For longer distances women have advantages over men. They can better convert their fat stores into energy.
However, when I look at marathon running women, then I wonder where the fat deposits are.
In comparison, the long-running men are even far away from being fat.
Let's look inside the body, then men have up to 20% muscle mass more. Therefore women have up to 20% more fat.
A small size and lightweight seems to have advantages in the marathon. This applies to both men and women. The women are in average less tall than a man.
Another advantage women have, in comparison to men, is that their pulse beats faster.
The performance advantage is compensated by the fact that the lungs and heart of women are smaller.
The blood of women contains less hemoglobin to transport oxygen.
The hormones influences performance and endurance.
The center of gravity is lower in women, unless they have extremely big breasts.
Normally that's good for Balance.
Tendons and ligaments of women are more elastic. That helps to stay injury free.
In summary both can achieve together enormous performance.
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