The Press Association
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The city's NIA has been a happy hunting ground for the world 5,000 metres champion, who has set two British records there in the last three years. The 28-year-old, who broke the indoor 3,000m mark in 2009 and 5,000m mark last year, this time has John Mayock's time of eight minutes 17.06 seconds in his sights - 10 years and one day since it was set.
"Definitely, that would be a good target," said Farah, who also won 10,000m silver at last year's World Championships and is one of Britain's best hopes for Olympic gold this summer. "I've just to get in the right race, not think about any time and try to be competitive. But we've got a good field and hopefully we'll have a quick race."
That field includes Kenya's two-time Olympic 5,000m medalist Eliud Kipchoge, Uganda's 5,000 and 10,000m Commonwealth champion Moses Kipsiro and a certain Bekele, albeit not double Olympic champion Kenenisa but his younger brother Tariku.
Farah's last race, over one mile at the Indoor Grand Prix in Boston earlier this month, threw up plenty of drama, with the Somalia-born Briton falling on the first lap before fighting back to finish fourth.
Not that the fall is playing on his mind, any more than his beloved Arsenal's Champions League humiliation at the San Siro in midweek.
"Not at all, these things happen, you fall, go down, that's part of the sport," he added.
"The good thing is it happened not in the worlds, but in Boston. I wasn't hurt or anything, so I just had to get up straight away and run the race.
"I ended up finishing fourth, but that's what happens. I was all right and training's been going well since then. I've just got to forget about it."