Humans were "born to run"

[5k Guy]

Re: Humans were

You don't see to many distance runers with big butts. Must not have as much to do with distance running.

Now sprinters, they have big butts. :-p

[eldrick]

Re: Humans were

> Therefore, If
>we were created in our creator's image, what does that say about our creator,
>and our love of track and field?<

helen has awoken some of us


please,

some of us are descended from secularists...

[Helen S]

Re: Humans were

If
>we were created in our creator's image, what does that say about our creator,
>and our love of track and field?


My father ran track in HS, but even if there were womens sports in HS at that time, I am not sure my mother would have participated. I am not sure either set of grandparents had the chance due to european circumtances at the time. I don't know anything about my creators beyond that.

[TNT]

Re: Humans were

Of course, macro evolution may be bunk, giving rise to the question as to why we were designed to be able run like we do. Is running merely the act of exercising good stewardship over the gifts that were given us? Therefore, If we were created in our creator's image, what does that say about our creator, and our love of track and field?

[gh]

Re: Humans were

Some scientists say the theory is bunk

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 9TG5U1.DTL

[Helen S]

Re: Humans were

I recently read the book "Why we Run" by Berndt Heinrich, which goes into much depth on this subject, as well as his preparation and running of the US 100k championships in Chicago. I felt it was one of the better running books I had read.

[26mi235]

Re: Humans were

But they did not have the techology to measure the 100m times to the hundreth, neither did they have the ability to measure a 100 meters accurately...

[runninfool]

Re: Humans were

One newspaper article said that the researchers speculate that humans (pre-humans?) might have been faster then than now -- because of the need for speed, which lessened as hunters relied more on weapons to bring down prey --

[KEL]

Re: Humans were

The original article is in the 18 November 2004 issue of Nature, authored by Dennis Bramble and Daniel Lieberman.

[Cerutty Boy]

Re: Humans were

Cerutty was right! Cerutty was right!

[eldrick]

Re: Humans were

>Won't be long now and Brutal will be weighing in<

naah

only if it involves in the same story:

"sensation"

"100y"

"17y old"

"arkansas"

"9.2"

"cotton-pickin"

"1937"

[Jon]

Re: Humans were

>Won't be long now and Brutal will be weighing in.



Don't be silly. He only posts in the historical section.

[guru]

Re: Humans were

Won't be long now and Brutal will be weighing in.

[EPelle]

Re: Humans were

>>>Big buttocks are also important.

So the ideal song for T&F is:

"Baby
>Got Back"


According to a speech Brooks Johnson held with our track team back in 1994, that "baby got back and runs fast, too" is right on the money.

[bhall]

Re: Humans were

I edited the original post to cut much of the copyrighted material and added the link. Please try to just post a snippet of the article and a link in the future.

Thanks,

Ben