Best distance runner of last 6 years doesn't come close to any of the distance world record's except for the 2 mile indoors. Consistently beats everyone that the distance powerhouses of Kenya and Ethiopia can put out. He is accused of being dirty, but he will be tested so frequently as a current Olympic champ etc. He can't be that dirty or he'd attempt 12:35 surely?
This is honestly the best post I've seen on this site. Mo is the greatest middle distance runner ever and his career achievements speak for themselves. All the middle distance WRs were set during the doping era and are now untouchable.
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Best distance runner of last 6 years doesn't come close to any of the distance world record's except for the 2 mile indoors. Consistently beats everyone that the distance powerhouses of Kenya and Ethiopia can put out. He is accused of being dirty, but he will be tested so frequently as a current Olympic champ etc. He can't be that dirty or he'd attempt 12:35 surely?
The real reason is there isn't the competition to chase these records. It should not be a surprise that the WRs come in bunches around the same time. It takes real competition to reach your full potential. Mo does not have this right now. It's him and then a bunch of average (average for best in the world) runners. Nobody can go solo from the gun and set a distance world record.
What makes Mo suspect is his abnormal progression.
How the heck do you go from being a far below average runner at age 23 to being absolutely invincible by your late 20s and well into your thirties?
Sounds bogus to me. I will never believe he is legit
At the 2006 Commonwealth games he was 23 and almost overlapped by Craig Mottram and Augustin Choge who is four years younger. Now Mo is 33, Choge is 29 and yet Choge is all washed up
Choge and Mottram have what I would consider a normal progression for a distance runner.
3:28 off a 49 second 400m runner yeah right.
In 2016 this year Bekele almost touched another WR do you think he is dirty?
Got on AlSal's program too late. Had he been onboard since his teens he could have taken some WRs in the 1500/5000 in his late 20s.
What we can learn from this,
Think about it = Tony the Tiger,
HMMMMMM = Think about it.
Now if Mo Farah ever took a lie detector test (not a basic one but one of those mri brain scan tests) I bet that he has taken androgel or something similar particularly between 2009-2011. Don't know about epo.
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:
This is honestly the best post I've seen on this site. Mo is the greatest middle distance runner ever and his career achievements speak for themselves. All the middle distance WRs were set during the doping era and are now untouchable.
Think about it wrote:Best distance runner of last 6 years doesn't come close to any of the distance world record's except for the 2 mile indoors. Consistently beats everyone that the distance powerhouses of Kenya and Ethiopia can put out. He is accused of being dirty, but he will be tested so frequently as a current Olympic champ etc. He can't be that dirty or he'd attempt 12:35 surely?
The 800m record is new and Kiprop is breathing down El G's neck for the 1500m record. WTF are you talking about
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
What we can learn from this,
Think about it = Tony the Tiger,
HMMMMMM = Think about it.
Now if Mo Farah ever took a lie detector test (not a basic one but one of those mri brain scan tests) I bet that he has taken androgel or something similar particularly between 2009-2011. Don't know about epo.
Why is anyone who proposes a reasonable statement for discussion that involves Mo Farah suddenly 'Tony the tiger' or Mo Farah's wife? I think these positions taken by users of this site incapable of reasoning and argument are cheap. If you have little to add to the discussion then please stay away.
you left out this part wrote:
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:This is honestly the best post I've seen on this site. Mo is the greatest middle distance runner ever and his career achievements speak for themselves. All the middle distance WRs were set during the doping era and are now untouchable.
The 800m record is new and Kiprop is breathing down El G's neck for the 1500m record. WTF are you talking about
Rudeness aside, the 800m and 1500m are not distance records.
Perhaps I should have been clearer: track distance records.
you left out this part wrote:
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:This is honestly the best post I've seen on this site. Mo is the greatest middle distance runner ever and his career achievements speak for themselves. All the middle distance WRs were set during the doping era and are now untouchable.
The 800m record is new and Kiprop is breathing down El G's neck for the 1500m record. WTF are you talking about
Hmmmmm. That is a good point.
I think Mo has elevated cortisol levels from the stress of Tania yelling at everyone.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/1759089/mo-farahs-wifes-furious-f-word-tirade-at-airline-worker-over-delay-boarding-rio-flight/Tania tiger kitten is causing added stress. That is why Mo likes to go to Sabadell to relax.
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/06/jama-aden-doping-raid-update-might-raid-impact-mo-farah-dibabas-nike/Joplas wrote:
What makes Mo suspect is his abnormal progression.
How the heck do you go from being a far below average runner at age 23 to being absolutely invincible by your late 20s and well into your thirties?
Sounds bogus to me. I will never believe he is legit
At the 2006 Commonwealth games he was 23 and almost overlapped by Craig Mottram and Augustin Choge who is four years younger. Now Mo is 33, Choge is 29 and yet Choge is all washed up
Choge and Mottram have what I would consider a normal progression for a distance runner.
"Far below average runner at age 23" lol
French Dawg wrote:
"Far below average runner at age 23" lol
When Farah was 23, he ran in the Commonwealth games 5000m final and finished 9th in 13:40. That was a whopping 44 seconds behind Choge and 42 seconds behind Mottram. And it was also 14 seconds behind the 8th placed finisher, a Tanzanian by the name of Dickson Mkami
At the 2007 worlds he finished 7th
At the 2008 Olympics, he failed to make the final after finishing 6th in his heat with a time of 13:50
At the 2009 worlds he was 6th
His big breakthrough came in 2011 when he was 28. He started to work under Salazar, found a magic elixir and suddenly at age 28 he had become invincible.
