A Scientific American blogger wonders if we run in such things as marathons because once, we ran down other animals.
Elizabeth Thomas got there years ago.
HT Walter Hingley for the SciAm link.
A Scientific American blogger wonders if we run in such things as marathons because once, we ran down other animals.
Elizabeth Thomas got there years ago.
HT Walter Hingley for the SciAm link.
Have a look at this video on YOUTUBe with Dadid Attenborough
Its pretty good. It shows a persistance hunt in the Kalihari. Running down a Kudu
You can really feel the resect after the kill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wI-9RJi0Qo
Copy and paste, its quite good.
I love your blog
Regards
Dan
Sorry I meant respect
Regards
Dan
Bernd Heinrich (a hunter, naturalist and hard-core distance runner) devoted a whole book to this subject: Why We Run.
In the link that I posted above the animal is chased for 8 hours. The next time I am hunting and feel like I am on a death march I will think of the clip. endurance and phenomenal tracking skills win out at the end of the day. Its not hard to see the link between marathon running and persistence running.
Sorry for the atrocious spelling in my first post.If you are a hunter who truly loves to hunt and respects your prey have a look at the video. You can also find it on You Tube by doing a search for persistence hunting
regards
Dan