> She even holds the record for longest run in a 24 hour period
No she doesn't, she held the womens record for that category but never the mens.
Men record 24h: 303.5 km
Women record 24h: 262.2 km
Dauwalter record 24h: 250.0 km (155.391 miles)
> She is beating professionals in these ultra's
I highly doubt that, there are extremely few professional ultra-marathon runners. She might beat professional marathon runners, but that is another sport so isn't really comparable. It is like beating a 100m runner in a marathon, women can do that easily.
That is a fair correction, not at all WR for 24 hour period. WR for a 24 hour race.
>there are extremely few professional ultra-marathon runners.
That is generally fair, but there are extremely few professional runners period. But per capital, you will find the the runners of 100 mile/240 mile races are going to be more elite on average than your average marathon runner. Are there less ultra runners sure, is the average ultra runner more likely to be elite than a casual runner? I still don't consider Ultra runs niche, and by default I think its wrong to say if a women runs a race, by definition that race is niche.
No she doesn't, she held the womens record for that category but never the mens.
Men record 24h: 303.5 km
Women record 24h: 262.2 km
Dauwalter record 24h: 250.0 km (155.391 miles)
> She is beating professionals in these ultra's
I highly doubt that, there are extremely few professional ultra-marathon runners. She might beat professional marathon runners, but that is another sport so isn't really comparable. It is like beating a 100m runner in a marathon, women can do that easily.