White Shogun
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Any ideas on why their is more interest / obsession with who runs the fastest (sprinters), rather than who can run the farthest (endurance runners)?
Is it more exciting? Does it have anything to do with our wavering attention span these days? You can watch a sprint in 10 seconds or so; endurance runs take hours. Is it more of the same media bias towards an event that is dominated by blacks, rather than whites as in endurance sports like 100 milers and ironman contests? Is there some prevailing attitude that sprinters are athletes but endurance runners are not, a la Chuckles Barkley?
Whats the deal? Any ideas or opinions?
Is it more exciting? Does it have anything to do with our wavering attention span these days? You can watch a sprint in 10 seconds or so; endurance runs take hours. Is it more of the same media bias towards an event that is dominated by blacks, rather than whites as in endurance sports like 100 milers and ironman contests? Is there some prevailing attitude that sprinters are athletes but endurance runners are not, a la Chuckles Barkley?
Whats the deal? Any ideas or opinions?