Obligatory Male Chauvinistic Post

Good to know that man still overestimates woman's ability.

The women held off the men Sunday as Tatyana Pozdnyakova used a 20 1/2-minute head start to her advantage to win the 19th annual Los Angeles Marathon.

Under a new race format called "The Challenge," Pozdnyakova, 49, of Ukraine, and 14 other women were allowed to begin before the men. She earned a $50,000 bonus prize for her winning time of 2:30:17.

David Kirui, 26, of Kenya won the men's division in 2:13:41.

That would be a 3 min. 54 sec. difference when the first woman crossed the finish line to when the first man crossed the line. That means she needed only a 16 min. and 37 sec. head start instead of the 20 min. 30 sec. that she was given.