Farah opens 'next chapter' with F1 track running series

Four-time Olympic champion tells Jack Rathborn how he plans to re-energise his sport through the RunGP events

- Jack Rathborn

Mo Farah is ready to shake up running by launching an innovative new team-based series. Since racing for the final time at the 2023 Great North Run, Farah has been searching for an outlet, his body having given up after a glittering career. But now a beaming Farah is once again eager to leave his mark on the sport.

It has been intriguing to watch the double-double Olympic gold medallist bide his time, largely resisting a career in the media as he considered his options. That is until now, with the emergence of RunGP: an opportunity to strike a balance between the elite end of the sport and the mass participation running boom seen around the world since Covid.

Through RunGP, the flagship series of the Global Running League held on Formula One circuits, Farah and Marcel Muenster, the organisation’s CEO, believe they can revolutionise a sport in need of engagement. Running has struggled to translate its rapidly growing number of grassroots participants into a compelling television product at the elite level or establish a thriving business model.