A Research Analysis On The Reasons Why Ethiopia Is Successful In Long Distance Running

Now days it is very common to hear running competition being held in every corner of the world and conquering of individuals who are taken as heroes.Hence there exist numerous elite long distance runners in every continent.There are also certain long distance runners who win World wide fame for long distance competition now and then.As the result these individuals have became ever memorable whenever long distance is a topic of discussion.Ethiopia has got ahost of world class longdistanceheroes. This even has made several scholars in the field,media men and elite runners to develop curiosity to know the secret of the success of Ethiopia in long distance running.And so many of them have associated such a success with what they perform to be the secret.Taking such an idea in to account this study focused in revealing the factors that brought the success of Ethiopian distance runners.Although data gathering process was conducted through Questionnaires and documentary methods with the use of relevant reference and consultations with experts,target groups, the researcher was able to come up with the following conclusion.1) The vast majority of Ethiopian brightest running stars were born and raised at high altitude area specially irsi and shewa region.2) As a child growing up on a countryside they used to run 4-9km to school every morning,and the same back every evening.3) The training session held for the national as well as the club long distance athletes lasts the entire year.And to make a frequent follow up upon each athlete,hence their making of frequent training twice a day for six days,and 12-13 training session with in a week.4) combination of different types of training methods such as long slow running,Fartlek,hill training, tempo run,interval and circuit training methods has to developed their aerobic and anaerobic endurance,strength,and speed,but live hightraining high altitude adaptation method is their most important method to development of endurance.5) Intrinsic motivational factor like ambition,desire,determination and personal satisfaction together with extrinsic motivational factors like money,prestige,awards has been driving force their success.6) The existence of strong and regular domestic competition among the clubs plays a great role for the development and success of the country in international competition.7) Ethiopian government owned enterprises and institute had play great role for the development athletics in the country by established and supporting athletics clubs.