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I don't understand why they rule out the increasing proportion of female runners. The fact that the trends are different for the genders doesn't negate this as
by in_cahoots 9y ago
I don't understand why they rule out the increasing proportion of female runners. The fact that the trends are different for the genders doesn't negate this as a possibility. And they even state that this accounts for 46% of the effect. To me this reads more as an agenda-driven investigation than an actual study.
- rrobukef 9y agoBoth men and women are getting slower. Men much faster than women. So: Americans are becoming slower. The myth tries to be the explanation for the average running time getting slower. It falsily implies that because more women join, people aren't really getting slower. This is false: people are getting slower.