Why do we (me included) hate (or dislike) Mo Farah so much?

The man beet the cube,you can not knock him.

He, like Trump, is a habitual liar.

A few for me:

doorbell issues

phony persona (miss my kids so much, but trains around the world to avoid WADA for months on end)

MoBot

Outkicked Rupp in 2012

I hate him because he thinks he's an time great when he's really not. Probably not even in the top 100 of best runners ever.

I hate his teeth, and stupid accent

He's got a skanky wife.

1) cuz he wins medals and people are jealous 2) cuz he dopes to win medals

Successful in big races which is what matters and I get that the entire objective of a race is to cross the line first, but I don't favor his style. Has he ever pushed the pace from the beginning? This is an honest question; I haven't seen this out of him.

No respect for the sport. Never guts out a race from the front like a man, llike Kenny B did in Beijing. Never attempted a WR ever, not even once. huge puss.

Because, like Lance, he trains his but off. What is he on? He's on his bike 26 hours per day and never gets injured.

For me, along with his late elevation to the truly elite, it's the change in style. I understand that priorly, not being as fit, he's not in a position to kick strongly because he can't hold onto the front.

Yet in the few races I've seen prior to his dominance, he does try to hang on as long as possible, and it's not as if it comes down to the final meters. Within months of coming over to NOP he is able to hang back and make the move when needed. It's not just the gains in fitness but the complete change in tactics.

I feel I might not be articulating this as clearly as I'd like but perhaps some will catch my drift.

In running I have seen many (myself included) rise and fall in racing. I think whenever there's that consistency it actually makes things less believable. How is it that Farah never has an off day? He lost two road races and an xc meet? I might be off (and yes, he did once lose that 10k), but that seems like unprecedented uninterrupted dominance.

Also, yes, his narratives about his life, his whereabouts when missing out of competition tests or hanging with suspicious individuals, they just don't ring very true.

Never pushes the pace. Only sits and kicks.

Suspicious improvement, behavior, training locations, associations, media responses.

Infrequent racing, often against poor competition.

Only takes track championship races seriously.

Doesn't run world xc, and rarely runs half marathons.

And because of this classic thread:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4073103&page=1

American's dislike him because he went to the Oregon Project and became the best runner despite being British/African. Us Britain's are proud of him!

Envy of all his medals, a mistaken belief that what he does is easy, the tired slur that anyone who improves must be using drugs.

I can't speak for anyone else but I mostly dislike him because he is quite stupid.

The Obvious Answer wrote:

I can't speak for anyone else but I mostly dislike him because he is quite stupid.

^^^ he's legit just dumb.

I like Mo. People like to complain.

He pretends he doesn't know his good buddy Jama Aden when Jama gets exposed. He pretends he is not with Oregon Project when they get exposed. One of the more obvious dopers, but people won't care until a positive test. The top of the sport is filthy and littered with drug cheats. Anyone who thinks Bolt or Farah is clean is very naive and delusional. It's very easy to beat the drug testing system and athletes are well aware of that fact.