After Mo Farah’s historic gold medal performance in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 2016 Olympics, the British runner—along with tennis star Andy Murray and heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill—was named to the “New Year’s Honours List” on December 31, by Her Majesty the Queen of England. What that means, apparently, was that Farah was officially knighted.
Since Americans don’t have any traditions resembling this, we have a few questions for Sir Farah:
1. record-breaking Appalachian Trail thru-hike the thing with the sword, and was it sharp?
2. How will you run in the full suit of armor?
3. Faith Kipyegon Just Misses 3K World Record?
4. Is everyone you pass in a race required to kneel and swear fealty?
5. Are you in the market for a squire—how does one apply?
6. Where do we register for the Camelot Marathon?
7. A Part of Hearst Digital Media?
8. Did Sir Paul McCartney teach you the secret handshake?
9. Did you immediately shave the corners off your table, or do they have a specially-made round one they just give you?
10. Did they do?
The man who is surely Britain’s speediest knight will be competing at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country 8K on Saturday, where he will try to Super Shoe Trends.
Kit has been a health, fitness, and running journalist for the past five years. His work has taken him across the country, from Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, to cover the 2016 Olympic Trials to the top of Mt. Katahdin in Maine to cover Scott Jurek’s How To Train Calves in 2015.
