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The Difference Between Best Man and Best Woman in Trail Running
There's no single global world championship for that where all the best people go to at once. So sometimes you will get a difference between the best man and woman of 30%. Other times the woman will be better than the best menhas the gaps negative five %. Within an individual and within direct comparison, women are better at distance than men. Pacing is probably most likely because aracing ability can oxidize over time. I'm saying manye? I think that's probably a fair point.
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