Quote Originally Posted by Canton Kev View Post
I think that research might be just a bit wrong.

The Women’s WR for a marathon is 2:11:53, over 11 minutes slower than the Men’s WR.

In competitions, men have run a marathon in under 2:11:53 over 2500 times.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3680...%20top%20women.

It’s more to do with endurance trail running which is not the same as traditional Olympic style marathons.