Kenyan and El G calves!

don't worry about it dude! That is their genetics. Not something you will ever have.

definatly a genetic thing. Some white folk have the high, small calves, but most have the bigger, longer ones...

bummer. thanks.

If you have ever noticed, most elite sprinters have that as well. This is due to a longer achilles tendon, which in turn will give you more explosive power in your ankles. At the world level you need that explosive power if you want to be successful. How many great runners have you seen with kankles?

wow dude! Cheseret's leg in that picture looks like a fricking toothpick compare to Ritz's. It is sick. i want calves like that

Cheseret and Lagat are brothers, so their genetics are similar for their physiology anyway.

sully has some big calves

My calves are bally, even split up the middle, maybe Im some wierd breed of Kenmerican????

El G's calves look a heck of a lot bigger than most kenyan's calves. and Kenny B has some big ol' levers too, compared to Bernie L & co. but, id have to say that kevin sullivan has done pretty damn well for himself, being a big huge white boy and all. driss maazouzi hauls too for not being kenyan-skinny.

some scientist did a study about the kenyan dominance in distance running and they found out that the main-factor wasnt altitude or activity during the youth but superb running economy because of the lower leg volume.

It's just the Archimedes-thing, there was a significant correlation between lower-leg volume and running performance.

(insert sarcasm) yeah.... that whole lower leg theory sure explains why africans are so dominant. look how skinny bekeles calves are.(end sarcasm)

now on a serious note. chicks don't dig kenyan calves, so don't worry about it man.

I bet Kenyan chicks do.

Maybe, but what chicks do you want to impress?

what are you talking about? chicks do dig kenyan calves

for the record i just wanna say that i dont think that just because you have kenyan calves will mean you run fast. im just curious about them.

i would say thats probably not kenyanesque but still very slim compared to the average caucasian calve, btw Bekele has very powerful quads what also explains his efficiency.

Hey, it's amazing, it's not just elite african runners, they don't do anything to get calves like that. I am friends with a couple guys from Sudan that I ran xc and track with and their calves are just like lagat's.

Basically, it seems to me as far as bekele goes, there are two different kinds of african runners: the taller, skinnier guys who have calves like lagat's and the shorter, thicker guys like bekele.

God, I love Lagat's face whenever he finishes a race. He looks like such a chach.

Yes, I know he's faster than me.