Today the Dubai Marathon started and the results are clear which country are the leading running-nation. Dubai Marathon price-money is high and very transparent. The winner got 200.000, men and women same. In the Top Ten of men are only runner from Ethopia. This is impressive, because normally the nation Kenya is also under the Top Ten. The women race were also with a lot of runners of Ethopia, too. 7 exactly and the winner. Only one woman from Belarus were under the Top Ten.
Comment: It is not often, if you look on all sports that two countries dominate a sport like long-distance running. The last 20 years nearly 99% of the races the winner came from Kenya or Ethopia. The training for long-distance running is not really complexe. There are only small differences, when you do the long runs and when you the intensive short runs in the training for a marathon. So, there are only two options, why Kenya and Ethopia are the leading nations with such a big distance to other countries. One option is physical condition and the other option is Doping.
Maybe it is typical pure envy for the success of other countries. But I think, that these two countries are doing not enough against Doping. A german Television team reported undercover from Kenya. They tried to order EPO and got it easy. Why come runners from Kenya and Ethopia one day before of the race. Is a journey about 2000 km via plane a good preparation for acclimatation? No, sorry it stink to high heaven, that the runners from Ethopia and Kenya are not clean. And in Germany and other countries the scientists try to find out, why the physical condition of african runners is better than runners from Germany for example. Sorry, you are searching on the wrong way.
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