Spinning bike was delivered today. Hoping to keep my fitness up while I can't run as much with my dodgy achilles. Super excited to get it set up this weekend 🙌
The usual difference between men and women in athletic events from sprints to ultra-distance races is usually 10-12%. Today's performance of @gerdarun is 9.1% slower than that of George Kusche, who himself ran the best Comrades-up run of all time.
So Gerda's performance is one of the great running performances of all time at any running distance.
South Africans 🇿🇦 love @gerdarun but perhaps don't appreciate that her performances need to be considered in a more global running context, not just in terms of her performance as an ultramarathon runner.