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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (95723)	1/18/2005 7:54:20 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) of 793914

Is it possible for elite women marathon runners to compete with men in a few years time? Is it possible for a woman to become the best marathoner in the world some time in the near future? Is it possible, I suppose but the chances are extremely low. Men have been running marathons for more than 2000 years. Women have started to run marathons in less than 50 years. 50 years ago the difference between elite men and women finishing the marathon was about 45 minutes. Today, the difference is less than 15 minutes. Which shows that a lot of the difference 50 years ago was the fact that fewer woman trained intensively for marathons. Maybe we can even go further along this trend and have the difference be ten minutes, but it is very unlikely to ever be zero. There are physical difference between men and women. Men have a higher percentage of lean mass and a different hip angle than men. The later example of the NFL is even a more obvious one. Outside genetic engineering I don't think you are going to have female pro-bowl defensive ends. Tim

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