https://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=56632Lol at all the spergs jumping out of the weeds on this. "small sample size! Yannos Kouros! If the East Africans ran these...!*splutter splutter*..."
If you portray yourself as an "expert", at least have the humility or at least the common sense NEVER to say ALWAYS. The comedy gold is that he got nailed on the very weekend of publication. The Dr. dude got "chicked", big time.
The man was foolish enough to say "always", and then the VERY DAY his quote comes out, Camille wins easily. Zach and Camille are both the 100-mile record holders, so by definition among the "best-trained". And of course Patrick and Courtney qualify in that area as well. Arguably the real "upset" here is that Courtney didn't win the whole thing, as she is the most experienced at this sort of thing.
Of course the fastest men on their best day will beat the fastest women on their best day, but that is not what he said. On any given day in any given race, SH!T HAPPENS. And that goes 100x for a race past 100 miles. That's why the awards are handed out after the race, not before.
Courtney and Camille deserve every bit of the press they are getting, as they keep showing up ready to get the job done on even terms, and continue to defy the "experts". When you are on the extremes of human endeavor, it's the size of the fight in the dog, not the size of the dog.