I’m a boy and I want to have a fair race against a female friend. We’re both in high school and run distance races. We want to run two different distances that would be fair because of our difference in gender. Im assuming the two distances would have me running about 200-300m more than her, but does anyone know any good distances that would work pretty well? A 800/1000 and a 1500/1600 both don’t seem even enough.
Probably be like ultra swimming(where women are actually better at it), my bet is a hundred miles.
Pick a random distance for her to run. You have to run 10-12% further to match up with the difference between male and female wr's.
Since your idea is to race a certain friend, what distances do you both compete at, and what are your usual times?
With times and distances, it may be easier to figure something competitive at.
We both main the 1000m rn and my pr is 2:53 and hers is 3:16. The person above’s 10% idea means I would run a 1,100m, and if you calculate my time for that it would be ~3:15, which works well!
Run a 200 miler. That way it’ll be less about gender and more about nutrition, hydration, and mental toughness.