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Originally Posted by aigel
You think the high elevation of their country has something to do with the Ethopians cleaning up? (Genetic)?
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Somewhat. Runners from Kenya and Ethiopia train in thinner air, so running over here they simply don't get winded. They also grow up running. A Kenyan woman has the fast time in Chicago a while back, and in her interview said that as a child her school was 10 miles a way on foot. Since she was often late, she ran. If she forgot something at home, she'd run back, get it, return to school. Then it's 10 miles home. So she grew up logging 20+ miles/day, carrying books and her lunch, fully clothed. Marathoning's a breeze after that.