The longer the race, the closer it gets: women are closing in on men in the ultra-endurance arena

Men are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing significantly.

In traditional endurance events like marathons, men consistently outperform women by about 10%.

However, in ultra-distance competitions this disparity can be as small as 4%.

In some cases, women have even outpaced men.What explains this shift? The answer lies in a combination of physiology, metabolism and strategy.

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