Mo Farah 2 tackle world's indoor 3k in Glasgow Feb20th

Slow Bro wrote:

wait just a second wrote:

[quote]longjack wrote:

Ok, and that means what? That he can somehow run a WR 3K? El G couldn't come close to this record and would crush Farah in a 1500m so why would Farah be able to have a shot?

Mo has better range than El G. 3:28 and 59:30 at roughly the same time. 3K could be Mo's best distance.

Agreed. Although, no one said El G was known for his range! I do think Mo can run faster than his prs at 3, 5, and 10k. Whether he does or not time will tell. At least he went for it last year in the indoor 2 mile. Honestly I think he should go for the indoor Mile record instead. I thought he even said he would back in the fall. He's got a good shot at 3:48. I mean rupp ran 3:50 indoors!

Gumpe wrote:

Not again wrote:

Goes from getting beat over 8k by Heath to running a 3k wr in 5 weeks?

How many times does it need to be said that Farah is a drug user and will be retreating to Ethiopia to ramp up the regimen? Guaranteed when he shows up on Feb 20th, he'll be a different looking runner in terms of performance and physique, with more of that insectoid "unhealthy thinness" that Dr. Ferrari was going on about. Just wait, like night and day if you understand what you're seeing.

It would take some powerful and high dosages of drugs to make a big difference in 5 weeks.

TrackCoach wrote:

Gumpe wrote:

How many times does it need to be said that Farah is a drug user and will be retreating to Ethiopia to ramp up the regimen? Guaranteed when he shows up on Feb 20th, he'll be a different looking runner in terms of performance and physique, with more of that insectoid "unhealthy thinness" that Dr. Ferrari was going on about. Just wait, like night and day if you understand what you're seeing.

It would take some powerful and high dosages of drugs to make a big difference in 5 weeks.

It's perfect actually for an Epo cycle

Any test results on returning are also disregarded for the passport due to altitude

Let's see what happens

Slow Bro wrote:

wait just a second wrote:

[quote]longjack wrote:

Ok, and that means what? That he can somehow run a WR 3K? El G couldn't come close to this record and would crush Farah in a 1500m so why would Farah be able to have a shot?

Mo has better range than El G. 3:28 and 59:30 at roughly the same time. 3K could be Mo's best distance.

So Mo has better range than El G but yet slower marks in the 1500/5000. Again what does his time in a half marathon have to do with his 3000m time? His PBs aren't even better than Alamirew. You aren't making sense.

Where are the moderators ?? Can you delete this thread??? since it turned into a Mo Farah bashing thread

Thank you much in advance

tony da tiger wrote:

Where are the moderators ?? Can you delete this thread??? since it turned into a Mo Farah bashing thread

Thank you much in advance

It's not bashing. The guy just got beat by Garrett Heath, okay? Now he plans to show up in 5 weeks time and attempt one of the hardest world records on the books? I'm sorry, I don't care how many global medals you have or what stage you're at in your training, that kind of turnaround is unheard of. It's not natural, it's not, and if more people would just wake up and be more critical we could help clean up this sport. I have nothiing against Mo personally, but I believe cheating invades all levels of athletics, the pinnacle especially. When I look at what has happened with Mo, I simply don't believe it. And I don't think I'm alone.

Heath is not random guy , he beat Kiprop and Bekele he is of one hell of cross country runner ,, Actually I was gonna make a topic predicting that he would beat Mo in Edinburgh .

and you if believe Mo Farah's true values are : 26:48 , 12:53 and : 7:33 then you know nothing about track n field .. If there is anyone on the planet right now who can break Daniel Komen's record is Mo ..You believe he is doping n I dont

transformerr wrote:

tony da tiger wrote:

Where are the moderators ?? Can you delete this thread??? since it turned into a Mo Farah bashing thread

Thank you much in advance

It's not bashing. The guy just got beat by Garrett Heath, okay? Now he plans to show up in 5 weeks time and attempt one of the hardest world records on the books? I'm sorry, I don't care how many global medals you have or what stage you're at in your training, that kind of turnaround is unheard of. It's not natural, it's not, and if more people would just wake up and be more critical we could help clean up this sport. I have nothiing against Mo personally, but I believe cheating invades all levels of athletics, the pinnacle especially. When I look at what has happened with Mo, I simply don't believe it. And I don't think I'm alone.

That record along with every other record from the 90's was done with a Haemocrite well into the 60's, if Mo beats it, it will be a cleaner record no matter how doped up he is.

Everyone takes shots at Mo but don't you dare question the great Geb and co. who were running during a time when an EPO test didn't even exist. Komon was obviously a huge doper and those records shouldn't even exist, I hope the record goes but it probably won't happen.

