she ran in lane 2 the whole way. http://www.sportsnewsarena.com/?African-Championships--Cherono-wins-distance-double-in-Benin.html
she ran in lane 2 the whole way. http://www.sportsnewsarena.com/?African-Championships--Cherono-wins-distance-double-in-Benin.html
WOW Dougie has found another African to brag on.
2nd race.....no genetic advantage there. Kenyans just work harder.
of course there is a genetic advantage, but she is not 16!
Hope it's not another Caster Semenya type situation.
it's the lifestyle..i bet she didn't spend the first 15 years of her life being bused to school and to the mall, and she probably had chores beyond picking up her underwear...probably stuff like herding animals, carrying water from the river uphill,etc. she probably has been eating 'real' food her whole life as well.
or it could just be genetic if that makes you feel better about the fact that you're raising your kids as spoilt little fat asses.
If you read the article she actually ran 2:02 in her FIRST race in Kampala, likely in lane 2 as well.
Agreed most Americans are spoiled and fat. However a certain subset of Americans are trained from a very young age with excellent coaches to be great swimmers, gymnasts, runners, etc.
Americans dominate many sports, but distance running is not one of them anymore. So keep telling yourself it's the lifestyle when African born athletes sweep the medals in nearly every distance event.
Regardless, impressive performance for a 16 year old from any country.
Name withheld wrote:
If you read the article she actually ran 2:02 in her FIRST race in Kampala, likely in lane 2 as well.
And she didn't improve that much either. She will be running 2:05s by the time she is 18.
If we trained our distances runners like we do our swimmers from an early age we would be the best in the world at it. Swimmers are training harder than most college runners by the time they are 10. They have 2-3 hr workouts in the morning and then another 2-3 hr workout in the afternoon 5 days a week. Then they will have a 3 hr workout Saturday morning and possibly Sunday off. I was swimming about 40 miles a week from a very young age, which required about 25 hrs of swimming a week plus all the supplemental.
I know swimming and running are two different sports and the training is different because of the stress on the body, but we do not have a distance running training system in place that even comes close to swimming in this country.
This girl is faster and younger:
http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=28247
douglas burke wrote:
she ran in lane 2 the whole way.
http://www.sportsnewsarena.com/?African-Championships--Cherono-wins-distance-double-in-Benin.html
Who cares. The New York Jets have a quarterback controversy with Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez. Track is boring, dude. Let's talk about the Jets.
Have her run in lane two the whole way, then get back to us (hint: it will add 12 meters to her distance).
ukathleticscoach wrote:
This girl is faster and younger:
http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=28247
Francine Niyonsaba just won the African Championship final in 1:59.11 (new Burundi's National Record).
Rainy day wrote:
So keep telling yourself it's the lifestyle when African born athletes sweep the medals in nearly every distance event.
idiot
ever hear of Galen MF Rupp????
The set their birthdate as closest to the last time the buffalo drank at the waterhole, during the last migration, after the locust plague.
She could be anywhere from 16 to 35 years old.
clearing the bs up wrote:
idiot
ever hear of Galen MF Rupp????
A) I said NEARLY every distance event
B) Rupp has a shot to medal, but he is far from the favorite.
Name withheld wrote:
If you read the article she actually ran 2:02 in her FIRST race in Kampala, likely in lane 2 as well.
...half of it backwards, with only one shoe, and all of that with a heavy constant headwind. Hot brutal temperatures and slippery surface because of all the hail.
maladroit wrote:
The set their birthdate as closest to the last time the buffalo drank at the waterhole, during the last migration, after the locust plague.
She could be anywhere from 16 to 35 years old.
Why do you think she has to be older? Many American girls run their fasteset 800s early in high school.
just someone else wrote:
If we trained our distances runners like we do our swimmers from an early age we would be the best in the world at it. Swimmers are training harder than most college runners by the time they are 10. They have 2-3 hr workouts in the morning and then another 2-3 hr workout in the afternoon 5 days a week. Then they will have a 3 hr workout Saturday morning and possibly Sunday off. I was swimming about 40 miles a week from a very young age, which required about 25 hrs of swimming a week plus all the supplemental.
I know swimming and running are two different sports and the training is different because of the stress on the body, but we do not have a distance running training system in place that even comes close to swimming in this country.
THat's a beautiful and inspirational story but doesn't prove dick. As you pointed out, running and swimming ARE different. So......your story is useless towards proving what you believe to be true, which is that the US could, with improved training, be the best in the world in distance running.
What your story does ACTUALLY proves is that the USA IS obsessed with winning in sports, DOES push its kids to work hard at a young age, DOES have enough young people engaged in aerobic development that is good as walking/jogging to school like the africans do, and therefore,it has the drive, the work ethic, and the athletes to excel at distance running too, IF WE HAD THE TALEN TO GET IT DONE. We don't have the talent to beat the east africans (oh sure, once in a blue moon), so we don't. End of story.
But keep telling yourself that we are as talented. I guess you are one of those full-blooded americans that can't stand the idea that americans might be legitimately inferior in ANY endeavor. Just boils your blood, huh? Well, get over it, and get some therapy if it helps, because it's true, and is a fact that is as clear as a blue sky to anyone who isn't blinded by nationalistic fervor.