Running with new training partner Galen Rupp, Mo Farah set a new European and British record for 5,000 meters of 13:10.60. Mo took the lead with 100 meters to go, after having ran a very steady pace with Rupp, both together from 3k to the finish.
Mo Farah will be running the 3,000 meters at the European Champs in Paris in two weeks, with his eyes set on defending his 3,000m win in Torino in 2009!
Mo Farah winning 2009 Torino Euro Indoor, photo by PhotoRun.net.
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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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