The day after his world-leading 12:59 5000 Mo Farah ran 20 miles on a treadmill

He could certainly train in Bushy Park - the genteel denizens of Surrey's green spaces aren't going to hyperventilate if they see an athlete. I've seen Mick Jagger walking in Bushy Park unmolested.

Bushy Park is a good hour and a half from Stratford though.

Much easier to jump on a treadmill, it's just general conditioning work at this time of year, makes sense to do it on a treadmill.

Ok yes Bushy park is pretty big, but I still think Farah would be noticed there on a Sunday when it gets quite busy with runners.

I'm not sure exactly where Farah was staying, whether it was in Stratford I don't know. I'm sure he had to head to Heathrow the next day so it is possible he was staying in a hotel there and travelled the hour or so up the A40->North Circular to the Olympic park.

Either way, I agree the treadmill is the best option for Farah when he is just trying to get a run in before heading to Spain.

What's this idea behind a long the day after a hard race? Wouldn't it make more sense to recover?

it is a bit comical to think that a 12.59 is now hailed as some type of amazing feat. previously, it would have been only a ho-hum and a pat on the back with "do better next time". the athletics public forgets the days of geb/bekele running their second half of a 10k sub 13, or the days of komen/geb lowering the other's recent wr like inflamed pugilists.

Yes, comical.

I would love for you to provide evidence of Mo Farah ever being mobbed by people on a training run. Extremely laughable. A typical fanboy exaggerating reality.

Metric Miler wrote:

No, it is very stupid to claim Farah ran 20 miles in 90-100 minutes on an easy day. I can't help but point that out.

Everytime you point that out, you show us how little you know. It is not stupid at all. One of the biggest changes that Salazar brought to Farah was increasing the pace of his training runs. Not just by a few seconds per mile, but by 10s of seconds up to a minute faster.

Now you are lying. It was not an easy run. It was a long run. People in Salazar's group do hard long runs. Rupp just had an article out that talked about how he did a 20-miler at 4:52 pace and his heartrate never went above 150-155. That means it was nowhere near a hard effort, so it is entirely possible that Farah did 20 miles at 5:00 pace plus or minus.

Wow look at how you just got proven wrong.

metric miler is a liar wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

No, it is very stupid to claim Farah ran 20 miles in 90-100 minutes on an easy day. I can't help but point that out.

Now you are lying. It was not an easy run. It was a long run. People in Salazar's group do hard long runs. Rupp just had an article out that talked about how he did a 20-miler at 4:52 pace and his heartrate never went above 150-155. That means it was nowhere near a hard effort, so it is entirely possible that Farah did 20 miles at 5:00 pace plus or minus.

Wow look at how you just got proven wrong.

Metric Miler must be drunk or high. Few could keep posting such aggressive BS constantly on this forum.

arduous mo wrote:

it is a bit comical to think that a 12.59 is now hailed as some type of amazing feat. previously, it would have been only a ho-hum and a pat on the back with "do better next time". the athletics public forgets the days of geb/bekele running their second half of a 10k sub 13, or the days of komen/geb lowering the other's recent wr like inflamed pugilists.

You mean the EPO hay days?

Everytime you point that out, you show us how little you know. It is not stupid at all. One of the biggest changes that Salazar brought to Farah was increasing the pace of his training runs. Not just by a few seconds per mile, but by 10s of seconds up to a minute faster.

Now you are lying. It was not an easy run. It was a long run. People in Salazar's group do hard long runs. Rupp just had an article out that talked about how he did a 20-miler at 4:52 pace and his heartrate never went above 150-155. That means it was nowhere near a hard effort, so it is entirely possible that Farah did 20 miles at 5:00 pace plus or minus.

Wow look at how you just got proven wrong.

Farah could run 20 miles at 5 mins per mile pace, but he isn't training for a marathon, so it seems less likely. I would also guess that Rupp didn't run a sub 13 5k the day before his fast 20 miler.

