The research found that men tended to finish faster when setting marathon world records, while women ran the same average speed in the first and second half of their races.
’s 2:17:01 finish at the 2017 London Marathon is the official women’s-only world record.
“When just women’s-only races became eligible for world records, women lost the best pacemakers: men who were able to pace women right from the start to the finish line,” Díaz said. “Nowadays, women have to use female pacemakers, which have been proven to be less optimal.”In major marathons today, Díaz explained, race organizers pay top dollar for experienced male pacemakers, but they generally don’t pour as many resources into recruiting female pacemakers.
One obvious finding, however, was that men have better access to professional pacemakers than women do—which has likely had a huge impact on men’s records as well as women’s records set in mixed gender races. “We cannot compare ‘women only’ records and ‘mixed races’ records directly, because the influence of male pacemakers is way too big to be ignored,” Díaz said.Hailey first got hooked on running news as an intern with Running Times, and now she reports on elite runners and cyclists, feel-good stories, and training pieces for Runner's World and Bicycling magazines.
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