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6 years ago 08/25/2017 3:00pm EDT

re: Facts is facts

Yeah!!! After so many gold medals in Olimpic games and worlds., this final

Zurich 5000 is really a masterpiece something to be remembered forever!

Kind of the sprint between Tergat and Gebrsellassie in atlanta 1996.. With a difference that here were 4 to do the sprint and Mo beat all of them.

At the worlds his legs were tired for the fast 10000 and also was very nervous

in the race

at one time i remembered in the 5000 final he just punch an ethiopian guy, he was

too nervous and he just wanted to follow everybody spending a lot of mental energy while Edris just sit on the back and save everything for the final 400.

Anyway this is one of the greatest 5000 we ve ever seen .

And also Mo Farah just choose the right time to leave the track and try road race.

He's in great shape able to run well under 27' in 10000. So I think he has a lot of

chances to do well in the Marathon and also to do great chrono

6 years ago 08/25/2017 3:31pm EDT

re: bluesky

For me Farah is not the greatest ever. He never had the courage to run even close to world record times. When I think of courage I think of Bekele running the last 5000m of his 10000WR all by himself; I think of Geb breaking down barriers; I think of Ron Clarke grinding people into the ground at a pace no one could maintain and I think of Kipchoge running into the void.

Farah won a lot of medals but they were all done the same way - slow pace followed by a big last lap. So what. I'm glad we will never see on the track again. You can't take away his medals but you can certainly question his courage.

6 years ago 08/25/2017 3:57pm EDT

re: bluesky

bluesky wrote:
Kind of the sprint between Tergat and Gebrsellassie in atlanta 1996.

Are you thinking Sydney?

6 years ago 08/25/2017 4:39pm EDT

re: iouoiuiou

iouoiuiou wrote:
bluesky wrote:
Kind of the sprint between Tergat and Gebrsellassie in atlanta 1996.
Are you thinking Sydney?

Yes he is.

6 years ago 08/25/2017 4:58pm EDT

re: Tron

Tron wrote:
George213 wrote:
I think the debate has been settled: Mo Farah is the GOAT!
because he won a zurich diamond league 5,000m?

If you ran the first 4800 slow enough, Usain Bolt would be Olympic 5 k champion.

6 years ago 08/25/2017 5:22pm EDT

re: okeydokie

The Zurich race was certainly entertaining because there were 4 in contention until the last 30 yards but how does this race and his Olympic wins make him the GOAT?

My Goat vote would be Bekele, Geb, Snell because he did something in the Olympics no one has accomplished so far and Herb Elliott because he never lost, ever. I might also throw in Bikila and Kipchoge. Everyone one of these guys was a pioneer who did something no one had ever done before.

Runners have been running races almost jogging for a good part of the race and then thinking they can out sprint everyone at the end. That's Farah. Only he did it at the highest level. That makes him a champion but not a GOAT.

6 years ago 08/25/2017 6:16pm EDT

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
PT in Eugene wrote:
Reuters, 2008:
"EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Ethiopian world record holder Kenenisa Bekele tuned up for his Olympic defence by running the fourth-fastest 10,000 metres ever at the Prefontaine Classic on Sunday.
Bekele in a near-solo performance clocked a crowd-pleasing 26:25.97 in his final 10,000 metres before Beijing's August Olympics. "
Was there. The guy was running all by himself on a warm Sunday morning. He was moving like a "tremendous machine." Went by the 5k mark in 13:11. A toss-up between him and Geb for GOAT. Sorry, Mo.
Yep. I remember that. That was before there were live streams I believe but I remember thinking , "What a disgrace. Can you imagine if he were American? He'd be running at night and with rabbits." It definitely in my book was a superior effort to the WR.
2625 in daylight , heat and crappy rabbits.
Meanwhile Rupp gets a rabbit at night for 8k for his AR.
#Whiteprivilege

Haha, there's a recorded video of it on YouTube from the stands

6 years ago 08/25/2017 6:25pm EDT

re: Gotta bee

6 years ago 08/25/2017 9:16pm EDT

re: dp[fef

Definitely not the greatest of all time. He barely beat 3 guys alone in this race..........is chelimo an all time great consideration then? Has he even broken 13? and has never ran away from an elite field. The dude found wheels late in his career to help him win races thou. Let it sink in

6 years ago 08/25/2017 10:08pm EDT

re: doot doot

doot doot wrote:
Never change Coach Internet wrote:
After six years of dominance, the internet still believes that the field actually just chooses to be behind a ten time global champion distance runner after 11.5 laps.
Especially when Mo hits the front, slows it down basically forcing everyone to bunch up and gather for their kick. Then he wobbles, overstrides, looks everywhere but foward and generally flails around so god d@mned much they don't want to or can't take the lead again to force the pace. And if people do take the risk to pass in those jockey moments Mo starts shoving. Textbook Mo.
It surprises me how much the others let Mo push them around. I remember shoving back when guys would get overly territorial in races. But it's obvious that the officials at the elite level know it's the Mo Show so some athletes are treated more equal than the others.
There's no disputing that it's all together an effective tactic.

I'm not the biggest Mo fan, but every word you wrote is not only wrong, but honestly just makes me wonder how you enjoy the sport while you clearly only watch the races to find non-existent things to complain about. The only particularly true statement is that he slows things dien from the front.

6 years ago 08/25/2017 11:48pm EDT

re: doot doot

doot doot wrote:
Never change Coach Internet wrote:
After six years of dominance, the internet still believes that the field actually just chooses to be behind a ten time global champion distance runner after 11.5 laps.
Especially when Mo hits the front, slows it down basically forcing everyone to bunch up and gather for their kick. Then he wobbles, overstrides, looks everywhere but foward and generally flails around so god d@mned much they don't want to or can't take the lead again to force the pace. And if people do take the risk to pass in those jockey moments Mo starts shoving. Textbook Mo.
It surprises me how much the others let Mo push them around. I remember shoving back when guys would get overly territorial in races. But it's obvious that the officials at the elite level know it's the Mo Show so some athletes are treated more equal than the others.
There's no disputing that it's all together an effective tactic.

In 5,000m races he always tries to make the 2nd-4th kms as slow as is possible. Then he usually out sprints them.

6 years ago 08/26/2017 6:04am EDT

re: iouoiuiou

Yes I ve been mistaken! The sprint was Sydney 2000.

thanks

6 years ago 08/26/2017 6:08am EDT

re: Facts is facts

I put him 3rd all time behind Bekele & Geb.

Hardly a bad achievement.

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