I once calculated that around 9k males have run faster than FloJo.pic.twitter.com/EVKmcu4x9k
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All those pointing out that FloJo was almost certainly drug-assisted. Understood. This only makes the numbers more unbearable. Even drug fuelled women are beaten by thousands of males.
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Some of the men running 10.5 will be doping, of course. But doesn't negate your point. Have you ever checked out the difference between male & female elite squash? It's very striking (squash relies heavily on explosive power).
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No. I work with a squash player and I’m always asking him to show me the moves he makes. Like Jane Fonda around the coffe room. Do we lunge this low??
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Explosive power may be a decisive factor in short sprint events and power events such as squash - although I think in ultra endurance events there may be a little more ambiguityhttps://trailrunnermag.com/people/is-women-winning-ultras-overall-a-trend.html …
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Much more. Elaine Morgan backed up her "aquatic ape" theory with the (unsubstantiated) claim that women won long distance swimming events. But I used to jog with the outright winner of London to Brighton. And women are good at v long ultras.
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Yes - I think in last years Ironman World Championships Lucy Charles was the faster overall swimmer, so that doesn't surprise me.
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Morgan's claim was that this was because of subcutaneous fat. I think the Ironman swim is 3 miles. I can't see how this mattered in our evolutionary history, myself. Long runs, yes. Short sprints, yes. 3 miles swims? Nope.
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Possibly worth pointing out that Lucy Charles finished way ahead of every other woman in the race - and in the history of the event, so....
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Also, the subcutaneous fat buoyancy thing is offset by the wetsuits competitors have to wear. And the Ironman isn't won on the swim.
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They don't always wear wetsuits, it depends on the weather - last year in Hawaii it was ridiculously hot, so I suspect they just wore swimsuits
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