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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: Fitzwell Subject: RE: injury rates and types among the Kenyan and Ethiopian elite and developing elite runners vs. the Western world Body: Yes, I mean it in a discriminating way. Noakes, for one, noted slowtwitch propensity in certain African runner populations relative to white runners. There are also known correlatIons of certain genotypes with successful distance running populations. Also, there are theories that Africans, in general, are superior physically because natural selection has worked better there than in other environments. Africa has been a hard environment to survive in historically. So species that do so may be more robust than those that can survive less hostile environments. Plus, look at the skeletal structure of, particularly, the east Africans. Their longer legs and shorter torsos plus thin, tapered limbs would seem to work very well for distance running. And they kick the shit out of the rest of the world in head to head competition. Intuition would seem that genetics play a statistically significant part. But who really knows? This is just how I'm reading things. Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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