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Obviously I'm well aware that in this day and age of offended individuals I'm running the risk.....but why are black people more than anyone else very good at sprinting etc and long distance running....obviously over the years I've watched lots of 100/200 metres finals and they're all black....so apart from Alan Wells got me thinking....is it a DNA thing ?

Im going to be banned aren't I :( it was honestly just an observation ...there must be something in their make-up
 
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Gosforth Mackem said:
Obviously I'm well aware that in this day and age of offended individuals I'm running the risk.....but why are black people more than anyone else very good at sprinting etc and long distance running....obviously over the years I've watched lots of 100/200 metres finals and they're all black....so apart from Alan Wells got me thinking....is it a DNA thing ?

Im going to be banned aren't I :( it was honestly just an observation ...there must be something in their make-up
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Although I find it strange that a question about human development would cause offence, I am not suprised considering the outrage culture on this forum never mind the wider world and it is a shame.

However scientists have noticed it

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Gosforth Mackem said:
Obviously I'm well aware that in this day and age of offended individuals I'm running the risk.....but why are black people more than anyone else very good at sprinting etc and long distance running....obviously over the years I've watched lots of 100/200 metres finals and they're all black....so apart from Alan Wells got me thinking....is it a DNA thing ?

Im going to be banned aren't I :( it was honestly just an observation ...there must be something in their make-up
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Tar?
 
See now I thought it might be something like that....just years of natural habitat etc....but I literally had a sweat on when I wrote that post. I suppose a sign of the times when you an observation might get you into bother

Frijj said:
Just turn the brightness up on your TV if it bothers you mate, then all the runners will be white.
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There we go ! No mate just an observation...doesnt bother me In the slightest
 
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See now I thought it might be something like that....just years of natural habitat etc....but I literally had a sweat on when I wrote that post. I suppose a sign of the times when you an observation might get you into bother
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It makes sense I guess because in much of Africa very little grows in terms of eadible plant life so they probably had a much more hunting based evolution whereas in Europe and east asia whilst we did hunt there was also much more of a gathering culture from berries and fruits etc.

I'd be suprised if climate didn't come into it aswell.
 
Part of it is genetics. Black people can have more....twitch muscle fibres I think it's called.

There was also a study looking at Jamaican sprinting. It mensions a gene that had could have links with running, it causes a bigger than average heart so theres a better flow of oxygen to muscles. The gene was more common in Jamaicans than Africans, who had it more than Europeans.
 
Gosforth Mackem said:
Obviously I'm well aware that in this day and age of offended individuals I'm running the risk.....but why are black people more than anyone else very good at sprinting etc and long distance running....obviously over the years I've watched lots of 100/200 metres finals and they're all black....so apart from Alan Wells got me thinking....is it a DNA thing ?

Im going to be banned aren't I :( it was honestly just an observation ...there must be something in their make-up
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A better question would be... Why are White people so slow/shit at running?
 
You can't say anything nour days...i started a thread about death not long ago...i suppose I'm time you come across so much easily offended people and live in a nanny state you just hope for the sweet release of death eventually.
Dagzd1973 said:
A better question would be... Why are White people so slow/shit at running?
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Go on then

Tex said:
Which Black people?

American / Caribbean Blacks are great sprinters.

Kenyans and Ethiopians? Not so much.
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Gosforth Mackem said:
You can't say anything nour days...i started a thread about death not long ago...i suppose I'm time you come across so much easily offended people and live in a nanny state you just hope for the sweet release of death eventually.


Go on then
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Well the latter are fantastic distance runners
 
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