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Men Hit The Wall Twice As Often As Women, 873,000-Runner Berlin Study Finds
(marathonhandbook.com)
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This was de-emphasized in the study, as the study didn't look into psychological factors at all - but it squares with my understanding.
A typical woman, eg, may have her splits and race to her splits, resulting in a predictable result.
A typical man, otoh, may have his splits but then -consciously or subconsciously - he will gamble that the excitement of race day will give him the boost he needs to achieve an excellent result. So he's more likely to blow up in the second half. It would be interesting to know how often the gamble pays off, too
The same happens in business too. Women tend to make more reasonable and actionable goals while a lot of men (not all, but a decent chunk) set unrealistic goals.
A woman who owns a bakery might set a goal of increasing customer's average basket by 5-10% within a year, while a man would want to double output within 5 or something...
I witnessed this myself at my last job. The drone department director I worked with sometimes wanted to increase the number of pilots under him by a factor of 20X in a year and increase billable hours by 50% for each of them... Truly looney toones shit. We added one person and billable hours got spread among them instead due to a slump with clients...
Turns out clients can just, yaknow buy their own fucking drone and license their own employee