Please read this article.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/london-marathon/10756131/Mo-Farah-to-run-in-slower-group-in-London-Marathon.htmlIt says that Farah will not go out with the lead group in London which is hoping for 61:45. Instead, he'll aim for 62:15.
Simon Hart wrote:
The lead group of athletes through the halfway point at 61 min 45 sec, which would put them within striking distance of Wilson Kipsang’s world record of 2hr 3 min 23 sec.
But Salazar believes that pace will be too hot for Farah in his first ever marathon and has asked for the double world and Olympic champion to be paced to the halfway mark in 62 min 15 sec. That would still put Farah on target for a course record.
Hmmmm. Not knowing any of that. Check out what we wrote (and we have proof we wrote it before that article was published):
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/04/sorry-mo-farah-fans-mo-isnt-winning-2014-london-marathon-5-reasons/LetsRun.com wrote:
Farah's best chance for victory likely is if we see a repeat of last year's London race where the leaders really went for it (61:34 first half) and all blew up. The winning time last year was over 2:06. If we're Salazar, we'd tell Farah under no circumstances should he go out under 62:15. The course record is 2:04:40 - go try to run that.
Your welcome,
-LetsRun.com
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