Mo Farah says he's not going for Daniel Komen's WR on Saturday - "I don’t think I’m ready for the world record,”

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    rojo

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    8 years ago 02/19/2016 7:00pm EST

    There had been rumors that Farah would go for the WR on Saturday but he said today that's not the case. Make your predictions.

    http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/glasgow-indoor-grand-prix-2016-farah-schipper

    "I don’t think I’m ready for the world record,” admitted Farah, who paid tribute to a world record which has stood since 1998.

    “It’s stood for many years – 7:24 by Daniel Komen. Nobody has gone close to that, not even Kenenisa Bekele or Haile Gebrselassie,” added Farah ahead of what will be his first track race since winning the 5000m at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015. “I want to try to win the race, run a decent time and end on a high, chill out and come back for the World Half Marathon Championships.”

  • jjjjjj

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    8 years ago 02/19/2016 7:08pm EST
    re: rojo

    Interesting comments from Mo here:

    “I always want to do well in the championships; I’m better in the championships than running fast times. I’m getting older – I’m 33 soon so it’s getting harder but you’ve got to be sensible and my experience helps me a lot.”

    Farah said he “can’t quite do back-to-back sessions and back-to-back hard runs” which were possible when he had fewer miles on the clock but he said his training times are still comparable to the sessions he was putting in this time last year.

    He goes on to say that he's in comparable shape to last year when he ran 8:03. He certainly did not seem to be in fantastic shape in that xc race where he got beaten by Garrett Heath, though admittedly he couldn't sprint much in those conditions.

  • Buddy Overstreet

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    8 years ago 02/19/2016 8:26pm EST
    re: rojo

    7:32?

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    tony the tiger

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    8 years ago 02/19/2016 9:06pm EST

    LOL .. He didn't say he is not ready 4 world record, ever ..he only said he need few races b4 he actually tackle the world record

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    Les

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    8 years ago 02/19/2016 9:58pm EST
    re: rojo

    Yeah, probably asking too much for Farah to go from a hard training block in Ethiopia to world indoor record in his first race of the season. 7:29 - 7:30.

  • smooth operator

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    8 years ago 02/19/2016 11:40pm EST
    re: rojo

    based on his dismissive interview quotes i bet he gets itthere. i said it.

    rojo wrote:

    There had been rumors that Farah would go for the WR on Saturday but he said today that's not the case. Make your predictions.

    http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/glasgow-indoor-grand-prix-2016-farah-schipper

    "I don’t think I’m ready for the world record,” admitted Farah, who paid tribute to a world record which has stood since 1998.

    “It’s stood for many years – 7:24 by Daniel Komen. Nobody has gone close to that, not even Kenenisa Bekele or Haile Gebrselassie,” added Farah ahead of what will be his first track race since winning the 5000m at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015. “I want to try to win the race, run a decent time and end on a high, chill out and come back for the World Half Marathon Championships.”

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    Bad Wigins

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    8 years ago 02/20/2016 1:11am EST
    re: rojo

    He won't even match the 7:28 of distance GOAT Augustine Choge.

    He's pretty good though, as I've always said. Probably get close to 7:30 someday just like Galen Rupp.

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    wtfunny

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    8 years ago 02/20/2016 1:12am EST
    re: rojo

    Mo Farah says he's not going for Daniel Komen's WR on Saturday - "I don’t think I’m ready for the world record,”

    Me and Mo have more in common than we thought.

  • mark b

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    8 years ago 02/20/2016 5:33am EST
    re: rojo

    Farah wins the race - in whatever time it takes to win it! He rarely suffers defeats because he doesn't race unless he feels ready to race well and will not want to get beat again before his home fans after the XC loss in Edinburgh. And, like any sensible athlete, he puts winning the race before running a particular time. The rest of the world, more or less, knows what he will do in a race - take the lead 800-400 out and gradually wind it up - but they have not yet been able to come up with a way of handling it!

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    JAKIR

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    8 years ago 02/20/2016 9:11am EST
    re: Bad Wigins

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    He won't even match the 7:28 of distance GOAT Augustine Choge.

    He's pretty good though, as I've always said. Probably get close to 7:30 someday just like Galen Rupp.

    I'm w Bad Wigins on this. I love Choge and Eliud Kipchoge has some very solid times (I think his 10000m might be weak but his marathon is legit). Farah's times don't stand up.

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    Old Man Winter

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    8 years ago 02/20/2016 9:40am EST
    re: JAKIR

    Now, if only we had the proud lion or alien baby kiprop in this race.

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