Mo Farah is a better miler than Alan Webb and a better marathoner than Ryan Hall

Minus the indoor 2 mile record...that's like literally the only exception but that's cause he was in a field that he knew he could beat no doubt (given that Lagat was 40 and not in his prime but still ran 7:37 that season...but only 8:17 in that race).

Anyone think Farah may regret not chasing a fast time in the 5k or 10k the last few years?

These have most likely have been his prime running years and he has been happy to win the major championships (obviously exceptional) and take big pay days for (mostly) easy races in the UK. (The GNR at the weekend was probably one of the exceptions to this)

I think in a year or two when he is in decline he may look back and think he missed out by at least not even giving it a shot.

I agree with you 100%, If Mo doesn't go for fast times in the immediate future , I have no doubt in my mind this is will haunt him the rest of his natural life ..The good news , in 2 interviews after the world championship he said he would go for fast times and even said he is planning to go for the indoor world record for the mile

Funny wrote:I always find it funny that people refer to a 3:28.8 as a 3:28 in order to exagerate the actual performance

because 3'28.8 is 3'28 & not 3'29

And no Ventolin, he isn't worth 3:27 flat before you join the party amigo

you clearly have no clue about drafting

mo effectively solo'ed that 1500 in vacuum behind Asbel

go watch race for umpteenth time

at 0.7s/lap for drafting for 2,75 laps, meaning to bell, he couda run with 2nd set of pacers to bell :

3'28.9 - ( 0.7 * 2.75 ) = 3'27.0

it was big mistake on sal's part not to pay for 2nd set of pacers

if mo had actually trained exclusively for 1500 when joining sal in '11, i think he wouda had a serious shot of breaking the 1500WR, maybe a 50 or 60% probability seeing as currently he is capable of 3'27-flat off 5k/10k training

i certainly think he wouda gone 3'26-low by now at absolute slowest

wow !

must be hibernation here already !!

i posted i reckoned mo wouda run 3'26-low at worst by now if he had concentrated on 1500 since joining sal in '11 & he had 50 or 60% chance of cracking 3'26

go look at mo's solo 3'28.9

if he had concentrated on 1500 from '11 imo, he wouda likely had a potential pb

~ 3'25.7

You can't put him at 3:27.0 in that race because that would be just .3 behind Kiprop, who therefore could have been his pacer the entire race to that time if he had been good enough. 3:28 flat or just under, I'll give you--with his current training in that race.

buttcheeks98 wrote:

Trolling, but Bekele doesn't need to run either of those times, mainly because HE RAN 12:37.35 AND 26:17.53.

Mile time?

no

learn to think

Asbel once again killed off shot at wr with that ridiculous 53.9 opener

hicham split 54.3 in wr

you can't be making near 0.5s errors on 1st lap chasing 3'26.0 unless your name is Ryun

Asbel split 2'31.7 at bell !!!

mo thru in 2'33.4

if he'd got his "2nd" set of pacers, he wouda looked at

~ 2.75 * 0.7s/lap quicker thru at bell

= 2'33.4 - ( 2.75 * 0.7 ) =

2'31.5

this means he wouda been leading at the bell !!!

there is no "law of running" which precludes mo from leading at bell having overtaken Asbel with help of "2nd set of pacers"

you are too handicapped by preconceptions/limits to take seriously

mo wouda theoretically put in same 55.5 finish for 3'27.0

however, Asbel wouda passed him for 3'26-low, having got drafting off mo until kicking past in stretch

mo wouda been leading this race to bell if 2nd set of pacers smoothly taking him to bell compared to Asbel's haphazard 1100

however, Asbel wouda kicked away in stretch for narrow looking win

no

try 3'27-flat that race with 2nd set of pacers

good possibilty 3'25-high if he'd trained full-time for 1500 from joining sal in '11...