Weak GNR field in Farah's first post-track retirement race

2013 is probably why. They didn't want Mo losing again. But Ritz is certainly in shape to run close to 60 again and no doubt lead out Mo the whole way until Mo blows by him in the kick again.

Great North Special Run.

Farah will win, but it is not that bad a field, Ritz is running well and ran 60:12 last year, The Robertson brothers 59:47 and 60:01 personal best'scould both break 60, Bernard Lagat is the wildcard 42 or 43 years old ran 13:06 and placed 5th in the Olympics in 2016, best half marathon is only 62 and change, but IF he is training seriously and specifically for the Half Marathon even at his age could/should beat the Robertson Brothers and Ritz meaning sub so and possibly faster than Hall's 59:43 AR though The Great North Run is on a slightly downhill course.

douglas burke wrote:

Farah will win, but it is not that bad a field, Ritz is running well and ran 60:12 last year, The Robertson brothers 59:47 and 60:01 personal best'scould both break 60, Bernard Lagat is the wildcard 42 or 43 years old ran 13:06 and placed 5th in the Olympics in 2016, best half marathon is only 62 and change, but IF he is training seriously and specifically for the Half Marathon even at his age could/should beat the Robertson Brothers and Ritz meaning sub so and possibly faster than Hall's 59:43 AR though The Great North Run is on a slightly downhill course.

Mr. Burke

With all due respect even if Lagat has been training for HM no way in hell he is breaking 60.

The only thing coming out of TGNR is that the Brits will do whatever they can to make any race on their turf piss poor weak so Mo can win.

douglas burke wrote:

Farah will win, but it is not that bad a field, Ritz is running well and ran 60:12 last year, The Robertson brothers 59:47 and 60:01 personal best'scould both break 60, Bernard Lagat is the wildcard 42 or 43 years old ran 13:06 and placed 5th in the Olympics in 2016, best half marathon is only 62 and change, but IF he is training seriously and specifically for the Half Marathon even at his age could/should beat the Robertson Brothers and Ritz meaning sub so and possibly faster than Hall's 59:43 AR though The Great North Run is on a slightly downhill course.

Looks a good field, only an Ethiopian or two short of being an outstanding field.

douglas burke wrote:

Farah will win, but it is not that bad a field, Ritz is running well and ran 60:12 last year, The Robertson brothers 59:47 and 60:01 personal best'scould both break 60, Bernard Lagat is the wildcard 42 or 43 years old ran 13:06 and placed 5th in the Olympics in 2016, best half marathon is only 62 and change, but IF he is training seriously and specifically for the Half Marathon even at his age could/should beat the Robertson Brothers and Ritz meaning sub so and possibly faster than Hall's 59:43 AR though The Great North Run is on a slightly downhill course.

Its slightly downhill overall. However the course gradually climbs then loses it all in that downhill were Bekele dropped Mo. So its not especially fast overall

I would love to see a Robertson(s) upset.... and few heads at BBC are going to explode....

Lmao people were asking which field was better this one or Berlin? I didn't know who was running this race figured it'd be better than this though lol

See if Lagat can break Geb's master course record would be cool

noah droddy will win it

No Slash = weak GNR

Myles Kennedy & Slash=🤘

When I lot at what some of the top guys got going on, GNR does not fit with their schedule.

Why isn't the other Brit Callum Hawkins in the race? He would not beat Farah, but could possibly get 2nd, I would think ANY top British runner would want to run this race, and he is not a threat to beat Farah, so it would still be a win for Farah.

Callum just ran the World Championships Marathon. I doubt he would be in top form for a half at this point.

Droddy is the new working man's runner, succeeding Will Leer and Ben MF Blankenship.

douglas burke wrote:

Farah will win, but it is not that bad a field, Ritz is running well and ran 60:12 last year, The Robertson brothers 59:47 and 60:01 personal best'scould both break 60, Bernard Lagat is the wildcard 42 or 43 years old ran 13:06 and placed 5th in the Olympics in 2016, best half marathon is only 62 and change, but IF he is training seriously and specifically for the Half Marathon even at his age could/should beat the Robertson Brothers and Ritz meaning sub so and possibly faster than Hall's 59:43 AR though The Great North Run is on a slightly downhill course.

Farah will win, but it is not that bad a field. Ritz is running well and ran 60:12 last year. The Robertson brothers have 59:47 and 60:01 personal bests and could both break 60. Bernard Lagat is the wildcard at 42 or 43, and ran 13:06 and placed 5th in Rio. His best half marathonis only 62:XX, but IF he is training seriously and specifically for the half-marathon (even at his age) he could/should beat the Robertson brothers and Ritz, meaning sub-60 and possibly faster than Hall's 59:43 AR. However, the Great North Run is on a slightly downhill course, so it would not qualify as an AR anyway.

Why is Jake Robertson not the no. 2 seed, already run 60.01 this year. I don't think he will be second, just saying.

Geb's Master record is 61:09

Geb also owns the age 34 best of 59:15 (Farah is 34)

The problem is that GNR is a point to point course and hence not record eligible, but...

Guns 'N' Roses is racing?