Mo Farah

[Dallas]

Not technically. You did beat him. You came DNF He failed to finish.

Alot of pro's do this in long distance running and ironman, if you are having a bad day save your legs and sponsors shame and move on.

Or - under my new rules, nip into the nearest Offie, bottle of southern comfort, neurofen and a few red bulls and bounce round

[MyUserName]

I think missing drug tests are more common than people think, one of his was before Salazar and the other was about a year later, I think the rules are 3 missed tests in 18 months and its a ban.

One is common, two is naughty, three and you are out

I think it is down to 12 months now?

[unixman]

Alot of pro's do this in long distance running and ironman, if you are having a bad day save your legs and sponsors shame and move on.

Or - under my new rules, nip into the nearest Offie, bottle of southern comfort, neurofen and a few red bulls and bounce round

I know pros do it. No sympathy. Unless they are injured they should always finish IMO. Giving up the race because you are out medal contention (Paula) or "having a bad day" (Mo) isn't a good example for youngsters. Not giving up in adversity is the whole point of the sport. Always finish even if it is just at a walk. A bit pompous maybe but whatever.

[Dallas]

I know pros do it. No sympathy. Unless they are injured they should always finish IMO. Giving up the race because you are out medal contention (Paula) or "having a bad day" (Mo) isn't a good example for youngsters. Not giving up in adversity is the whole point of the sport. Always finish even if it is just at a walk. A bit pompous maybe but whatever.

But this is when the sponsors come into it, they have to pull out to save face, ie not be seen in Brand XYZ as a fat bird like me over takes them

They are all televised end-to-end now, its not good brand publicity.

[minestrone]

I said 2 years ago on here Farah was at it, I bumped the thread last week and nobody picked up on it. It was a conversation between MTT and myself.

It has always been a commonly held belief amongst a great deal of the athletics community he was doing something.

I'm just happy to finish the races I do.

[BrilloPad]

They are all at it in some form, why not stop feeding the trolls, strip off all banned substances from all sports, wind em up and let them go.

Is that how you got 2nd place at midnightwoman?

I reckon its a daily mail article - so he is innocent.

[minestrone]

I know pros do it. No sympathy. Unless they are injured they should always finish IMO. Giving up the race because you are out medal contention (Paula) or "having a bad day" (Mo) isn't a good example for youngsters. Not giving up in adversity is the whole point of the sport. Always finish even if it is just at a walk. A bit pompous maybe but whatever.

Sometimes that is easier said that done...

[unixman]

But this is when the sponsors come into it, they have to pull out to save face, ie not be seen in Brand XYZ as a fat bird like me over takes them

They are all televised end-to-end now, its not good brand publicity.

Surely giving up and pulling out is the worst publicity of all. Would you want your brand made to look like a cowardly quitter, or a plucky contender ?

[minestrone]

Surely giving up and pulling out is the worst publicity of all. Would you want your brand made to look like a cowardly quitter, or a plucky contender ?

Sometimes you just have to call it a day, as much as you train you get bad days and you have to call it. It's more important to be ready for the next one and work out what went wrong rather than completely fook yourself and not being able to effectively train for a few months.

[MyUserName]

Surely giving up and pulling out is the worst publicity of all. Would you want your brand made to look like a cowardly quitter, or a plucky contender ?

But if you pull out and the media take hold of it you can spin it by claiming you were saving yourself for heavy training, felt unwell etc. and that had you tried you could, of course, have won.

If you lose then nothing you say will change the fact you lost anything you do say will just look like an excuse.