Looking at her picture reminded me of what I'd said earlier about how from an attractiveness point of view, it's far better to run middle distance than distance races. With two sisters, we actually have a somewhat controlled experiment. Here's Tirunesh, the 10K champ:
She has that somewhat emaciated, mummified look that long distance runners can get.
Here's Genzebe, the younger sister. She doesn't have Olympic gold; but she does still have her cuteness:
Even Genzebe may be too lean for some; but at least your initial instinct on seeing her would not be to wonder what refuge camp she came from.
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Very excellent article, John, especially when it reinforces all that I've come to know about extreme exercises that, I believe, humans were never meant to do. Learned that from Dr. Tabata. Thanks, Brian
Thank you Brian.
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