At school our cross country and middle distance track squad would measure themselves against the UK Women's Ranking List. At age 16 if your times were comparable to the top ten women in the country you were doing well.
Fit women will leave unfit or old men and boys behind, while exceptional women will beat average men, but exceptional male sprinters and distance runners will always beat the best women.
We should all stop competing against women or men and start competing against ourselves whatever age or condition we are in to be the best that we can.
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