It's kind of buried here, but Kelsey is the fastest human to do this. She beat the male record holder's time by 6 days.
This was only completed one other time by the male who was doing it for a fundraiser and not to set a record.
Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
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Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
In endurance running, the longer races become, the more competitive they are for women. Women semi-regularly win multi-day and 100+ mile races, even if women don't have course records at these times/distances. In an event of sufficient time/distance, factors besides strength dominate the outcome. So, (and knowing very little about rowing), I am not surprised that a woman could take the record here. You can only row s…
I think you're confusing limited participation and what such a small group of people doing these events means for single individuals to "win" an event. Women are more like to win in these events then others because there is less competition overall so you get more anomalous results rather then the male biological differences stop dominating the outcome. You are right in that "strength" isn't the dominating factor for…
I don't know why you brought up records, especially sub-ultra. I admitted that: "Women semi-regularly win multi-day and 100+ mile races, even if women don't have course records at these times/distances."
I've run dozens of marathons, multiple 100 milers, and several 12-hour and 24-hour events. You can be the strongest, most prepared person in the world, and it very much might not matter because of how many things can go south in such an event compared to shorter races.
Yes, these events have fewer participants, but nonetheless, even at the most of elite of these events, sometimes women win, and it's not always because the best man didn't show up that day. Big's Backyard Ultra attracts the best in the world, but it was won by a woman in 2019 and 2020.
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Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
In endurance running, the longer races become, the more competitive they are for women. Women semi-regularly win multi-day and 100+ mile races, even if women don't have course records at these times/distances. In an event of sufficient time/distance, factors besides strength dominate the outcome. So, (and knowing very little about rowing), I am not surprised that a woman could take the record here. You can only row s…
I think you're confusing limited participation and what such a small group of people doing these events means for single individuals to "win" an event. Women are more like to win in these events then others because there is less competition overall so you get more anomalous results rather then the male biological differences stop dominating the outcome. You are right in that "strength" isn't the dominating factor for…
The wiki you linked is "women" and "men" marathon. There is no "female" marathon!
And this differences are only possible because best women athletes are excluded!
Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
In endurance running, the longer races become, the more competitive they are for women. Women semi-regularly win multi-day and 100+ mile races, even if women don't have course records at these times/distances. In an event of sufficient time/distance, factors besides strength dominate the outcome. So, (and knowing very little about rowing), I am not surprised that a woman could take the record here. You can only row s…
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> Women have more flexibility to take the time off to train. Women are much more photogenic, get publicity, and fundraise, more easily.
Why does this not apply to all sports?
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is false. Sea water is >3% salt and human kidneys can't produce urine with that much salinity or greater. Since they need more water to extract that much salt, the net effect is dehydration. This rower probably had a desalination machine, or just a big reservoir of fresh water. (Though there might be some obscure edge case, and if you're about to die of dehydration that a little bit of seawater will buy you a mi…
If you're about to die of dehydration - and have been rehydrating with fresh water - you'll be low on salt too so a bit of seawater should in principle be in the right direction for both and help. In practice I wonder if your digestive tract might object to the salt water too strongly for this to work though. If you're about to die of dehydration - from sweating - and have not been rehydrating you're already also hyp…
It depends. Hypernatremia refers specifically to sodium but doesn’t speak to potassium or calcium. You need all three in proper balance for your body. So you can sweat a bunch and still need to take in more salts because the balance is off.
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#77I have to watch that. I can't comprehend how someone can live in a canoe for 44 days let alone bring enough supplies to survive.
Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
#78I have to watch that. I can't comprehend how someone can live in a canoe for 44 days let alone bring enough supplies to survive.
its not a standard canoe you see people going down rivers on. She has a heavily modified one and its kinda large
pic of it: https://imgur.com/eiESZzT 21 feet long
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#79That’s incredible. What does one eat and drink on a trip like this? The article talks about her cooking. With a fire or one of those little butane stoves? Can a small canoe carry enough water for a trip like this or do you rely on rain water too?
its not small at all. its 21 feet long.
she also has solar panels on it. probably just a lil stove she has somewhere.
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#80How does it work when she needs to sleep and not loose track?
I saw some of her videos on instagram during the journey. There's a rudder that keeps the boat pointed in the right direction without propulsion while she sleeps.