Mo Farah will have to down a legend to end a groundbreaking season with World Championship gold – but the Twickenham ace admits it is pointless making any concrete plans to achieve it.

The 28-year-old has followed on from his European Championship gold-medal double last year with 10 straight wins this year, but Ethiopian rival Kenenisa Bekele’s 10,000m record leaves him in the shade.

Bekele, who has four world and two Olympic titles, has never lost over 10,000m and holds the world record at 26 minutes, 17.43 seconds.

But, despite some bullish words from his agent, he will be an unknown quantity in South Korea, having been sidelined for the past 18 months with a knee injury.

Farah has the fastest time in the world this year and is the favourite for the title in Daegu, but with Bekele back he is not about to make any bold predictions.

“Being world No 1 does add pressure but I just want to try to get to the start line happy and healthy and then go from there,” he said.

“I definitely take confidence from the way I have run because it is just what you need as an athlete, so it should be a good race.

“Everything has gone well and training and results have gone well so you couldn’t ask for more going into a champs.

“There are lots of good guys in the race, so I can’t worry about just him [Bekele].

“Anything can happen on the day it’s just about getting it right.

“It sounds easy knowing I’ve run the quickest.

“I might be the favourite but I can’t go in and think like that you’ve got to respect everybody else.”

Farah has been talked up as a potential double gold medal winner in South Korea, mirroring his efforts at last year’s Europeans by taking the 5,000m as well as the 10,000m title.

But Farah insists any decision on going for a golden double will be made after his 10,000m exploits.

“It depends how I come off after the 10km and how my body is whether I do the 5km as well,” he added.

“It will definitely be a case of how I feel because obviously it is going to be a lot tougher than it was in Barcelona because that was the Europeans and this is a world level.

“But at the same time I just need to see how my body is.”

Farah is in the Aviva GB & NI Team at a preparation camp in Ulsan, Korea. Aviva’s support is helping the team compete at their best. For more, go to aviva.co.uk/athletics or follow them on Twitter @avivaathletics.