• rojo
      co-founder
      • And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed at the Canadian Champs was...... 7/5/2018 9:52PM
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • Make your picks now.

        Guess who won.

        The NCAA 10k champ?

        Or xc champ?

        Or the 13:01/27:02 pro?

        Yep, that makes it easy to predict doesn't it.

        Ahmed won it.

        Event 412 Men 5000 Meter Run Senior
        ========================================================================
        Canadian: @ 13:01.74
        Canadian: @ 13:01.74 5/28/2016 Mohammed Ahmed
        Championship: $ 13:25.16 2000 Sean Kaley
        World: # 12:37.35 5/31/2004 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH
        Comp# Name Year Team Seed Finals
        ========================================================================
        Finals
        1 #1014 Ahmed, Mohammed 91 NIAGARA OLYM 13:08.16 14:36.09
        2 #1667 Knight, Justyn 96 U of Toronto T.C 13:17.51 14:36.56
        3 #1419 Flanagan, Ben 95 ON Unattached 13:48.58 14:36.66
        4 #1654 Kent, Justin 92 COASTAL TRACK CLUB 14:00.00 14:43.68
        5 #2273 Ubene, Mitchell 98 SPEED RIVER T&F 14:21.97 14:44.59
        6 #1267 Coughler, Jeremy 95 ON Unattached 14:25.58 14:45.37
        7 #1395 Esselink, Evan 92 ON Unattached 14:15.18 14:48.33
        8 #2156 Sikubwabo, Yves 93 C. A. Uni Laval 14:19.83 14:50.91
        9 #2008 Pennock, Russell 95 U Calgary 14:09.62 14:52.49
        10 #1073 Balestrini, Chris 92 LONDON WESTE 14:19.35 14:53.08
        11 #2262 Travaglini, Matthe 93 AB Unattached 14:54.16
        12 #1776 Lumb, Kieran 98 VANCOUVER TH 14:02.82 14:55.31
        13 #1990 Parrot-Migas, Phil 93 LONDON WESTE 14:21.34 15:00.48
        14 #1364 *Dupire, Guillaume 86 Les Vainqueurs 14:38.24 15:09.60
        15 #1638 Kanko, Robert 96 PHYSI-KULT KINGSTON 15:09.80 15:13.26
        16 #1583 Hunt, Theo 88 VANCOUVER TH 14:14.76 15:14.06
        17 #1792 Mackinnon, Perry 97 Sherbrooke 14:41.14 15:14.57
        18 #1497 Graves, Brady 98 SAINT JOHN T 14:39.19 15:16.68
        19 #1791 Mackinnon, Patrick 90 Dundas Valle 14:47.56 15:18.42
        20 #1799 Macpherson, Eric 93 NEWMARKET HU 15:22.26
        21 #1277 Crowley, Brett 94 PHYSI-KULT KINGSTON 15:31.16
        22 #1400 Fafard, Thomas 98 Lanaudière-O 14:15.80 15:38.52
        23 #1837 Maxwell, Alexander 95 Ottawa Lions TFC 15:18.00 15:48.04
        24 #2080 Roberts, Nic 98 Ottawa Lions TFC 15:59.40 15:51.17
        25 #1823 Martin, Charles-Ét 92 Club U. Montréal 17:02.89
        -- #1247 Clavijo, Esteban 91 NEWMARKET HU 15:42.48 DNF
        -- #2035 Poulin, Simon 82 QC Unattached 15:09.08 DNS
    • Black Caviar
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/5/2018 10:40PM - in reply to
      • Black Caviar
      • Watched Ahmed race the Comm games here in Aus

        Guy has some large jatz crackers...impressive running against Cheruiyot
    • ahmedfan
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/5/2018 11:25PM - in reply to Black Caviar
      • ahmedfan
      • Black Caviar wrote:

        Watched Ahmed race the Comm games here in Aus

        Guy has some large jatz crackers...impressive running against Cheruiyot

        guy is also one of the nicest pro runners you will meet
    • rojo
      co-founder
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 1:52AM - in reply to ahmedfan
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • ahmedfan wrote:

        guy is also one of the nicest pro runners you will meet

        Speaking of which. Here is a great article on how Flanagan and Knight have always looked up to Mo - and how he's always been nice back.

        https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/trackandfield/canadian-track-field-nationals-1.4736020

        "Mo, when I started doing track I realized who the top dogs were at the senior level, and obviously Mo was up there. And I'm not going to lie, I pretty much fan-boyed Mo," Knight said laughing. "I was that kid, he added me back on Facebook and I was freaking out, and it took me about seven days to figure out a sentence to write to him."

