Elite East African distance runners often have a small stature, narrow shoulders, and small bone structure.

“like I just walk behind my kids on hike sometimes and just look at how narrow their shoulders are and how small their bone structure is right and I'm just like this is crazy like they're just so small and like I'd be running next to H gab sloy one of the greatest distance runers of all time and I remember the first time I ran with him at the London Marathon I caught up to his group and I was like I'm running next to Hy like this is insane and I just could not get over how small he was I was just staring at his back I was like this guy is Tiny”