I have no doubt in my mind that Mo can break the WR for the 3k .. Everyone knows that is his best distance and I think if he train specifically to go for the record he can achieve that . off course Mo haters will claim he got the special sauce or the juice or whatever they call it while he was in Ethiopia

Evidently, many of you on this thread don't realise the difference in the terrain for track and cross country. It was obviously a wet and muddy day, and heath is adept to running in such conditions vs farah whose technique works best on the track surface.

No doubt he lost to heath, but at the highest level, these minor differences really add up to 1-2 seconds. Also, farah could possibly have judged wrongly his ability to kick, as he does on the track, on the last 2-100m of the wet and muddy course that day. If anything, it just shows his fitness so early on in the season, that he can match up to someone who is peaking for this race.

So to say that he's unfit and can't reach a high level within 5 weeks, and to say his only chance of achieving it is to dope when in Ethiopia (not denying the possibility), is incredulous.

This is a gooooood one wrote:

Why would you assume that Mo could better Alamirew's time when Alamirew has a far better 3000m and 5000m pb? Not being a smart ass, just wondering. Mo has proven that he's great at winning but he's not proven that he's great at going for times/records or being able to push the pace to get there.

True, Alamirew has the 7:27 indoors and a 7:27 outdoors, but Farah's indoor 2-mile should at least be close to that. Also I wouldn't say his 5000 is "far better" ... 12:48.77 vs 12:53.11.

Farah ran his PR winning that race, safe to say he did as much as he needed to to win, whereas Alamirew was in a fast race from the start, chasing guys and finished 4th.

It's pretty evident Farah could go faster than 12:53. Partly it's his own fault, but to my knowledge that was the only 5000 he has ever been in set up to go fast.

Also Farah ran that PR in 2011, his breakthrough year. Most would agree he was improved since then. Alamirew ran his in 2012 and seems to have regressed ever since.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't ever recall Alamirew beating Farah.

Farah has the two 3:28s plus the 8:03.40 indoor 2-mile (equal to about a 7:25.7 3K going by IAAF scoring tables), his 5K ability is as good as or better than Alamriew's (at least I would argue, in spite of 4.5 sec difference in PR), so based on his superior speed (Alamirew only has a 3:33x equivalent) and overall credentials I would say it's pretty clear he could best Alamirew's indoor time.

That's my reasoning at least ...

As I said though, I doubt he will even go for a fast time and even to get under 7:27 would need great pacemaking and at least one other fast guy to push him (maybe get Ndiku or Gebrhiwet in the race too?).

Ndiku and Gebriwhet in the race? Ummmmm, no. They'll be too busy representing their country in the indoor world champs that are ironically, held in Mo's new hometown.

he's no grafter wrote:

Ndiku and Gebriwhet in the race? Ummmmm, no. They'll be too busy representing their country in the indoor world champs that are ironically, held in Mo's new hometown.

That is ridiculous that Farah won't do the world indoor meet. It's at Nike hq and he is best runner in the world. Why would doing indoors affect his Olympic performance 5-6 months later? He's so weak.

Alberto's athletes do not tend to say that they are targeting a time without either getting it or coming close, so you can bet that Mo will get close to it or get the record. Notice that he has not said that he is going to beat Komen's outdoor 3k mark. This one he thinks he can get. But it is ludicrous that he gets beaten by Heath and then five weeks later breaks Komen's indoor 3k record.

he's no grafter wrote:

Ndiku and Gebriwhet in the race? Ummmmm, no. They'll be too busy representing their country in the indoor world champs that are ironically, held in Mo's new hometown.

The Glasgow indoor meet is Feb 20 and 3K heats at World Indoors are 18 March (final the 20th), so they could easily run both.

My guess is the meet organizers for Glasgow want the race to be more of an exhibition for Farah (or you could say Farah would prefer that, either way), so I doubt he will face any of the other top guys anyway.

Point is, World's wouldn't interfere with that.

“It’s a lot higher then Kenya, where I used to go,” added Farah. “It’s 10,000ft and there is a lot of grass. It’s different but I kind of prefer Ethiopia now. It’s a new track. Kenya is 8,000ft; it makes a little bit of difference.”

Has anyone called him out on this blatant BS

It's quite obvious he has moved to ethiopia to evade the testers

4 more days till the 7 25 goes down

Ventollin what is your take on this WR attempt by Mo ?

3 Mo Days till half of the Letsrun forumers have minor heart attack

oh my wow wrote:

Pretty wrote:

It was already established that we were talking about indoors thus I did not need to specify that. Try again dumbface.

Wow. Idiot. He did run 7:20. I swear, you letsrunners have got serious problems with mental capacity.

I. Can't. Even.

Try again, idiotface.

What is it about "Mo Farah to tackle world's INDOOR 3k in Glasgow Feb20th"

that you don´t understand?