Forums >Racing>whoa, Whoa, WHOA! Epic Finish at Bupa HM
Ddi you see this? Love watching races like this!
http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/Articles/watch-farah-vs-mekele-vs-gebraselassie-at-the-bupa-great-north-run-live/11395/
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Thanks! That was a great race
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Mekele?
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What race you watching Parklife? We saw Farahv vs Mekele.
Seriously, Farah made one of the great finishes ever. To the untrained eye (mine) it looked like Bekele cut him off. Still, Bekele responded and won the race. Very, very exciting.
Not dead. Yet.
Thank you for posting that! If Mo had started a few hundred feet earlier he might have won.
Wow!
How can we know our limits if we don't test them?
For once, epic is not an exaggeration. That was really amazing.
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bekele, bekele don't know why i copied the typo and then made some of my own!! My heart was pounding watching it!
Bekele won it on the downhill about 1k from the finish. Mo just couldn't make up for the gap that Bekele opened up going down. It was a good day for close finishes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ9Z8RTuXv8. Most interesting thing in the video is Allister stopping on the course to cheer on his brother.
Why is it sideways?
Great race. I think I am most impressed by Geb.
Mmmmm...beer
What race you watching Parklife? We saw Farahv vs Mekele. Seriously, Farah made one of the great finishes ever. To the untrained eye (mine) it looked like Bekele cut him off. Still, Bekele responded and won the race. Very, very exciting.
I thought it looked like Bekele was blocking him as well, but I don't know what the etiquette/rules are at that level. Great finish!
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Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
Geb has seen worse breaches of etiquette.
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
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Definitely a highlight of the road racing season.
5K 20:23 (Vdot 48.7) 9/9/17
10K 44:06 (Vdot 46.3) 3/11/17
HM 1:33:48 (Vdot 48.6) 11/11/17
FM 4:13:43 (Vdot 35.4) 3/4/18
Judging from Mo's smile at the end, I don't think he considered Bekele's actions out of line.
I'm impressed they could attack like that at the end.
Why would that dude punch Geb? Did Geb do something to him earlier in the race or was it just frustration?
I think that punch took a few tenths off Geb's time time, haha. It looked like it gave a little boost, even if that wasn't the intent.
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