This progression cannot be explained without using the word doping
Think about it wrote:
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:What we can learn from this,
Think about it = Tony the Tiger,
HMMMMMM = Think about it.
Now if Mo Farah ever took a lie detector test (not a basic one but one of those mri brain scan tests) I bet that he has taken androgel or something similar particularly between 2009-2011. Don't know about epo.
Why is anyone who proposes a reasonable statement for discussion that involves Mo Farah suddenly 'Tony the tiger' or Mo Farah's wife? I think these positions taken by users of this site incapable of reasoning and argument are cheap. If you have little to add to the discussion then please stay away.
Boohoo
Joplas wrote:
French Dawg wrote:"Far below average runner at age 23" lol
When Farah was 23, he ran in the Commonwealth games 5000m final and finished 9th in 13:40. That was a whopping 44 seconds behind Choge and 42 seconds behind Mottram. And it was also 14 seconds behind the 8th placed finisher, a Tanzanian by the name of Dickson Mkami
At the 2007 worlds he finished 7th
At the 2008 Olympics, he failed to make the final after finishing 6th in his heat with a time of 13:50
At the 2009 worlds he was 6th
His big breakthrough came in 2011 when he was 28. He started to work under Salazar, found a magic elixir and suddenly at age 28 he had become invincible.
This progression cannot be explained without using the word doping
His big sudden breakthroughs came in 2010, this predates Salazar but it doesn't predate Jama or long stints in Africa.
Think about it wrote:
Best distance runner of last 6 years doesn't come close to any of the distance world record's except for the 2 mile indoors. Consistently beats everyone that the distance powerhouses of Kenya and Ethiopia can put out. He is accused of being dirty, but he will be tested so frequently as a current Olympic champ etc. He can't be that dirty or he'd attempt 12:35 surely?
Why you think there's wr's in the marathon but not track? Best runners aren't doing 5 and 10ks anymore
TrackBot! Compare Kenenisa Bekele vs Mo Farah
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Head-to-head record between Kenenisa Bekele (left) and Mo Farah (right):
WY Bydgoszcz 1999-07-16: 3000 m: 8:09.89 (2) VS 8:21.25 (6)
WJ Santiago de Chile 2000-10-21: 5000 m: 13:45.43 (2) VS 14:12.21 (10)
WC Lausanne-La Broye 2003-03-29: Cross Country 4.0 km: 11:01 (1) VS 12:13 (75)
WC Saint-Galmier 2005-03-20: Cross Country 12.0 km: 35:06 (1) VS 37:50 (37)
Norw Union London 2005-07-22: 5000 m: 12:55.55 (1) VS 13:48.46 (16)
WC Fukuoka 2006-04-01: Cross Country 4.0 km: 10:54 (1) VS 11:27 (40)
WC Mombasa 2007-03-24: Cross Country 12.0 km: DNF (0) VS 37:31 (11)
Norw Union Sheffield 2007-07-15: 3000 m: 7:26.69 (1) VS 7:42.83 (6)
Norw Union Birmingham 2008-02-16: Two Miles: 8:04.35 (1) VS 8:20.95 (6)
Aviva Gateshead 2008-08-31: 3000 m: 7:31.94 (1) VS 7:46.39 (5)
Bislett Oslo 2009-07-03: 5000 m: 13:04.87 (1) VS 13:12.28 (11)
WC Berlin 2009-08-23: 5000 m: 13:17.09 (1) VS 13:19.69 (7)
VD Bruxelles 2009-09-04: 5000 m: 12:55.31 (1) VS 13:22.33 (13)
WC Daegu 2011-08-28: 10000 m: DNF (0) VS 27:14.07 (2)
Pre Eugene OR 2012-06-02: 5000 m: 13:01.48 (4) VS 12:56.98 (1)
OG London 2012-08-04: 10000 m: 27:32.44 (4) VS 27:30.42 (1)
Great North South Shields 2013-09-15: Half Marathon: 60:09 (1) VS 60:10 (2)
Kenenisa "MF" Bekele total wins: 13
Mo "DEVASTATED" Farah total wins: 4
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you left out this part wrote:The 800m record is new and Kiprop is breathing down El G's neck for the 1500m record. WTF are you talking about
Hmmmmm. That is a good point.
I think Mo has elevated cortisol levels from the stress of Tania yelling at everyone.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/1759089/mo-farahs-wifes-furious-f-word-tirade-at-airline-worker-over-delay-boarding-rio-flight/Tania tiger kitten is causing added stress. That is why Mo likes to go to Sabadell to relax.
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/06/jama-aden-doping-raid-update-might-raid-impact-mo-farah-dibabas-nike/
rjm33, it is not a good point. The middle distance records being within reach of the current top middle distance runners has little to do with why the best distance runners currently, including the best of the current crop, cannot touch the distance records (3k-10k for those of you that need clarification).
The only way we can compare 1:40.9 to a 5k time is by looking at the world record's and the times that the greatest of all time have run. It may be that 1:40.9 is equivalent to 12:42 or so. We don't know. It's irrelevant.
And you continue to fascinate me with your strange ramblings.