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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It's in the ultra marathons that women keep up with men and sometimes beat them

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

women are excellent long distance slow pace powerhouses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In backyard ultras, where competitors keep running until they can no longer maintain a pace of approximately 4 mph, the male record is 50% longer at 450 miles than the female record of 300 miles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

No one is running 450 km to hunt though.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What? I just looked at the records for ultramarathons, and there is not a single instance of women beating men for their respective runs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon?wprov=sfla1

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For the IAU records on Wikipedia, yeah. A couple things to keep in mind, 80% of the people who complete an ultra marathon are male. And the gap between the sexes, some estimate around 4% for ultra marathons, seems to be trending down.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicholas-Tiller/publication/348547781_Do_Sex_Differences_in_Physiology_Confer_a_Female_Advantage_in_Ultra-Endurance_Sport/links/6002ea5c92851c13fe1514f7/Do-Sex-Differences-in-Physiology-Confer-a-Female-Advantage-in-Ultra-Endurance-Sport.pdf

Here's better research I found. You're right, men still win more often and have the records. But honestly it's more complicated than just who is faster.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

As I said to them above- it's like suggesting that Olympic target shooters would make the best range hunters. Just being able to run long distances quickly is not any sort of indication someone will be the best endurance hunter.