Say there is an (actual) high school freshman age male East African living in the U.S. He was born in the U.S., and does not play any sports. He has never trained for running. Say he turns out for xc. Assuming his training is decent, what sort of progression/times would we see here?
WR stupid
Depends on WHICH East African. They're not all the same you know.
Racister wrote:
Say there is an (actual) high school freshman age male East African living in the U.S. He was born in the U.S., and does not play any sports. He has never trained for running. Say he turns out for xc. Assuming his training is decent, what sort of progression/times would we see here?
Do you honestly think that all East Africans have the same talent level? Seriously? They are people too. I'm sure many people with East African genetics are slow as shit.
Look up Meb Keflezghi, Lopez Lomong, or Hassan Mead
True Story:
On Sunday I was walking out of church and there was a very tall black kid walking next to me. An older white guy turns around and taps him on the arm and says, "Do you even have to jump when you dunk the basketball?"
Kid says, "I don't have much time to play basketball due to medical school and everything."
Kid: 1
Old Racist Man: 0
23:07 in first 5K XC race
14:48 to win state meet at end of freshman year
But they have.....talent.I have a friend who smokes and does construction and just ran 18:35 UNTRAINED in a 5k at age 32. He is white.
Samuel Clemens wrote:
Look up Meb Keflezghi, Lopez Lomong, or Hassan Mead
When I was in HS we had a couple Kenyan girls move into our district mid season. I think they were fresh off the boat. Everybody was excited thinking they would dominate just because they were Kenyan. I recall them being very slow, lazy, and drinking soda during practice. Your mileage may vary.
So if a Black American who was untrained would he be a star tailback for your all White high school in rural Montana? Same stupid thoughts.....
brogan1 wrote:
I recall them being very slow, lazy, and drinking soda during practice.
Who says immigrants don't want to assimilate these days? Tada!
brogan1 wrote:
When I was in HS we had a couple Kenyan girls move into our district mid season. I think they were fresh off the boat. Everybody was excited thinking they would dominate just because they were Kenyan. I recall them being very slow, lazy, and drinking soda during practice. Your mileage may vary.
so... your average american teenager?
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