[Quempel]

No I am simply calling your bluff. You say that Shadowfax was able to run and endure more because he was a Meara from Valinor, but he is not from Valinor, he is a meara from ME.

Yet with the same brush you say that Gimli, who is neither Elf nor Man and whose race was created by a Vala is under the same standards as Man.

So either those created by the Valar have different more extraordinary powers and don't fall under the same rules as Elf and Men, or they don't have extraordinary powers.

And I would like you to point out where it says dwarves can't run 45 miles per day. You keep saying they can't, yet you say Shadowfax is able to out run mortal horses because of his special abilities that he recieved from the Valar.

Either mythical creatures have special ablities or they don't. One can not pick an choose which mythical creature has certain abilities to fit into one's closed view of things.

Dwarves were not human. They did not have the same qualities as human's. They were in fact older than Elves, but Eru made Aule put them to sleep so the Eldar could be the first born. Dwarves lived longer than human, even the Dunedain. But according to you since they were short and stocky they must fall under the lowest possible human standards. They are not human.

I still find it funny that you can be fine with a horse, a perfect specimen of a horse with strong legs and a flowing mane, to be able to have abilities above and beyond regular horses. But a short stocky dwarf can't do anything exceptional.