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Humans Were Born to Run, Scientists Say
Reuters ^
| 11/17/2004
| Patricia Reaney
Posted on 11/17/2004 11:06:41 AM PST by ElkGroveDan
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This should stimulate some lively discussion, not to mention photos.
To: ElkGroveDan
calling bruce springsteen!
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:07:43 AM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it with something for you))
To: ElkGroveDan
For a creature that's "made for running" we certainly don't run very fast.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:07:52 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: ElkGroveDan
To: ElkGroveDan
Fish gotta swim
Birds gotta fly
I love one man till...
I think they're onto something here.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:10:04 AM PST
by
Lee Heggy
(Never tell a lie--except for practice. Mark Twain)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
Fast isn't all there is to running ...
(signed)
Marathon Man
To: ElkGroveDan
What a silly theory. Any quadruped can outrun us -- even quadrupedal apes.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:10:40 AM PST
by
Rytwyng
(we're here, we're Huguenots, get used to us)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
> we certainly don't run very fast.
We don't need to. Humans, trained properly, are good long distance runners. We can run down critters that can outrun us. Humans have been known to run down and exhaust animals such as gazelles and the like.
To: ElkGroveDan
To: ElkGroveDan
Humans were born to run. And to walk.
But I don't believe they were born to jog. Shin splints, stress fractures and spine problems are the reward for splitting the difference between running and walking, and then doing it for years on end.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:12:39 AM PST
by
SBprone
To: Rytwyng
What a silly theory. Any quadruped can outrun us -- even quadrupedal apes.I'm not a scientist, but I tend to agree with you here. I can't imagine any human that could keep up with a wolf trotting along all day.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:14:16 AM PST
by
Terabitten
(Live as a bastion of freedom and democracy in the midst of the heart of darkness.)
To: orionblamblam
We don't need to. Humans, trained properly, are good long distance runners. We can run down critters that can outrun us. Humans have been known to run down and exhaust animals such as gazelles and the like. "Evolved to walk," is probably a bit closer to the truth than "evolved to run." But if you can do one, you can probably do the other; however badly.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:15:45 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: ElkGroveDan
Someone forward this post to Nick the Greek.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:16:15 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(John Kerry is now a kept man . . .)
To: ElkGroveDan
Big buttocks are also importantBwahahahahaha!!!!!!! Can you say "ghetto-booty"?
I knew you could.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:16:38 AM PST
by
Ignatz
(Getting a great tan in the sun of my own grandeur)
To: ArrogantBustard
Fast isn't all there is to running ... It is when a cheetah's chasing you!
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:16:48 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: ElkGroveDan
To the best of my knowledge, there is absolutely no proof of evolution occuring at the macro- level. We have observed it at the micro- level, as some species have undergone slight changes in color or size, but in the entire history of our observation of nature we have never ever witnessed, nor have evidence, one species completely changing into another.
There are so many flaws in this "law" of evolution that I cannot help but laugh hysterically at anyone who takes this seriously as an explanation of the generation of species.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:16:58 AM PST
by
mike182d
To: SBprone
Yeah, sad to say I think I agree. Even extended running will do that to you. I went from being a chubby kid, to lean 5-mile-a-day runner as a young man, to a flabby 40-something again due to ankles that simply couldn't take it anymore.
But I will say to the people who do still run, or are just getting started, get off the concrete and onto the asphalt.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:17:03 AM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Santorum 2008)
To: SBprone
"Shin splints, stress fractures and spine problems are the reward for splitting the difference between running and walking, and then doing it for years on end."
Been jogging for oh, nearly 30 years, and have none of the problems you mention.
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posted on
11/17/2004 11:18:19 AM PST
by
DennisR
(Look around - God is giving you more than enough hints He exists)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
Homo Sapiens are not gazelles ... Endurance is king when you're chasing the cheetah!
To: SBprone
"Shin splints, stress fractures and spine problems are the reward for splitting the difference between running and walking" We were probably much better at running earlier in our evolution. Just as we have become taller in the last 100 years, we also over time have probably lost some of our physical qualities that made us good runners/hunters.
"...and then doing it for years on end."
We live on average at least 4 times longer than our prehistoric ancestors. They didn't deal with long term wear and tear like we do.
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