Chances of Mo Farah beating Kipchoge in London?

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FFFF wrote:

If you are suggesting that Farah would handle Kipchoge over the last 1.2, you better watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzee0gPqcwE

It was wise for Kipchoge to peak for that race instead of Mo who peaked for the Olympics, winning double gold, when Kipchoge couldn’t even qualify.

Kipchoge's bests in the 5k/10k that year were both better than Farah's. Saying he "couldn't even qualify" is misleading at best, as it's a little more difficult to make the Kenyan team than the GB team.

Disingenuous wrote:

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It was wise for Kipchoge to peak for that race instead of Mo who peaked for the Olympics, winning double gold, when Kipchoge couldn’t even qualify.

Kipchoge's bests in the 5k/10k that year were both better than Farah's. Saying he "couldn't even qualify" is misleading at best, as it's a little more difficult to make the Kenyan team than the GB team.

What fallacious reasoning you use. Faster is not the same as better. Farah ran the BEST 5k and 10k of the year - the ones that won the Olympic golds. Farah wouldn't have ever had troubles making the GB team considering he beat them all in every important race for like 7 years straight, including the guys that waxed Kipchoge in the Kenyan trials.

Apologies - Farah would never have had troubles making the *Kenyan team.

Two very important things, which I agree with, have come up repeatedly in this thread.

1. Farah stands no chance when the race goes out hot.

2. Kipchoge is at the point where his pacers make the pace too hot for everyone but Kipchoge.

Very few of us were picking Yuki to win Boston last year, though, too.

40-year-old Kipchoge will be loaded with dope and will be wearing cheater spring shoes. He can't be beat.

Kipchoge 2:04:15

Farah 2:05:30

But Mo is 36 years old and Kipchoge is 34 years old. Isn't Mo feeling his age by now?

tarckstar wrote:

Two very important things, which I agree with, have come up repeatedly in this thread.

1. Farah stands no chance when the race goes out hot.

2. Kipchoge is at the point where his pacers make the pace too hot for everyone but Kipchoge.

Very few of us were picking Yuki to win Boston last year, though, too.

Farah won Olympic Gold when the race went out hot in the 2016 5,000m.......

13:03

• Farah ran 13:03 in the Olympic final to win (qualifying rounds and 10,000m race in legs) with a last lap of 52.83 seconds.

• His PB is 12:53.

• It’s not unreasonable to think he could have run 12:45.

• That’s less than 0.6 seconds per lap faster than his PB without a big kick final lap.

• In the right race chasing a fast time, it was possible.

Come on.

oh cmon please wrote:

One should absolutely in now way ever be mentioned as GOAT if you don't have a single WORLD RECORD!!

Thats craziness! Mo doesn't even have the Euro 10k and half marathon record!! Barely has the Euro record which he may lose this year.

Records are transient, only Olympic Gold Medals are permanent.

Mo Farah: GOAT wrote:

oh cmon please wrote:

One should absolutely in now way ever be mentioned as GOAT if you don't have a single WORLD RECORD!!

Thats craziness! Mo doesn't even have the Euro 10k and half marathon record!! Barely has the Euro record which he may lose this year.

Records are transient, only Olympic Gold Medals are permanent.

plus, Farah has a WR

round and round wrote:

tarckstar wrote:

Two very important things, which I agree with, have come up repeatedly in this thread.

1. Farah stands no chance when the race goes out hot.

2. Kipchoge is at the point where his pacers make the pace too hot for everyone but Kipchoge.

Very few of us were picking Yuki to win Boston last year, though, too.

Farah won Olympic Gold when the race went out hot in the 2016 5,000m.......

13:03

So about 20 seconds back of today's "fast."

Or, 40 back in the 10K.

So about 3 minutes back in the marathon.

Kipchoge runs 2:03. Farah runs 2:06.

tarckstar wrote:

round and round wrote:

Farah won Olympic Gold when the race went out hot in the 2016 5,000m.......

13:03

So about 20 seconds back of today's "fast."

Or, 40 back in the 10K.

So about 3 minutes back in the marathon.

Kipchoge runs 2:03. Farah runs 2:06.

Interesting logic.

I can't wait to come back to this tread after the race, @Tarckstar

regardless of the outcome, it'll be cool to reread everything based on what happens. I hope the weather in London creates perfect race conditions....

tarckstar wrote:

Kipchoge runs 2:03. Farah runs 2:06.

Kipchoge runs 2:03. Farah jogs 2:06.

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Disingenuous wrote:

Kipchoge's bests in the 5k/10k that year were both better than Farah's. Saying he "couldn't even qualify" is misleading at best, as it's a little more difficult to make the Kenyan team than the GB team.

What fallacious reasoning you use. Faster is not the same as better. Farah ran the BEST 5k and 10k of the year - the ones that won the Olympic golds. Farah wouldn't have ever had troubles making the GB team considering he beat them all in every important race for like 7 years straight, including the guys that waxed Kipchoge in the Kenyan trials.

Kipchoge beat Farah everytime they faced each other in 2012. Kipchoge had no chance to run "the best" 5k or 10k, as he wasn't even in the race. If you want to play the "he beat this and that person" game- Kipchoge beat Bekele in a 5000m track race, who easily crushed Farah in the GNR. Go jerk off to Farah- I couldn't care any less than I do about your predilections or blind adoration of a likely doper. However, slanting statements to fit your narrative isn't cool. What's the overall win/loss between Kipchoge and Farah?

Got eeeeem!!!???

He's just a fanny pack away from hobby jogger status already.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/11/20/07/1B4666C900000514-0-image-a-19_1542699021741.jpg

Why do you think I’m a Farah fan? Because I accurately pointed out that it is hilarious to tout Kipchoge’s 2012 win over Farah in a meaningless indoor 2 mile when Farah was targeting the Olympics, where he won two gold medals? Maybe if Kipchoge hadn’t been so fit at a pointless indoor two mile then he wouldn’t have finished an embarrassing SEVENTH at the qualifying race to just go to the Olympics.

round and round wrote:

tarckstar wrote:

So about 20 seconds back of today's "fast."

Or, 40 back in the 10K.

So about 3 minutes back in the marathon.

Kipchoge runs 2:03. Farah runs 2:06.

Interesting logic.

I can't wait to come back to this tread after the race, @Tarckstar

regardless of the outcome, it'll be cool to reread everything based on what happens. I hope the weather in London creates perfect race conditions....

I hope it snows. Mo will win easily. It can snow that late in the UK (we had some the other day in fact).

Phantasy Star wrote:

40-year-old Kipchoge will be loaded with dope and will be wearing cheater spring shoes. He can't be beat.

Kipchoge 2:04:15

Farah 2:05:30

Farah is 2 years older. Farah will be wearing he exact same model of shoes- prototype or not. EK is not associated with Jama Aden, missed drug tests with suspicious excuses, nor was he ever labeled by the blood passport as "likely doping".