Even if you're not a runner, even if your knowledge of marathoning extends no further than a vague connection with a brand of gasoline, and even if you've never once in your life seen a marathon much less ran one, still you gotta be floored by this:

(28-Oct) -- The dominance shown by Kenyan men since the unofficial opening of the fall marathon season in Montreal, Canada, on September 5, has been breathtaking. Of 42 marathons in 24 countries with international elite fields tracked by Race Results Weekly, men from Kenya have won 38 of them, a winning percentage of 90%. Ethiopian men have won the other four.
Read more: http://www.letsrun.com/2010/kenya-10...#ixzz13rC4H4W1

As the book "More Fire" points out, we're not even talking about Kenya as a country, what we're talking about here is a relatively small group of tribes located along a fairly narrow section of the Rift Valley. Kinda analogous to, say, the College of the Little Sisters dominating NCAA football year after year.

The NYC marathon is next week. The current world record holder (Ethiopian, 2:04), who has his fair share of critics, going up against his toughest competition in ages. Be there or be square (or at least watch it on universalsports.com