Only in Kenya can men chase and catch the fastest land mammal
7 years ago by jones11 · 1263 Likes · 15 comments · Popular
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· 7 years ago
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Well, we are one of the best if not the best persistence hunters out there
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· 7 years ago
We are, without a doubt, the best pursuit predator out there.
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creativedragonbaby
· 7 years ago
Cheetahs are short bursts, humans are endurance
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hopeforall
· 7 years ago
That's how to originally killed animals faster than us, by chasing them to the point of exhaustion
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punchmunchkin
· 7 years ago
Only four miles? That’s a recovery distance for my xc team. It probably wasn’t hard for Kenyan runners at all, I’m sure they’re much more fit than us.
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· 7 years ago
It probably was during midday tho, at temperatures of over 40 degrees celsius. That's quite impressive to me at least
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punchmunchkin
· 7 years ago
Of course it’s impressive, I was just shocked that the cheetahs didn’t last longer
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cakelover
· 7 years ago
Four miles is recovery distance? At what speed?
punchmunchkin
· 7 years ago
Typically a comfortable slow pace, faster than jogging but slower than 5k pace. Mostly on recovery days we focus on form and stride, the pace comes naturally with the stride you do.
cakelover
· 7 years ago
Sounds like good stuff mate. I've mostly given up running for the winter, but I do a 10k now and then
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· 7 years ago
@punchmunchkin well cheetahs are sprinters, they can only run for a kilometer at best before they're overheated and need to cool down for a bit
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king_me
· 7 years ago
Cheetahs are sprinters and need long cool down times after short bursts of speed
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harmonywho
· 7 years ago
That’s exactly how homo sapiens and archaic homo sapiens hunted. Even australopithecines hunted like that
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rosalinas
· 7 years ago
Besides amazed by how great those people are at running, I'm so happy that they handed the cheetah to wildlife services instead of killing them like the in old days
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ladyofjefferson
· 7 years ago
It's that how they're training for the marathons they win?
