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How Ethiopia’s elite distance runners actually train: an AI-assisted dissection of a multidimensional training structure

2026-05-29

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<h4>Background</h4> Elite East African distance runners have dominated their events for decades while training in ways that diverge sharply from Western sports-science orthodoxy. Why they are so good has never been settled with certainty. Genetics, lifelong altitude residency, and economic motivation have all been offered without a conclusive answer, partly because the day-to-day texture of the training itself ha...

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DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.29.26354013

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