Mo Farah says it’s full speed ahead to Glasgow after he kicked off his Olympic year with a second-place finish at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country.
Farah will race at next month’s Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix as he begins his build-up to the defence of his 5000m and 10,000m Olympic crowns at Rio 2016.
That journey got going 40 miles west of Glasgow in the Scottish capital where Farah was beaten to the line in a sprint finish by America’s Garrett Heath.
Over the 8km course, just two seconds separated Farah and Heath at the end but it was the American who came out on top with Farah unable to find his trademark kick down the straight in slippery conditions.
But the 32-year-old was philosophical in defeat and just wants to ensure he is at his best when Rio rolls around.
“It’s early season so you don’t want to lose a race but it’s better to lose now than later in the year,” he said. “Garrett Heath is a great athlete and he always comes out every year and gets ready for this race.
“I couldn’t really sprint but it’s the same for everyone else and it was really slippery so it was quite hard.
“I’m looking forward to getting to training camp and getting my head down for the Glasgow Indoors.”
In the women’s race Kate Avery took the win with Great Britain coming on top in the team event with Europe second and USA third.
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