Mo Farah’s Diet

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Mo Farah’s Diet


The Sweat Elite team spent a month in Suluta, the running hub of Ethiopia at the same time Mo Farah was preparing for the London Marathon 2019.
When discussing diet with Mo Farah, he mentioned that he tends to eat a relatively large breakfast before training, as he commences his morning training session at around 9am. Farah mentioned that his stomach is able to process food quite quickly, so he usually eats breakfast around 30-40 minutes before training, which usually consists of 2 pieces of toast (multi grain bread) with jam and butter as well as a small bowl of porridge and a cup of coffee. Post training, it’s a protein shake and carbohydrate drink and he did express how important it is for him to consume this within the “25 minute window” post finishing his training run/session.
Farah tends to space out small meals throughout the day rather than consume breakfast, lunch and dinner. The smaller meals are usually pasta, chicken, rice, tuna, salad and vegetables. He tries to eat a serving of vegetables every day.
There’s nothing too special in Farah’s diet, but he did mention his love for dark chocolate and that he does consume plenty of it.

Before a race, things are a little different (to before training). Farah tends to stick to chicken or salmon and rice before a big race… loads up on the coffee, having at least 2 large cups in the 2-3 hours before the gun goes off.
When Mo Farah was asked by BBC Goodfood what his diet was like when he was training for the Olympic Games in 2016, his response was:
“For breakfast (before training), i’ll typically have a large cup of coffee and Frosties (the cereal). I’m not a big eater of large meals, more several small plates during the day but i’ll normally have at least one serving of chicken and salmon each day, as well as something like pasta and steamed vegetables.”
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