Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei and Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor have the same idea.

Both are threats and both are pushing the pace hard.

The leaders have clocked 2:39 for the first 1000m in an attempt to grind the hometown favourite to dust before he can kick them to a pulp on the final lap.

Mo Farah has set up camp on the outside of the main pack, midway up the field.

We have opened with a 64-second first lap.

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We are go.

Twenty odd minutes of pain for a lifetime of glory.

Mo Farah's name and lengthy credentials are read out to the fans who respond with near hysteria.

The man himself, springs on the spot like Zebedee, firing off a flurry of shadow punches.

Jo Pavey
European 10,000m champion on BBC Radio 5 live

Mo Farah has been an amazing ambassador, he gives the team a lift, he gives the fans a lift, and we all hope he can do the double again. Can anyone run the finish out of Mo if they run as a team? That's the question as I see it.

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Mo Farah emerges out onto track amid Franz Ferdinand riffs and pyro sparks.

He gees the crowd to more decibels as he trots with the rest of the pack towards the startline.

The main threats tonight? Look out of Ethiopian teenager Abadi Hadis - the fastest man in the world this year - and Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor who was second to Farah in Beijing two years ago.

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After tonight, Mo's track schedule reads as follows.

9 August: 5000m heats

12 August: 5000m final

20 August: Birmingham

24 August: Zurich

And then he is done on the 400m loop.

The Daily Mail, external reported earlier this week that the London Marathon are ready to offer Farah a six-figure sum to run the next two editions of the race.

Farah's agent is apparently keeping his powder dry in the hope of having a stronger hand to play with off the back of twin triumphs at London.

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The double-double-double?

The three-peat squared?

You would need a whole conference of maths professors and sports statistians to describe what Mo Farah is trying to do here.

If all goes to plan he willl reel in both the 5000m and 10,000m titles at a major championships for a fifth time by the end of the week after double-distance glory at London 2012, Moscow 2013, Beijing 2015 and Rio 2016.

The first leg is coming up in five minutes.

Usain Bolt describes his perfomance as 'very bad' and was unhappy with the starting blocks.

"I stumbled a bit coming out of blocks, I'm not fond of these blocks," he adds to BBC Sport. "I have to get this together. It's shaky because when I did the warm up it [the blocks] pushed back.

"It's not what I am used to."

Darren Campbell
Former British sprinter on BBC Radio 5 live

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This is what we mean by athletes believing they can beat Usain Bolt. Two or three in this field have run quicker than him. Where he would have liked to step it up a bit and look easy, he had to work and then started looking across. He expected more. But we know he loves the rounds.

He tends to make mistakes in the early rounds but I'm sure he wont make the same in the semi-finals.

He will not be worried. You never know with Usain Bolt what kind of mind games he is playing with the rest of the field. He has the experience and walked the walk. None of us can say he won't win but I know he would have liked to run quicker.

Mike Costello
BBC Radio 5 live athletics commentator

He knows that wont be good enough in the semi-final or final but he has time to improve on that. Still, he's shaking his head.

A solid start, but a slow pick-up phase.

Usain Bolt gave everyone a couple of metres at halfway, but then that long stride kicks in and the maths means that he gobbles up the difference and wins with ease.

Great Britain's James Dasaolu makes it through as well in 10.13.

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Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at London Stadium

If you boo Justin Gatlin - which is your right - do you also boo every other athlete here who has failed a test? To boo who or to boo-hoo?

Denise Lewis
Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

It has been a real privilege to watch Usain Bolt and see the legend he has become. You never tire of him with his audience. He owns the arena.

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Darren Campbell
Former British sprinter on BBC Radio 5 live

For most of these people here, they will not be attending tomorrow so it's their final night with Usain Bolt. That's why there's a lot of emotion in the stadium. You can see the emotion in the face.

When you know it's a farewell, different emotions come out in you.

Usain Bolt has such a great aura, he can beat people before they get on the track. So it will come down to if anyone believes they can beat him.

Usain Bolt, glistening like a thoroughbred, warms up down the home straight and salutes the fans, sparking a cascade of cheers from the stands.

France's Jimmy Vicaut and Britain's James Dasaolu are also in the race, but everyone is playing the chorus line to the big man.

Darren Campbell
Former British sprinter on BBC Radio 5 live

He thought he was the villain in Beijing but now he's in London and it's been taken to a whole different level. He was impressive in the first 30 metres.

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The American veteran wins with plenty to spare, but the crowd have long since made up their mind about Justin Gatlin.

He is jeered again as his face appears on the big screen in the way of victory.