Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah finished second to a guy wearing jeans in a dads’ running race at a school sports day.
Sir Mo Farah lost a running race to a man in jeans
The 39-year-old athlete was trounced by another guy - who “dined out” on the achievement for a whole year - in a 100-metre sprint at his children's sports day, despite wearing his running spikes.
Mo's wife 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.”
Tania - who has daughter Rhianna, twins Aisha and Amani, and son Hussein with Mo - insisted the world champion’s success is due to being slow and steady and not speedy like “people just assume”.
She said: “People just assume Mo can run fast, but his running fast is sustained running over many laps.”
Mo added: “I was like, 'Oh no,’ and I had my spikes on, I thought, ‘I'm ready for this.’ "
Recently, Mo was named as one of the players for this year’s Soccer Aid, an annual charity football match in aid of UNICEF where England faces off against the Rest of the World.
The star-studded match - which will take place on June 11 at Old Trafford, Manchester United's stadium - will see Lioness legend Jill Scott become the first woman to captain a side during the event, after she was crowned Queen of the Jungle on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’ late last year.
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