Quote Originally Posted by Deadlegs View Post
One last point. A man has been collecting and studying genetic material from champion Kenyan runners. He has found no evidence of genetic advantage. He ,and others, believe it is cultural and environmental factors which have led to their success in distance running. One common factor seems to be that many of them ran lontg distances to and from school, up to 20k a day. By the time they were in their teens they had clocked up many hours of training and the bodies of conditioned athletes.
Yes, but he wasn't trying to input into the argument we are having here. He was trying to inform the debate about whether Kenyans are genetically predisposed to being better runners than eg, Europeans. I agree with his findings.

However, his research will all have been done in elite runners (Kenyan vs non-Kenyan). To help us with our argument, we would need the same research to be done in elite runners vs. average people in the street.

Anyway, enough of this debate. I'm off to train to become a world champion basketball player.