RE: new sports

From: altamira (altamira@ecpi.com)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 01:05:06 MDT


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Spike Jones
>
> Gil added that ultramarathon is one of the very few sports where
> men and women may compete more or less equally, and further
> speculated that in a much longer race women may have the advantage
> over men with their legendary greater pain threshold, etc. ... Comments?

When I used to race bicycles, I couldn't come close to keeping up with the
men in short races over flat ground. But in long road races through hilly
terrain, I could beat many of the men due to my lighter weight and greater
endurance. It wasn't that I bore pain cheerfully, though. I hate pain. I
could just keep going all day with no pain.

Barbara



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