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New WR in 100m Sprint---should be longer?
I see that a Coloradan set a new WR in the 100m Ski Sprint---in W.
Yellowstone. Under 12 seconds. Cool. I don't follow the ultrashort events all that much, but offhand it seems to me that for max public impact that ski records should focus on the shortest distances where ski speed is faster than running. Like, what's the record ski speed for 1km? The Kilo might be a fun distance---and give an impression time. Or to inspire US audiences more maybe The Mile is the distance to shoot at. Or Quarter Mile---whatever distance skiing starts whuppin' on running. Anyone know what times XC gives for Quarter Mile and Mile? I like the idea of trying to give the public at least a bit of an apples-to-apples idea of XC. As in the Birkie. I recall we once did a rough calculation that showed the Birkie is skied at as fast of a pace as the Chequemegon(?) Mt-Bike race is ridden on approx the same trails. Maybe one PR barrier for XC in the US is an impression that it's slowish. Another example would be the impression that XC is slower than Alpine skiing---but what is the average speed of alpine on a black-diamond run compared to xc on a black trail? Maybe we should just look at the downhill portions. My impression is that XC doesn't feel or give a sensation of being much, if any slower, than alpine---since on downhills the XC skis are allowed to run out. The turns-aspect of alpine really cuts the speed by more than in half---it's a turning sport, not a speed sport. Also, XC has the PR of being "a lot of work"---well, proper alpine is a max workout, too. --JP |
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