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grizzlieantagonist{at}earthlink.net says...
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:41:44 GMT, peoplesim 
> wrote:
>
> >maceanruig{at}astound.net wrote:
> >> In endurance women have some advantages.
> >
> >Then you will be able to cite events where a woman
> >is regularly the overall winner. RAAM? No. Ironman?
> >No. Marathons? No. "Advantages" that can't be measured
> >aren't.
>
>
> You said the key word:  "regularly".
>
> Once in a while, a woman will win an ultramarathon against male
> competition, but that's because the number of entrants in an ultra is
> so small compared to the thousands that will enter a marathon that the
> results sometimes stagger in favor of an exceptional woman.
>
> The male and female world records in extreme distance events are as
> far apart, percentage wise, as they are in any other event.

I checked out men's and women's olympic records about two years ago
when this subject came up.  Throughout the full range of running
events, the men's times are about 10% better than the women's times.
I think both men and women are performing close to their physiological
limits now, and that difference is unlikely to change much over the
next few decades--barring undetected genetic engineering.

The same 10% margin applies in swimming events until you get to the very
long distances (6Km), where men are better by 'only' 6 to 8%.
(which means the fastest woman would be about 3 to 4 blocks back
when the first man finished.)
>
> RAAM is coming up in a few months.  Assuming that the unthinkable
> doesn't happen, then it's almost time to put on my dancing shoes and
> do my annual boogie over Carolyn Jean Fairman's virtual worthless
> lesbian feminist ass.
>
>
Mark Borgerson



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