Table 4.

The Mann Whitney U results comparing the percentage finish-time benefit of male and female runners of each taper type.

	%M	%F	%Imp	U	p
Strict 2 w	2.14	3.12	45.42	14,029,993.5	<0.001
Relaxed 2 w	1.29	2.19	69.05	247,103,823.0	<0.001
Strict 3 w	2.38	3.19	33.97	55,823,429.5	<0.001
Relaxed 3 w	1.76	2.73	55.32	152,948,423.5	<0.001
Strict 4 w	2.34	2.63	12.07	3,832,025.0	0.158

The table includes the median percentage finish-time benefit for males (%M) and females (%F) with the U statistic and p value for each comparison. The column labeled %Imp shows the percentage improvement for females vs. males based on the difference between the %F and %M values.