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Are women better than men at endurance running?

"The race is too hard for women. They are simply not tough enough to do it."

Those are the words of Lazarus Lake, race director of the Barkley Marathons - one of the world's hardest ultramarathons which to date, of the approximate 1,000 people who have started, only 20 have ever completed.

Speaking in 2015 and daring for someone to prove him wrong, it took nine years until a British ultra-runner did just that.

Completing the extreme 100-mile course with just one minute 39 seconds to spare of the 60-hour cut-off, Jasmin Paris from Midlothian made history and cemented her name in the ultra-running history books.

But now, increasingly, she is not alone.

Last summer, there was a female one-two for the first time in the gruelling Montane Summer Spine Race from Derbyshire to Scotland. Rachel Entrekin set a new course record and became the first woman to win the Cocodona 250 in Arizona in May, while last month Sophie Woods smashed the overall record by six days to complete the Via Alpina.

It appears female runners are no longer just taking part in ultra-endurance events, they are competing with their male counterparts, breaking records and in some cases, winning races outright.

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