 Farah aive mumwe wevakakurumbira kuputsa hutongi hwaSerhiy Lebid pa2009 European Cross Country Championships. Zvisinei, Lebid haana kumbobvira apikisana sezvo Farah naAlemayehu Bezabeh vaive kumberi kwechinguva. Farah akakundwa naBezabeh mumatanho ekupedzisira emujaho, achisiya muBritish aine menduru yesirivheri yechipiri yakateedzana pamakwikwi. Haana kukwanisa kupinda mumhemberero yemenduru, zvisinei, sezvo akadonha pakarepo mushure memakwikwi uye aida kurapwa. Mushure mekupinda munzvimbo yechitatu kuseri kwaEdwin Soi kuBOclassic, Farah akakwikwidza mujaho pfupi paGreat Edinburgh Cross Country. Akanga ari mudikanwi wokukunda ndokukwira mberi kuti avake kutungamirira kwakanaka. Zvisinei, airatidzika kuneta mumatanho okupedzisira uye akapedza wechitatu shure kwevatambi veBritain Ricky Stevenson naSteve Vernon. Farah aidazve kurapwa mushure mokumhanya uye kuongororwa kwakazotevera kwakaratidza kuti aiva nemwero yakaderera yesimbi nemagesium. Akapiwa mishonga yokurapa chirwere chacho uye zvaakanga aronga zvokurovedza kukwira makomo muKenya hazvina kuchinja. 