'splain this for me: science question (Read 687 times) So, I am a halfling, and I frequently get comments like: "You have to run twice as far because your legs are so short!" I know this is not true.  I am covering the same distance as everyone else.  But explain to me what's different, if anything.  Am I running more steps because I have a shorter stride?  That doesn't mean I am working harder, does it?  After all, I have less body to carry. Anyway, I was talking to a parent in our school's running club.  He mentioned that his daughter (who recently did well at a 5k), was running so much more than her competition because she's so much smaller and has smaller legs.  I wasn't sure how to respond. It seems to me that it would even out...say your legs were half as big as Slo-hand's, you would take twice as many steps with half of his stride length, but move half the bulk of leg that he has to move. For the record...I get beat all the time by people much shorter than me that run fewer miles than I do. sruiz, So if I understand the other parent was implying that taking more steps is equal to running more miles (if your short). I'd say flawed logic but running economy certainly has to come into play but I have no idea how. There is also the weight factor. I have more weight to throw and haul