2011 Nike Pre Classic: Mo Farah added to 10,000m field for Friday night Distance racing under stars!, release, note by Larry Eder

Mo Farah, 2011 NYC Half marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net

In what is shaping up to be the epic 10,000 meter race of 2011, Mo Farah has joined the field of the 10,000 meters, to be held on Friday evening, June 3, at historic Hayward Field. A field that has seven runners who have best 27 minutes (now 8, with Solinsky), Mo Farah, Galen Rupp and Chris Solinsky are part of that historic field, with Mo Farah, the top British distance runner, joining in the last several hours.

We just wrote that the US record could be in danger, well, add the British record (27:18, Jon Brown), should be toast. Mo Farah has run 27:28, but should be able to surpass that here, with the conditions, field and level of competition! Looking forward to Friday night even more!

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Mo Farah will run 10,000m in the Prefontaine Classic on Friday night

European
5000m and 10,000m Champion Mo Farah will compete in the Prefontaine
Classic 10,000m on Friday night in Hayward Field, Eugene. The 28 year
old was originally entered for the 2 miles but, after discussing it with
his coach Alberto Salazar, asked to switch to the 10,000m. The
Portland based runner made a quick visit back to the UK last Monday to
win the BUPA London 10,000 in 29:15.

Mo
has a personal best of 27:28.86 set in the European 10,000m Challenge
in Marseille last year. He will face a formidable line up in Eugene
headed by Kenya’s World 10k record holder Leonard Komon, Ethiopia’s
Olympic silver medallist Silishe Sihine and World Half Marathon record
holder Zersenay Tadesse from Eritrea. Training partner Galan Rupp (USA)
will lead the US assault while fellow PACE athletes Moses Masai, Joseph
Ebuya, Mark Kiptoo, Mike Kigen and Dennis Masai will also compete in
one of the best quality 10,000m fields ever assembled. Five runners in
the race have personal best times of sub 27 minutes. The 10 year old
British Record stands at 27:18.14 by Jon Brown.

The start list for the event is available at http://www.diamondleague-eugene.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/10000m-Men/

Author

Larry Eder

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.

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