Sir Mo Farah revealed a bug was to blame after he suffered a Knight-mare in his 2017 debut.
The four-time Olympic champion said he picked up a virus over Christmas as he slumped to seventh at the Great Edinburgh International in his last-ever cross-country outing.
Instead it was local hero Callum Hawkins who flew the flag at Holyrood Park on Saturday with the Scot – who came ninth in the marathon at Rio 2016 – pipped on the line by American Leonard Korir but becoming the first Brit to get the better of Farah since he came third here seven years ago.
Mo said: “I am disappointed with seventh but you have got to be honest with yourself and the last couple of weeks of training haven’t gone as well.
“I could have pulled out of the race and stayed at home but I was running for my country.
“It is not where I want to be. It just hasn’t gone as smoothly as I wanted and it has shown today. But I am still fighting. I was still in pain at the end.
“All credit to Callum, he is a great athlete and he showed that without a doubt - what a great performance. I was hoping that he was going to win the race. At the end it was pretty close but he is a great athlete.”
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