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LetsRun.com wrote:

What an incredible Boston Marathon. That being said, we didn't even get to sleep in our own bed as it was straight from the Boston press room to the airport for a redeye to London for Mo Farah's press event today.

We're glad we made the trip.

The last two years, the leaders have hit halfway in London in 61:24 and 61:41. If they leaders go out on world record pace, we asked Frah if he would be bold enough to go with them?

“If that’s what the guys are doing, why not?” Farah said.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/20...-marathon/

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He said: “My road name is Mohamed. I just feel like Mo is done. I need to forget about what I’ve achieved and what I’ve done.”

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Apophis99 wrote:
No he won’t.

If he does he dies. Hard.

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Mohamed Ali wrote:

Can you ask him why he's still going by Mo? What happened to this quote?

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He said: “My road name is Mohamed. I just feel like Mo is done. I need to forget about what I’ve achieved and what I’ve done.”

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history major 2.0 wrote:

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Apophis99 wrote:
No he won’t.

If he does he dies. Hard.

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What a loser post.

He did in 2014. And he didn't die.

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Abdoujaparov wrote:

Before he ran his 2:08 Steve was very phlegmatic and polite about it - assumed his record was going down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhW9iMwKw_Q

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thoughts on farah wrote:
[i]“The aim is definitely go after that British record for sure. But at the same time, you know, in my mind, since 2014 to now, I’ve learned a lot more and done a lot more. So see how it goes I guess, but I guess the aim is just one step at a time, go out set a British record, see what I can do and then see what happens.”[/u]

Not exactly brimming with confidence...

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I disagree wrote:

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thoughts on farah wrote:
“The aim is definitely go after that British record for sure. But at the same time, you know, in my mind, since 2014 to now, I’ve learned a lot more and done a lot more. So see how it goes I guess, but I guess the aim is just one step at a time, go out set a British record, see what I can do and then see what happens.”[/u]

Not exactly brimming with confidence...

Really??

I mean, his PR is 2:08 and he basically pledges to break it by over a minute, running 2:07-low or likely 2:06 since the record is only 13 ticks over 2:07:00.

Sounds confident to me. If he said he thought he would certainly run the Euro record, or a 2:05, or anything more ambitious, posters here would be crying that he was too arrogant.

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thoughts on farah wrote:

I lean toward Farah going with the leaders, at least through the half, even if it goes out at WR pace. Hanging back and time trialing a 2:06/2:07 is incompatible with Farah's disposition as a competitor and I remember he expressed regret at using that approach in 2014. Also, Farah is 35 and likely only has a few more shots at being competitive at the elite level.

But after reading this article, I'm not sure. If Farah were truly expecting to compete for the win, I don't think he would talk like this:

[i]“The aim is definitely go after that British record for sure. But at the same time, you know, in my mind, since 2014 to now, I’ve learned a lot more and done a lot more. So see how it goes I guess, but I guess the aim is just one step at a time, go out set a British record, see what I can do and then see what happens.”[/u]

Not exactly brimming with confidence...

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LetsRun.com wrote:

What an incredible Boston Marathon. That being said, we didn't even get to sleep in our own bed as it was straight from the Boston press room to the airport for a redeye to London for Mo Farah's press event today.

We're glad we made the trip.

The last two years, the leaders have hit halfway in London in 61:24 and 61:41. If they leaders go out on world record pace, we asked Frah if he would be bold enough to go with them?

“If that’s what the guys are doing, why not?” Farah said.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/20...-marathon/

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