cfar wrote:
Says who? Hicham El Guerrouj started running at 14, Noah Ngeny at 19 and Paul Tergat
after completing high school.
I would take issue here: Do you think that for the first 14 or 19 years of their lives they never "ran". They never chased each other around or ran after a soccer ball? Maybe no focused training but I suspect they were not couch potatoes either.
BTW, I think the OP puts up a questionable statement, but this is not a good argument.