A couple of 28 +/- minute back to back 10Ks and then another few laps at that pace. Past his prime. ROTFLOL
A couple of 28 +/- minute back to back 10Ks and then another few laps at that pace. Past his prime. ROTFLOL
A 59:20 1/2 marathon pace run for 1:00 on the track is very solid, no question. Mo is in shape to go back to the track for the 5 and 10 next year, but the events have moved on from him in terms of time with 12:35 and probably 26:10. Nevertheless, the championship times and closes in 2019 were definitely in his wheelhouse, so we will see. It is a shame that he only ever went after soft records like the indoor 2M and this outdoor record, which was not even the best run of close to that distance yesterday, with a 58:37 half being run in Prague by Kibiwott Kandie, 43 seconds faster for the half than Mo's run. He had the championship winner's mentality even in 2007 and 2009 before he had the ability to close like he did from 2011 to 2017. Prior to that, he would take the lead with 1k to go, just like that, but he would be rushed past by the other runners. If he could dust 12:46-50 runners in the kick, why couldn't he run low 12:40s or better? Well, his lying about Aden places a lot of suspicion in his performances but hard to argue performance-wise with silver and gold in 2011, double gold in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016, and gold and silver in 2017; that is ten golds and two silvers!