I get what you’re saying, but your ‘average Joe’ is no runner these days… I try not to be too judgemental (despite it being my super power!), but I get the impression that guys only good for a few hundred metres

Now, the donkey is probably no athlete either, but my money is squarely on the animal here…

You’re correct in principal, but in practise you’re laughably wrong. We’ve (d)evolved from hunter gatherers since the industrial (or iron/tool?) age, and fitness lost out big time