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Article #1446Re: Why are Kenyans so fast and US distance runners so slow?
From: jack berkery
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:54
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:54
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>From: Thomas.C.Pinckney@williams.edu
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> I am (or at least was!) a US distance runner. I've also lived
>in Kenya about 5 out of the last 15 years, during which time I competed
>regularly in road races, on the track, and in cross country. Some
>observations based on this experience:
> ... etc ...
Congratulations, you discovered through personal experience exactly what took
tens of thousands of dollars for the Swedish Olympic team to figure out :-}
There was an article in Running Research News a few months ago about some
Swedish researchers who took several of their runners to Kenya to compete
against the locals and then took several Kenyans to Sweden for further
research.
Bottom line: Nothing genetically special about them. It seems distance running
is Kenya's national sport and gets all the best athletes. You should have told
them and saved Swedish taxpayers some money.
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Jack Berkery, Computer Scientist, GE Research, Schenectady NY
berkery@crd.ge.com "The Common Sense Coach"
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