Barring some unforeseen misfortune, such as injury, we are going to read and hear a lot about Mo Farah in the run-up to the London Olympics, in which case we should also expect to read and hear a lot of about Alberto Salazar.Farah, the Somali refugee who is now running in British colours, is in the form of his life and his gold medal prospects in the Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m grow more realistic with every race - the most recent being this month's New York half-marathon. It was his first trip over the distance and he won - an unexpected triumph for which at least some of the credit must fall to Salazar, whom he has been training in Oregon since the start of the year even though their partnership was not formally announced until last month.
Over the next year Farah will be immersed in the methods and ways of the Oregon Project, a Nike-financed, Salazar-led group of elite runners based at the sports equipment company's campus near Portland.
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