

Honestly Mo has great speed and endurance. Meaning with a 3:28 he should be able to run two 3:38/39sback to back. I'm no comparison to him but when I ran 4:00 1500 I ran an 8:20 3k. i know it sounds crazy for mo to run that kind of time but it's possible. just think he would need someone to pace to 2k

I couldnt have said it better, Mo needs to utilize his incredible speed n endurance while he can . He said he would try to go for the world indoor mile in March 2016 I wish if he could go for faster times in the 3 5 and 10 k tho ..sub 7 25 , 12 40 and 26 30 would really be nice

Mr. Obvious wrote:

ventolin^3 wrote:

really annoying mo keeps running this worthless race

rieti is on same day

it wouda been better for his "legacy" if he'd taken a shot at 7'17 / 7'18 in rieti on that day instead

Except he has no chance for that.

Running a 7:27 won't really help hi legacy

i see comedians are rife here

why on earth woud mo only aim for an utterly worthless 7'27 ???

Humidity. wrote:

It was warm with high humidity. se.

No it wasn't it was 75 and the dew point was 64. They ran at 9pm. The conditions were just fine.

tony the tiger wrote:I couldnt have said it better, Mo needs to utilize his incredible speed n endurance while he can . He said he would try to go for the world indoor mile in March 2016 I wish if he could go for faster times in the 3 5 and 10 k tho ..sub 7 25 , 12 40 and 26 30 would really be nice

i have no idea why anyone regards 7'25 as much of a barrier for super-elites

it is crap !!!

morceli at his peak was probably worth 3'26.5 with ideal pacing to bell

mo is likely only 1/2s slower over 1500

mo has hugely better 5k ability than morceli

in morceli's 7'25.1wr, they jogged around until bell after opening 57.7 :

5'01.3 at 2k !!! - 7'32.0 pace !!!

6'30.9 at bell !!! - 7'31.1 pace !!!

morceli basically just destroyed ole wr with a last lap of 54.2 !!!

apart from too fast opening lap, morceli put in no serious effort until the bell

it doesn't take sir isaac newton to figure out morceli couda gone 7'21/7'22 that day if the past had been fast to bell off smooth 4'54+ at 2k & solo last 1k, considering he finished with 54.2 !!!

now, i contend that mo is very close in 1500 ability to morceli on basis of that essentially "solo" 3'28.9 in the vacuum behind Asbel, likely 3'27-flat if he'd had 2nd set of pacers in that race to take him smoothly to bell

mo's 5k is hugely superior to morceli

conclusion :

mo shoud currently make absolute mince-meat of the 7'21/7'22 morceli couda run with better pacing

Although the numbers seem crazy, I think Ventolin is actually spot on this time. I really do think that Mo could challenge 7:20, as absurd as that is. I think 3k is really his sweet spot in terms of distance, and would love to see him really go for it at 3000/2 miles at some point before it's too late.

You should start a fantasy track league.

you can't type a colon and express numbers properly?

yourmom.com wrote:

As a fellow white dude, i'm happy to see Ryan Hall racing. I've also accepted that he is past his prime and will not compete for the win. Still, happy he's out there.

...mostly just reminds me how bitter I am that the pipeline of talent in the class behind Hall, Ritz, Meb has been nonexistent by comparison.

Don't worry, once Rupp moves up we'll have our champion. Rupp can run 2:04 unaided.