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>so the male advantage is basically constant with respect to distance. No the men's speed advantage is lost over greater distances. Yes, less people run utlra
by throwaway_law 7y ago
>so the male advantage is basically constant with respect to distance.
No the men's speed advantage is lost over greater distances. Yes, less people run utlra's but also of those who do run them, they are higher caliber runners on average (professionals/elites).
>Of course the worlds fastest women will beat any man who doesn't practice,
She is beating professionals in these ultra's, people don't just roll out of bed and run 240 miles without practice. And she has beat them by as much as 10 hours. She even holds the record for longest run in a 24 hour period and its not because men don't run that race, hell David Goggins has done 24 hour races and she beats him by over a half marathon.
- username90 7y ago> She even holds the record for longest run in a 24 hour period No she doesn't, she held the womens record for that category but never the mens. Men record 24h: 303.5 km Women record 24h: 262.2 km Dauwalter record 24h: 250.0 km (155.391 miles) > She is beating professionals in these ultra's I highly doubt that, there are extremely few professional ultra-marathon runners. She might beat professional marathon runners, but that is another sport so isn't really comparable. It is like beating a 100m runner in a marathon, women can do that easily.
- throwaway_law 7y agoThat is a fair correction, not at all WR for 24 hour period. WR for a 24 hour race. >there are extremely few professional ultra-marathon runners. That is generally fair, but there are extremely few professional runners period. But per capital, you will find the the runners of 100 mile/240 mile races are going to be more elite on average than your average marathon runner. Are there less ultra runners sure, is the average ultra runner more likely to be elite than a casual runner? I still don't consider Ultra runs niche, and by default I think its wrong to say if a women runs a race, by definition that race is niche.
- mikestew 7y agoShe even holds the record for longest run in a 24 hour period It's time to give up on this throwaway account, you're just spewing garbage now. The 24 hour record is held by someone who has a penis attached to their body, and the women's record is not held by Courtney. And a woman didn't win the NYC Marathon in 2018. Three strikes...
- throwaway_law 7y agoYou really seem obsessed with penises. Look here is another WR held by a women for fastest 100 Miler: https://runningmagazine.ca/trail-running/trail-races/camille-herron-2017-tunnel-hill-100/ https://runningmagazine.ca/trail-running/trail-races/camille... Yes, this includes beating the prior male record.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't do personal attacks on HN or post in the flamewar style, regardless of how wrong someone else is. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mikestew 7y agoYeah, that was a bit uncalled for, wasn't it? Apologies.