Long distance running
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Kunty McPhuck
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East Africans got altitude climate advantage that theyre born, raised and trained in.
The Arabs excel more at middle distance events like 1500m
Let's take the extreme racial focus out of this first;
A better question is WHAT MAKES a good distance runner
First of all its muscular and bone endurance, obviously
Secondly its very long term training and repeated runs at longer distances
Third, and often this is a function of second, its a very efficient cardiovascular system, and even more important, digestive and metabolic system
Now
worldwide, the countries that allow or empower women to do #2 and thus get #3, are NOT the same countries that men tend to do so. This could be a source of answer.
This is simply theory, but I believe it is more about environment and conditioning trends, than race. North merican women for example, tend to be more muscular and better sprinters, than long distance.
A better question is WHAT MAKES a good distance runner
First of all its muscular and bone endurance, obviously
Secondly its very long term training and repeated runs at longer distances
Third, and often this is a function of second, its a very efficient cardiovascular system, and even more important, digestive and metabolic system
Now
worldwide, the countries that allow or empower women to do #2 and thus get #3, are NOT the same countries that men tend to do so. This could be a source of answer.
This is simply theory, but I believe it is more about environment and conditioning trends, than race. North merican women for example, tend to be more muscular and better sprinters, than long distance.
superunknown23
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algerians and moroccans
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
They have more success in 1500m. they aint done shyt since Skah won in 92 over 5-10k