MO FARAH will kick-start his outdoor track campaign this weekend when he makes his highly-anticipated 10,000m debut at the Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University.

The 2006 European cross-country champion has chosen one of the most competitive 25-lap races around, but Farah is feeling confident after a strong spell of training since his last race, the Carlsbad road 5km in California.

"Training has been going great," Farah told Athletics Weekly. "I have been at altitude in Flagstaff for the past month with 26:35 10k runner Micah Kogo and 12:55 5k runner Boniface Songok. We have done some very good training since Carlsbad."

"I wanted to build a good endurance base over the winter," added Farah, who finished sixth and top European in the 3000m final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in March. "This 10,000m race gave me a target to train for and a test to check where my endurance is at right now."