Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record

Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by drdrey on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @09:58PM (#18021063)

Women also do remarkably well in ultrarunning. See Courtney Dauwalter who just took 2nd place overall at Tahoe 200 miler and legends like Ann Trason

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by markstos on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @10:53AM (#18024557)

Or Camille Herron, who set the overall course record on a 100 mile trail course. https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20863588/cheers-100-miles...

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by hobbyjogger on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:13PM (#18025263)

Camille's run wasn't particularly remarkable--about 10% slower than the men's 100 mile record.

Much more amazing to me is that this 10% performance difference holds remarkably steady for men and women's performance in a great range of distances, both running and swimming[0].

[0] - https://sportsscientists.com/2007/10/women-vs-men-part-ii-th...

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by drdrey on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @04:06PM (#18027279)

If a world record isn't particularly remarkable then I don't know what is

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by hobbyjogger on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @05:55PM (#18027995)

Comment above:

> Women also do remarkably well in ultrarunning.

Yes, a world record is always remarkable in the general sense.

But in this specific context (discussing the coach's claim that women are "more capable of long-distance peak performance"), I wanted to point out that women's ultrarunning world records are not particularly better or worse than women's world records at other distances, even sprints.

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