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Long-distance running and evolution: Why humans can outrun horses but can’t jump higher than cats. – Slate Magazine
The women’s marathon at the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships on Aug. 27, 2011, in Daegu, South Korea. By Chris McGrath/Getty Images. At first glance the annual Man vs. Horse Marathon , set for June 9 in Wales, seems like a joke sport brought to us by the same brilliant minds behind dwarf…