> Monday's Times reported results of the World Cup marathon and of the Hawaii Ironman. And it is of interest to note the time differences between the men's and women's winners.
> Marathon: Men: Richard Nerurkar (GB): 2:10:03
> Women: Wang Junxia (China): 2:28:16
> Women's winner 14.0% slower
> Ironman: Men: Mark Allen (USA): 8:07:45
> Women: Paula Newby-Fraser (Zim): 8:58:23
> Women's winner 10.4% slower
> James Tappin, School of Physics & Space Research
> University of Birmingham
However, I bet this discepancy might be explained on the fact that women
are not that disadvantanged with men in long distance swimming, due to their
extra body fat. The differences in the swimming split would be especially
revealing.
-Derrick