...and by nearly 1.5 minutes!
...and by nearly 1.5 minutes!
The top Americans weren't in the race. They preferred to run in the Olympic trials. Makes sense to me.
Let me rephrase that,first American male finisher....not top American. You mean we can't get some Joe Blow out there to run a 2:24 just to keep the women from beating the men? Sad!
Sad! wrote:
Let me rephrase that,first American male finisher....not top American. You mean we can't get some Joe Blow out there to run a 2:24 just to keep the women from beating the men? Sad!
Sad!
Ok dude, I nominate you! Can't do it huh? Sad.
Flagpole, you don't have much room to talk dude. Can you even run a 3:24? No? Sad!
Sad! wrote:
Flagpole, you don't have much room to talk dude. Can you even run a 3:24? No? Sad!
Reading comprehension skills are at an all-time low in the US.
Last time I checked the elite women were in a different race. All the women who toed the line with Zieman finished behind him.
Sad! wrote:
Flagpole, you don't have much room to talk dude. Can you even run a 3:24? No? Sad!
Sad!
Well dude, I wasn't the one bashing American runners faster than me. And yes, my marathon PR is 2:55 so the answer is yes.
Typical letsrun "he sucks" "she sucks" "that time sucks" "the Kenyans are genetically superior" crap posted by someone sitting on their ass in front of a computer screen. Didn't see you toe it up today, did we? How do you spell "pussy"? t-h-e-t-r-u-t-h-
The American have had a slightly better than average year at the Marathon. 6 US marathoners have the Olympic A standard. In contrast there may not be one single Englishman with the Olympic Standard. Not one elite American was at Boston. This post is false ignore it.
Actually, Kenyans are genatically superior and better equipped than others for distance racing. Of course there are exceptions, but as a whole....there is no question!
Actually BUM, The Truth is right and you are in denial if you think otherwise. Bad example with the European Basketball players. Blacks are better. Tony Kucoc, Vlade Divac, Petrovich, etc. etc. are nowhere close to the players that Shaq, Garnett, Malone, Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Iverson are......and the list is much longer if you need more names.
Nice euro names from 5 years ago!!!
Haven't seen a black guy who can guard Dirk Novitzky yet. So, I still challenge you to spell out which gene or genes make blacks superior at basketball, or Kenyans better at running. I'm waiting......
the winning time was 2:10, what times did Rodgers, Meyer,Salazar or Durden run in Boston?
Actually we found difference in the size of the heart and lungs in the Kenyans that live in the higher altitude levels.
Actually Bum, you may be the dumb F%$^.
Take 50 untrained men from the Rift Valley and 50 similar men from any other region of the globe and see which group outperforms the others DRASTICALLY (by a large margin) in distance running.
Most thid world cultures share one thing in common..hardship. Doesnt quite explain why Kenyans make better distance runners tho.
It isnt a racist thing to say, it isnt even a controversial thing to say, its just a fact.
Does this in some way make them genetically "superior" to any one else. Not necessarily. It just emans that they make better runners, due to a variety (and coincidence) of amazing factors.
Add deCastella - 2:07:51 in 1986. I guess genetics gives the Kenyans a 36 seconds advantage (Ndeti's record). Or not....
NOT GENETICS!!!! Environment. Show me the gene. I'm STILL waiting. Same with the stupid comment on the taking 50 guys from the valley. ENVIRONMENT. I'm WAITING!!! Oh, by the way, I'm a geneticist as well, so don't throw out bullshit "facts" that are not.
White euro genetic "cream of the crop" (that's what we're talking about when we talk about world class athletes) is every bit as superior as Kenyan "genetic cream" or any other population. To say that the Kenyan genetic freaks are superior to white genetic freaks or south american genetic freaks is just plain inaccurate.
Nobody knows for sure but as Koech puts it, the Kenyans are brought up in an environment of hardships. Perhaps this gives them an edge. However, aFrica is basically more or less the same and so, if Kenyans are that great because of hardships, so should people from Lesotho, Angola, Guinnea Bissau e.t.c. e.t.c.
It's perhaps a mystery after all!