Pacing Profiles in Age Group Cross-Country Skiers in the Vasaloppet 2012-2016 The pacing has been studied for various sports and age groups in endurance competitions, but we do not know what happens in one of the world’s longest ski resorts. For this purpose, we have analyzed the pacing of 66'435 finishers on the ‘Vasaloppet’ between 2012 and 2016.
It turned out that the number of successful women decreased with increasing age, men and women divide the race differently and the speed in the race over the individual items is dependent on the gender. The complete evaluation can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28950695/