Britain’s top long distance runner Mo Farah won the inaugural Big Half 13.1-mile half-marathon on Sunday in his build-up to next month’s London Marathon.
Farah won a sprint to the finish line in the London district of Greenwich, ahead of Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, winner of last year’s London marathon, with Scot Callum Hawkins in third.
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The 34-year-old Farah has been training in Ethiopia and arrived in London on Thursday. He managed to adjust to a huge drop in temperature for Sunday’s race, his first for six months.
“It wasn’t too bad, I was comfortable,” Farah told BBC radio, but added with a laugh “I have to do double the distance (in six weeks’ time).”
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Farah has turned to marathon racing after a glorious career on the track winning gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
{{/usCountry}}Farah has turned to marathon racing after a glorious career on the track winning gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
{{/usCountry}}He is targetting the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, training with Gary Lough, husband of former women’s great long distance runner Paula Radcliffe.