I am sceptical of Rupp running 20 miles at that pace with that HR anyway, if he did he should be good for a 2:05 marathon some time, but I doubt he will ever manage that.

American schools need help wrote:

Really???????? wrote:

Spain is such a fun and sunny place to train this time of year before the Olympics.

Why is Mo going to train in Spain now?

Is it for heat adaptation?

Would there be any other reasons to go to Spain now?

Hey moron despite what you're trying to imply you're way off as Font Romeu isn't even in Spain.

Yes. I know that Font Romeu is in France. It is not very far from Sabadell, Spain.

Metric Miler stated that Mo was going to Spain. It was not me.

You should call Metric Miler a moron instead of me... if you want to call someone a moron.

Metric Miler said:

There are some lovely places to do long runs in London, especially parts of Greater London nearer to where I live. But Farah was travelling back to Spain maybe the same day so travelling too far around London might have been a pain. Easier to just do that one run on the mill.

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(By the way...Your amygdala is stuck in your descending colon. Perhaps you can wiggle it loose by moving your head in a circular motion while jumping up and down at the same time.)

I am sorry.

It still looks stuck.

Oh well.

It is just a coincidence.

Do we know his MHR? Without that the figure is pretty meaningless.

Blown whistler wrote:

I would love for you to provide evidence of Mo Farah ever being mobbed by people on a training run. Extremely laughable. A typical fanboy exaggerating reality.

Day after a world leading 5k which was on the prime time news in BBC, leading up to the Olympics, he will certainly attract at least the media running through central London.

Metric Miler wrote:

Blown whistler wrote:

I would love for you to provide evidence of Mo Farah ever being mobbed by people on a training run. Extremely laughable. A typical fanboy exaggerating reality.

Day after a world leading 5k which was on the prime time news in BBC, leading up to the Olympics, he will certainly attract at least the media running through central London.

Prime time news and also the meeting was on BBC live with a 'Countdown to Mo'.

Wot MHR wrote:

Advisor wrote:

Farah could run 20 miles at 5 mins per mile pace, but he isn't training for a marathon, so it seems less likely. I would also guess that Rupp didn't run a sub 13 5k the day before his fast 20 miler.

I am sceptical of Rupp running 20 miles at that pace with that HR anyway, if he did he should be good for a 2:05 marathon some time, but I doubt he will ever manage that.

Do we know his MHR? Without that the figure is pretty meaningless.

Not to mention the claim is completely unsubstantiated and could easily be designed to make his opponents scared leading up to the Olympic trials (I assume that statement was from before then).

I know you are oodk just trying to crawl back his credibility again hahaha but it won't happen.

Listen to me: 90 minute 20 miles is 58:57 THROUGH THE HALF MARATHON.

4:45 miles takes you through 13.1 in 62. That is race pace for a 60/2:08 guy!

It does not say this was an 'easy' or 'recovery' run, but it doesn't say it was a hard run either?! Farah just ran one of the fastest times he has ever managed the day before. He is leading up to Rio. Most (sane) people would assume Farah did not do a 20 mile race effort

Stop.

Haha, your fanboy speculation of what could happen is not evidence of anything. Show me an incidence of Mo being mobbed while on a training run ever.

Blown whistler wrote:

Haha, your fanboy speculation of what could happen is not evidence of anything. Show me an incidence of Mo being mobbed while on a training run ever.

I'm not sure how intelligent you are but Farah doesn't live in the UK, where he is very popular (millions tuned in to watch his Olympic golds).

He doesn't do training runs in London...

some like it indoors wrote:

A lot of days I'd rather run 90-120 minutes on the treadmill in my garage, with a movie or a game to watch, than go be bored in a park.

You must have a limited imagination

A prisoner would do anything to be outside I reallly can't understand this way of thinking

There are loads of lovely big parks in Londond as we;;.

Hobbyjoggers will copy this crap thinking it will make them a better runner