Just curious what the consensus here is.
My thought is gender comparisons should be done the same way as age grading. Taking the world record for the distance and simply doing the math. I know a few women who are just under three hours that somehow believe they are on the level of a 2:20 male runner when really I believe they are equivalent to a 2:43 male runner.
whatisthat wrote:
Just curious what the consensus here is.
My thought is gender comparisons should be done the same way as age grading. Taking the world record for the distance and simply doing the math. I know a few women who are just under three hours that somehow believe they are on the level of a 2:20 male runner when really I believe they are equivalent to a 2:43 male runner.
3 hour woman = 3 hour man
I agree, just do the math!
2:15:25 - 2:02:57 = 12:28
So, 3:00:00 for a woman clearly equals a 2:47:32 male time.
And 4:00:00 is equivalent to a 3:47:32.
It is a well known fact that women's ovaries will fall out if they run too much and that they are beautiful people, that should focus more on becoming great mothers and wives rather than trying to do something that will take them away from their duties as a wife and a mother.
whatisthat wrote:
Just curious what the consensus here is.
My thought is gender comparisons should be done the same way as age grading. Taking the world record for the distance and simply doing the math. I know a few women who are just under three hours that somehow believe they are on the level of a 2:20 male runner when really I believe they are equivalent to a 2:43 male runner.
Problem with that is Paula skews the numbers slightly.
For me sub-3 for a woman is equivalent to sub-2.40 for a man.
A good stat point in history.
1984 Summer Olympics, August 12, 1984.
Carlos Lopes 2:09:21
The Women's Marathon August 5, 1984.
Joan Benoit in 2:24.52.
2:09:21/2:24:52=.892890
2:40:43/3:00:00=.892890
Not quite right wrote:
Problem with that is Paula skews the numbers slightly.
For me sub-3 for a woman is equivalent to sub-2.40 for a man.
I disagree. The men are way ahead of the women in the Marathon. We will see more performances like Paula's in the future. There are way more men competing at the highest levels which yield better quality times.
Sesamoiditis wrote:
3 hour woman = 3 hour man
Could not agree more. The clock runs the same speed for everyone running the race be they men, women, masters, juniors etc. For whatever reason, a lot of people in the running community find this very simple fact hard to accept and they have created subcategories in the sport which have led to ridiculous events such as a woman being paid 10000 dollars for running a 2 h 46 min marathon at this year's Boston marathon.