Seems to have held very steady through out the decades. Women seem to always be about .90 time wise of the men's performance. Some interesting science why that always may be the case.
www.theatlantic.com/.../
The current course records for the Ironman World Championships are 8:03:56 for men and 8:54:02 for women which comes out to 90.6% so it works pretty well for Ironman distance triathlons, too!
The current course records for the Ironman World Championships are 8:03:56 for men and 8:54:02 for women which comes out to 90.6% so it works pretty well for Ironman distance triathlons, too!
