Mo Farah told us today he thinks he could have run 12:45 in his prime.... Agree or disagree?

TrackCoach wrote:

rojo wrote:

I hold it against Geb but the internet barely existed when Geb was racing and I wasn't following the stuff day to day like I am now. I d remember being pissed he didn't do the 5k in Atlanta. But does anyone really think he'd lose to Veneste niyongaba unless injured?

Now the track was really hard in atlanta and i remember he complained about it. Plus they had 5 races in 1996. Mo only had to run 3. I just found out they had 3 heats of the 5k. For some reason they ran a rund to go from 37 to 30.

If Geb doubles in 1996, he's have to run two 5ks and 3 10ks.

July 26, July 29, July 31, August 1, August 3

From memory, Geb was the only athlete complaining about the track being too hard, which I think had something do with his previous shin or achilles problems. The 10K heat had no affect on the top athletes, for athletes like Geb and Tergat, it was less than a training run. The 10K heat only eliminated athletes who really shouldn't be there. Some of the top athletes would jog half of that 10K and run hard the last couple laps. Some athletes didn't even spike up for those 10K heats. It was hard on the 10K/marathon double, but otherwise a training run or a nuisance. The extra 5K heat was a similar situation albeit perhaps to a lesser extent. I really doubt the extra heats would have affected Mo.

The 5k and 10K records are really strong, I don't think Mo at his peak could have come close to either of those records. Btw, AlSal has said on several occasions that his training was geared towards winning championships and staying healthy. That was the goal. Setting world records is a big deal, but nothing trumps winning.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

calculo wrote:

2 points about mo

- he hasn't a clue about his ability

he thought he coud run 3'30 in '13 but ran 3'28 !!!

that is 2s out there which means 6 - 7 out for 5k by just proportion

- it woud be churlish to say he coud break 5k wr because then he woud be hugely pilloried for making such a bold claim & never even attempting it

as it is, i regard him as having abilty to have broken every record from 1500 - 5k but not 10k & '15 looked peak when he couda run 3'27-flat at worst if smoothly drafted to bell

i reckon in '15 his line of fit was with 49 to 50s speed & 10k of probably 26'25 - 26'30

i'm just doing the range & not 10 different sets with 49.0, 49.25, 49.5, etc , 26'25 , 26'30

49.00 - 50.00 / 26'25 - 26'30

->

1'44.20 - 1'45.86

3'25.92 - 3'28.44

4'41.00 - 4'44.00

7'15.10 - 7'18.85

12'33.74 - 12'38.39

all of above off 5k/10k training

he is right about 1'44+, but that i think was just a wild stab in the dark type of number he threw up

i am absolutely certain of 1 thing

if mo in '15 or even this year had trained just for for 5k/1500 not even full time 1500 training, he couda broken the 1500 wr

if he had trained exclusively for 1500 those years, he had potential to run about

3'25-flat

But that would make him faster than Jim Ryun.