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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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