It’s official- Farah is the most overrated runner in history

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  • why don't you know?

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 04/30/2019 6:21pm EDT
    re: Anthos

    Anthos wrote:

    Then let's keep it at people he beat on the track. Why do pple he beat on the track like Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki beat him resoundingly at half marathon?

    You are asking why did not Mohammed Farah stick to the track and race his best event. Farah knew the truth: Farah could not sprint final 300m in a 1500m race well against elite 1500m runners. Sans pacers, in Olympics and World Championships Farah knew most likely 5000m & 10000m races would not be near world record pace. One's ability to thrive while in anaerobic state diminishes as one gets older. Farah knows at his age, 36 it is too difficult to train to kick in 5000m & 10000m races. It is no shame that Farah is not one of all time greats at Marathon. His personal bests 1500m through Marathon are very impressive.

  • u r foolish

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 04/30/2019 6:32pm EDT
    re: Anthos

    Anthos wrote:

    Then let's keep it at people he beat on the track. Why do pple he beat on the track like Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki beat him resoundingly at half marathon?

    The level of idiocy in this topic is astounding. Physiology matters.

    The reason that Mo was so good on the track was that he has fast twitch muscle fibers! These fibers are faster but aren't oxygenated nearly as much as slow twitch. These fast twitch muscle fibers are actually a negative in the marathon.

    To assume Mo is failing with a 2:05 marathon would be like calling usain bolt a failure if he decided to move up to the mile and only ran 3:49

  • registered

    Anthos

    Member since 09/21/2018.

    87 posts. Last post 2 years ago.
    4 years ago 04/30/2019 6:38pm EDT
    re: why don't you know?

    why don't you know? wrote:

    Anthos wrote:

    Then let's keep it at people he beat on the track. Why do pple he beat on the track like Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki beat him resoundingly at half marathon?

    You are asking why did not Mohammed Farah stick to the track and race his best event. Farah knew the truth: Farah could not sprint final 300m in a 1500m race well against elite 1500m runners. Sans pacers, in Olympics and World Championships Farah knew most likely 5000m & 10000m races would not be near world record pace. One's ability to thrive while in anaerobic state diminishes as one gets older. Farah knows at his age, 36 it is too difficult to train to kick in 5000m & 10000m races. It is no shame that Farah is not one of all time greats at Marathon. His personal bests 1500m through Marathon are very impressive.

    On this I agree with you. If he tries to race the guys doing the 5k and 10k, but especially the 5k he will begin to lose. Kejelcha has made massive improvements and is using mad tactics. Even though guys out kick him in the end, it makes for quick 5k times. Farah's last two 5k races at the worlds and the diamond league showed him where things were headed in this event. The 10k is where there is still lack of depth. Apart from cheptegei, no one wants to run fast. Farah cd still boss that one for a bit, before cheptegei starts to beat him there too.

  • sky

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 04/30/2019 6:38pm EDT
    re: Mo Mo Super Mo Super Mo Farah

    Mo Mo Super Mo Super Mo Farah wrote:

    Blows my mind reading some of the posts on this thread.

    You guys are absolutely crackers! The guy has and always will have the double double Olympic Gold medals. Just to expand that is to say he won both the 5,000m and 10,000m events including heats in two consecutive Olympic Games. It's arguable whether anyone will ever be able to pull that off again in history.

    He also pulled out a 1,500m time which shows he could have a been an all time great at that distance as well had he chosen to commit to it. PLUS he then goes sod it I'll have a bash at the Marathon and is running 2:05s!

    Can none of you truly comprehend the level he has achieved over such a range? It's utterly unbelievable. It's like if Usain Bolt went you know what I'm going to give the 800m a bash then actually started winning meets / running competitively at that distance as well. And that just would never happen. Yet Mo has pretty much managed to do that.

    Yet you read the comments on here and the suggestion is because he hasn't moved up and dominated the marathon (and crushed Kipchoge!!) that he's flopped! Absolutely batty.

    The 10000 meters did NOT have heats in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

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    Anthos

    Member since 09/21/2018.

    87 posts. Last post 2 years ago.
    4 years ago 04/30/2019 10:49pm EDT
    re: sky

    sky wrote:

    Mo Mo Super Mo Super Mo Farah wrote:

    Blows my mind reading some of the posts on this thread.

    You guys are absolutely crackers! The guy has and always will have the double double Olympic Gold medals. Just to expand that is to say he won both the 5,000m and 10,000m events including heats in two consecutive Olympic Games. It's arguable whether anyone will ever be able to pull that off again in history.

    He also pulled out a 1,500m time which shows he could have a been an all time great at that distance as well had he chosen to commit to it. PLUS he then goes sod it I'll have a bash at the Marathon and is running 2:05s!

    Can none of you truly comprehend the level he has achieved over such a range? It's utterly unbelievable. It's like if Usain Bolt went you know what I'm going to give the 800m a bash then actually started winning meets / running competitively at that distance as well. And that just would never happen. Yet Mo has pretty much managed to do that.

    Yet you read the comments on here and the suggestion is because he hasn't moved up and dominated the marathon (and crushed Kipchoge!!) that he's flopped! Absolutely batty.

    The 10000 meters did NOT have heats in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

    One thing I will give his team credit for without any question is that the man has never been injured! Never missed a championship or season through injury. Never. He has probably never missed a race through injury either. One or two at most if there is. What the hell is that? Some runners have been ruined by either injuries or poor recovery mgt. Goes to show you the kind of machinery behind him.

  • Boston Billy

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 05/01/2019 5:47am EDT
    re: Gggggg

    Gggggg wrote:

    Obviously the man can’t produce a threatening time (sub 2:04) that will challenge the top runners in the world, not to mention him being two levels below Kipchoge. All his track career is nothing but taking an opportunity that the big guns had moved to the road. He never produced challenging times on the track. Now that he is forced to run fast, he can’t handle it. He can go to Boston next year. If he coulda he woulda

    Had been interesting to see Sang or JS to coach him.

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    Coevett

    Member since 05/30/2018.

    8,722 posts. Last post 16 hours ago.
    4 years ago 05/01/2019 5:56am EDT
    re: Gggggg

    Gggggg wrote:

    Obviously the man can’t produce a threatening time (sub 2:04) that will challenge the top runners in the world, not to mention him being two levels below Kipchoge. All his track career is nothing but taking an opportunity that the big guns had moved to the road. He never produced challenging times on the track. Now that he is forced to run fast, he can’t handle it. He can go to Boston next year. If he coulda he woulda

    Presumably, you and the many others who make that argument, include Kipchoge as one of the 'big guns' who moved to the road.

    Is this the same Kipchoge who couldn't even make the 2012 Olympic team?

  • Hdjkvxdjnbcccvh

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 05/01/2019 5:57am EDT
    re: Anthos

    Anthos wrote:

    sky wrote:

    The 10000 meters did NOT have heats in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

    One thing I will give his team credit for without any question is that the man has never been injured! Never missed a championship or season through injury. Never. He has probably never missed a race through injury either. One or two at most if there is. What the hell is that? Some runners have been ruined by either injuries or poor recovery mgt. Goes to show you the kind of machinery behind him.

    He’s missed quite a lot of criss country races with injury given as the reason.

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