Mo Farah came SECOND in a school dads’ running race – to a man wearing jeans, reveals Olympic hero’s wife Tania
OLYMPICS hero Sir Mo Farah has revealed he came second in a school dads’ running race — to a man wearing jeans.
The four-time gold medal winner was beaten by a fellow parent in a 100 metres sprint.
Mo, 39, lost out even though he was wearing his trusty spiked running shoes.
Team GB’s greatest ever long-distance athlete has admitted he “can’t sprint”.
Sir Mo has four childen with wife Tania and a home in South West London.
Tania told the Performance People podcast: “Mo took part in the parents’ race at sports day and came second, and the guy that won it was wearing jeans.
“The dad that won dined out on it for an entire school year.
“Mo’s not a sprinter, that’s what it is, the parents’ race is always 100 metres.
“People just assume Mo can run fast, but his running fast is sustained running over many laps.”
He added: “I was like ‘oh no,’ and I had my spikes on, I thought ‘I’m ready for this.’
“He was tagging me as well saying ‘have some of that.’ I can’t sprint.”
Sir Mo won gold in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.