Fact: Mo Farah is at the top of his game. That the entire teams of Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia did all in their power to make that 10,000 meters pretty much twenty-five laps of live hell is a complement to Mr. Farah.
Mo Farah survived the battle, with Joshua Cheptegai and Paul Tanui in silver and bronze, photo by PhotoRun.net
Consider this: First half of the race was run in 13:33, second half in 13:16! Last mile was run in 4:04, 800 meters in 1:57 and that last 400 meters, where Mo Farah was clipped at least twice, and then, spiked himself, was run in 55.6!
After the race, Mo Farah had three stitches, ice on his legs and saw the physio. He answered five questions and then, apologized and headed out to get fixed before the 5000 meters!
A good quick video on an amazing race!
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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