Until either I’m faster than all women everywhere, or the course is made so difficult that it can’t reasonably be said that I (or at least the 2017 version of me) could finish, it can’t reasonably be said that a woman can’t finish.” I don’t know if I could keep up with Shalane Flanagan if she were running a marathon and I was running a half. “Are there women who have more strength, speed and endurance than me and thus exceed that minimum physical standard? Absolutely! I have lost to women in ultras. “What we care about is comparing the best woman against the minimum physical standard required to finish on the current course. “We also don’t care about comparing the best man versus the best woman – saying that the hypothetical best possible man is faster than the best possible woman does not preclude the best possible woman from finishing. “If we focused on genetic averages I’m less likely to perform well at endurance-type activities. On his Random Forest Runner blog, the 2020 Winter Spine Race winner wrote: “The average man cannot finish any more than the average woman can. Since 1986, there have only been 15 finishers, all of which have been men, but Kelly, who is an expert data analyst as well as a top-class trail runner, is adamant that there is no reason why a woman couldn’t achieve the feat. ‘My plan was always to push a little bit’ – Tom Evans on Ultra-Trail Snowdonia win
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