Sometimes, runners are assured they will outrun anybody (or something) in a non-race state of affairs. Missed the bus? No drawback–you’ll catch it on the subsequent cease. Somebody snatched your purse? They gained’t get far. Final week, four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah confirmed this idea–whereas on foot, the athlete reportedly pursued and caught thieves who drove away together with his telephone.
A 12 months of retirement from competitors appears to have had little impression on Farah’s top-tier health. Whereas jogging together with his spouse, Tania, by his property in Surrey, U.Okay., Farah set his telephone down by the facet of the highway to gather it on the finish of his run. (Farah and his household reside in a 964-acre gated group with in depth safety.)
In response to the Every day Mail, two males in a white van someway slipped by the guarded entrance and nabbed the telephone. Farah sprinted after the trespassers as they drove away, efficiently catching them and taking again his system. Sources say he’s offended concerning the safety breach and an investigation has been launched.
This isn’t the primary time Farah has confronted members of the general public in a “race.” Final 12 months, he competed in a 100m dads’ race at one in all his children’ faculties. However in that occasion, even carrying observe spikes, he completed third, dropping to a dad who was carrying denims.
Alongside his 4 Olympic golds, Farah has six world championship titles within the 5,000m and 10,000m occasions, and was the second runner in historical past to win the 5,000 and 10,000m at back-to-back Olympic Video games. In 2016, he moved as much as the marathon, profitable the Chicago Marathon in 2018 and ending third in London the identical 12 months. The British athlete retired final September; the 2023 Nice North Run in Newcastle, U.Okay., marked his ultimate competitors.