        "I was starstruck, I looked up to him my whole career," Flanagan said. "Ever since then, my whole family has been 'How's that Mo guy doing? We all think he's such a great guy." It's been so cool to follow him."
    • jeff tallon
      registered
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed at the Canadian Champs was...... 7/6/2018 5:57AM - in reply to rojo
      • jeff tallon
        registered
      • how come the winning time was so slow? (for them?)
    • A. Moran
      registered
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 6:42AM - in reply to rojo
      • A. Moran
        registered
      • Odd take on QOTD on the front page.

        Pretty sure Mo Ahmed would rather have a national title than an NCAA title any day....
    • AnotherCanadian
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 6:57AM - in reply to ahmedfan
      • AnotherCanadian
      • ahmedfan wrote:

        Black Caviar wrote:

        Watched Ahmed race the Comm games here in Aus

        Guy has some large jatz crackers...impressive running against Cheruiyot

        guy is also one of the nicest pro runners you will meet

        This a million times over. I've raced Mo many times as a younger kid in St. Catherines.

        Great guy.
    • Concupiscurd
      registered
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed at the Canadian Champs was...... 7/6/2018 8:24AM - in reply to jeff tallon
      • Concupiscurd
        registered
      • Southern Ontario has been going through a heatwave and the article mentioned that temperatures reached 35 degrees C in Ottawa which is 95 degrees F. Can't speak for Ottawa but with humidity in Toronto (which is very close to Ottawa) temperatures have been well over 100 F for the last week.

        jeff tallon wrote:

        how come the winning time was so slow? (for them?)
    • lollerama
      registered
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 8:31AM - in reply to AnotherCanadian
      • lollerama
        registered
      • AnotherCanadian wrote:
        I've raced Mo many times as a younger kid in St. Catherines.

        Likewise. The Niagara Running Series? I knew he was good, but had no clue he'd make it to the level he is at now! It's hard to tell when they are still quite young. And I agree - great guy.
    • AnotherCanadian
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 8:56AM - in reply to lollerama
      • AnotherCanadian
      • lollerama wrote:

        AnotherCanadian wrote:
        I've raced Mo many times as a younger kid in St. Catherines.

        Likewise. The Niagara Running Series? I knew he was good, but had no clue he'd make it to the level he is at now! It's hard to tell when they are still quite young. And I agree - great guy.

        Nope it was highschool for me, south regionals/OFSAA and other various high school meets.
    • oldlegs
      registered
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 10:35AM - in reply to AnotherCanadian
      • oldlegs
        registered
      • I was at the meet and it was hot and humid as hell. It felt like you could cut the air, no kidding the guys took it pretty slow to start....super exciting race. While Flanagan came third, he was the one that seem to shock everyone pushing the others right to the line. The kid is going to be a great. With that stride and his surprising closing speed, I would guess a World's 10k qualifier next year, and maybe an amazing marathon for the 2020 Olympics?
    • sfaeoife
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 11:54AM - in reply to oldlegs
      • sfaeoife
      • Didn't see the race, and I know it was slow, but I'm very impressed that Flanagan had the wheels to go with Ahmed and Knight at the end. Even after seeing what he did in the 10k at NCAAs, I didn't think he would be this close to them. Congrats to him, a great way to start a pro career.
    • longjack
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 1:03PM - in reply to oldlegs
      • longjack
      • oldlegs wrote:

        I was at the meet and it was hot and humid as hell. It felt like you could cut the air, no kidding the guys took it pretty slow to start....super exciting race. While Flanagan came third, he was the one that seem to shock everyone pushing the others right to the line. The kid is going to be a great. With that stride and his surprising closing speed, I would guess a World's 10k qualifier next year, and maybe an amazing marathon for the 2020 Olympics?

        flanagan should focus on the 1500 to 5000 and see what he can do with his 400m speed in the off season.
    • mgoblues
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 1:14PM - in reply to sfaeoife
      • mgoblues
      • Flanagan is very fast , especially at the end of races. He might not break 4 but I'm sure he could come close if that was the event.
    • Chickenhawk Johnson
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed at the Canadian Champs was...... 7/6/2018 5:31PM - in reply to rojo
      • Chickenhawk Johnson
      • It was a RACE, NOT a BATTLE.
    • Themittenbrew
      • RE: And the winner of the Canadian 5000 battle between Ben Flanagan, Justyn Knight and Mo Ahmed was...... 7/6/2018 6:00PM - in reply to mgoblues
      • Themittenbrew
      • mgoblues wrote:

        Flanagan is very fast , especially at the end of races. He might not break 4 but I'm sure he could come close if that was the event.

        Before NCAAs not many people outside his circle heard about his potential then came his massive PB 10k outkicking a kenyan all of this done on limited run training and Max cross training such a profound story it would be nice to read about the training in detail leading up to the breakthrough