Why are Jamaicans so fast?

[jberryhill]

23. We can hardly get ours to go outside, much less run

I read a companion piece about East Africans and their dominance in distance running, which I might post in a separate thread. I think the question strikes people as racist because they buy into "race" as an explanation, which is simply not the case. It is about wanting to do it, and the way it has woven itself into the society in general. Like football in Texas.

It's interesting that you mentioned netball - another sport which I had never heard of before spending time in the Caribbean. Beyond the sport itself, it strikes me that there is quite an intergenerational network of women netball players, which creates opportunities off the court.