Comments on: I believed in antelopes http://www.petestack.com/blog/running/i-believed-in-antelopes.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.petestack.com/blog/running/i-believed-in-antelopes.html/comment-page-1#comment-123 admin Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:43:13 +0000 http://www.petestack.com/blog/?p=969#comment-123 Yes, of course you're right, and Heinrich's technically contradicting himself here because both he and Christopher McDougall in Born to Run make this point. But forget the endurance bit, it's still a great quote! Yes, of course you’re right, and Heinrich’s technically contradicting himself here because both he and Christopher McDougall in Born to Run make this point. But forget the endurance bit, it’s still a great quote!

]]> By: Angus http://www.petestack.com/blog/running/i-believed-in-antelopes.html/comment-page-1#comment-122 Angus Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:11:26 +0000 http://www.petestack.com/blog/?p=969#comment-122 Re: Antelopes. Speed? Yes. Endurance? No. The bushmen hunt antelopes by running them into the ground, until they're too exhausted to move. Humans are better adapted for dumping heat (by sweating) than many other mammals, who have to pant. If a human can keep the antelope moving, there is a good chance it'll get heat exhaustion and stop. I saw this demonstrated in a documentary a while back. The run looked grueling though, more than a marathon in the Kalahari heat. Re: Antelopes. Speed? Yes. Endurance? No. The bushmen hunt antelopes by running them into the ground, until they’re too exhausted to move. Humans are better adapted for dumping heat (by sweating) than many other mammals, who have to pant. If a human can keep the antelope moving, there is a good chance it’ll get heat exhaustion and stop.

I saw this demonstrated in a documentary a while back. The run looked grueling though, more than a marathon in the Kalahari heat.

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