The 4-time-Olympic champion, Farah, clocked a new course record time of 59 minutes and 26 seconds in the half marathon missing his personal best by only 4 seconds.
"Just coming into that headwind it was so tough, I wasn't going smooth, I was going up and down. I honestly thought I could beat my personal best today, but those last two miles really hurt." Said Farah.
New Zealand's Jake Robertson, who finished in a distant second to Farah, for the first time in his career broke the 60minute barrier in the half marathon. The 31-year-old Robertson crossed the line in 59.57, as Belgium athlete Bashir Abdi, European Athletics Championships 10,000m silver medallist, concluded the podium with 60:43.
2018 London Marathon winner Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya won the women's race for a second time in three years in a new personal best of 67:43. Her compatriots Brigid Kosgei (67:52) and Joyciline Jepkosgei (68.10) took second and third respectively.
Men's Elite Top Results
1 MO FARAH 00:59:27
2 JAKE ROBERTSON 00:59:58
3 BASHIR ABDI 01:00:42
4 SCOTT FAUBLE 01:02:18
5 RYAN VAIL 01:02:19
6 HIROYUKI YAMAMOTO 01:02:49
7 DANIEL WANJIRU 01:03:40
8 PAT TIERNAN 01:03:53
9 MOHAMUD AADAN 01:03:59
10 MICHAEL SHELLEY 01:04:49
Women Elite Top Results
1 VIVIAN CHERUIYOT 01:07:43
2 BRIGID KOSGEI 01:07:52
3 JOYCILINE JEPKOSGEI 01:08:10
4 LINET MASAI 01:08:11
5 YUKA HORI 01:11:14
6 STEPHANIE BRUCE 01:11:50
7 CAMILLE BUSCOMB 01:14:23
8 EMMA MITCHELL 01:14:38
9 HAYLEY CARRUTHERS 01:14:46
10 LILY PARTRIDGE 01:15:16