The results are in: Women > Men. 8.3% of women, 25.9% of men drop out of 10k

1) Women are tougher;

2) Women are better prepared.

2) 2) Women are better prepared mentally and physically.

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This proves that wrote:

1) Women are tougher;

2) Women are better prepared.

Women are NOT tougher. People only say that because they are the weaker sex and we want them to feel better about themselves. You look at the list of hero rescuers each year and almost ALL are men. You see videos of people in burning cars and while the men are pulling the victims out the women at the scene are standing away and just watching. The WNBA has smaller basketballs for women because they have smaller hands than men but did they also make the rims proportionally smaller? Of course not. Women don't want fairness. They want ever little advantage they can get.

Sorry, John Chambers, you are wrong. Men mentally quit sooner. The 10k proved that.

Johnny Wad Holmes wrote:

Sorry, John Chambers, you are wrong. Men mentally quit sooner. The 10k proved that.

I don't recall any women fighting at the Alamo. I recall them hiding in the fort.

Men's 10k

Final was run at 6:15 pm. Conditions at 5:54 pm: 84 degrees with 24% humidity. The conditions at 6:54 pm were 82 degrees and 28% humidity.

Women's 10k

Final was run at 11:04 am. At 10:54 am, temps were at 75 degrees and 53% humidity.

And I really hope that no one would measure an entire gender's toughness based upon the results of two separate races run at two separate times.

But don't let me ruin the trolls' fun. Carry on.

Yep, the women said it wasn't as hot as the men's yesterday. But I think fewer women than men DNF'd the marathon trials in L.A. on that hot day. Can't find any info on it now though I have a vague memory of that.

In this case, you have to consider how many are running a 5k as well. I think women are tougher in an endurance way. Times between men and women close up the longer the distance.

Women are not tougher than men overall. Maybe the top ones who can qualify are but men's sports are way more competitive depth wise. Most women who train hard are automatically towards the top while with men it takes natural talent plus hard work to reach the top.

rojo wrote:

2 out of 24 women were a DNF whereas 7 out of 27 of the men were.

Discuss.

Toughness vs Pride?

That is strange.

It was also weird was that Donavan Brazier was able to 'time travel'.

He actually went backwards in time during his 800m race.

Here is the report from Letsrun.com:

Symmonds scratched yesterday due to injury and then Solomon and Brazier, noted front runners, bombed out after running tactical first laps. Both Solomon and Brazier led as they like to do but the pace was just slow as Solomon hit 400 and 600 in 54.23 and 1:22.25 and Brazier hit those marks in 1:54.05 and 1:22.25.

Time travel deserves a splash page.

rojo wrote:

2 out of 24 women were a DNF whereas 7 out of 27 of the men were.

Discuss.

*Eldoret Rools Out Red Carpet As Crowds Swallow Kipchoge Stadium

Letsrun.com is on a roll.

Rojo, why start this inane thread? Does LR get sponsored by NOW or something?

Reg Fields wrote:

Most women who train hard are automatically towards the top while with men it takes natural talent plus hard work to reach the top.

Ummm this is not even close to true. Maybe back in 1960 it was true. I concede that men's running has greater depth. Don't insult every single successful female athletes by blowing off their talent.

There has been lots of science on which gender is the toughest. And it all comes up with the same results: on average, men are way tougher than women. Men can sustain pain longer than women and men can accept more acute pain.

Just like everyone with half a brain knew.

Naturally, most of this research was done decades ago. For today's metro-millennials there's probably no difference.

51 year old...... wrote:

Haha.. wrote:

Lot easier to run 5:15s in the heat than 4:35s

Lot easier to only have to run 28 minutes than 32 minutes.

And 26 minutes would be a piece of cake.

If I'm a good enough runner that the Olympics are my realistic goal (and not just qualifying for the trials) I too would bail once it's apparent I would not qualify. Save yourself for the 5k or hell even a summer road race that pays decent money.

What is smarter - grinding out the last half of a hot 10k to finish 12th and get nothing, or saving your legs for a $1,000 payday on the roads the following weekend?

Misogyny on the boards wrote:

Reg Fields wrote:

Most women who train hard are automatically towards the top while with men it takes natural talent plus hard work to reach the top.

Ummm this is not even close to true. Maybe back in 1960 it was true. I concede that men's running has greater depth. Don't insult every single successful female athletes by blowing off their talent.

More like PC police on these boards. You even conceded that men's running has greater depth which was my entire point. Can we no longer call a spade, a spade in society and to be clear I have the utmost respect for the top female athletes.

90° on my basement treadmill wrote:

Pathetic display of preparedness.

And all the idiots join in. Some of the guys are doubling back in the 5K. If you're out of the race but still have a chance to make the team in another event dropping out is a smart move. Why waste energy struggling to the finish in the heat.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

90° on my basement treadmill wrote:

Pathetic display of preparedness.

And all the idiots join in. Some of the guys are doubling back in the 5K. If you're out of the race but still have a chance to make the team in another event dropping out is a smart move. Why waste energy struggling to the finish in the heat.

Many of the women are doubling back too. By my count:

Taylor, Conley, Williams, Thweatt, Rogers, Goodman, Hasay, Pagano, Welling, Kanuho, Costello.