Men cross America faster than women - The "race across America" from 1982 to 2012

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 611-617

  Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Mathematics Institute of Burgundy   (France)

Author keywords

Cycling; Female; Male; Performance; Ultraendurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883250951     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.8.6.611     Document Type: Review

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