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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Which history do you think they're unfairly ignoring?

And I think the argument isn't that they can run marathons, too, but that they're naturally better at it than men:

physiologically better suited than men to endurance efforts such as running marathons

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

So why aren't women beating men in endurance races across the board?

[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well it is in the name, endurance RACES. It is a race not a test of pure endurance. To test pure endurance you would need to start running or walking or swimming at your own pace and continue till you drop to the ground and the one that can do that for the longest would have the best endurance.

[–] dank@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're describing the backyard ultra. The male record is 450 miles over 4.5 days. The female record is 308 miles over 3 days.

[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yes kind of, they still have a minimum speed people need to adhere to.

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