The pace of top skiers can surprise even a hard-working amateur.
The pace of skiing for professionals is so fast that even an amateur cyclist finds it difficult to keep up. PASSI FLAME
As you watch the winter skiing, the viewer may be reminded of how long you would stay in the world.
Iltalehti expert Reijo Jylhalla is a strict answer even for avid fitness skiers.
– Not a meter. The fitness skier doesn’t stay at all. No, even if he leaves in full, the former head coach of the Finnish national team laughs.
Jylhä gives an example from the 2017 World Championships in Lahti.
– In the fifties, the average speed for a long time was almost 30 kilometers per hour. In that terrain. It’s also an unassuming place for the exercise cyclist.
– Lahti’s well-maintained trail bottoms cannot be driven at that pace, even by mountain bike. As a rule, the gymnast loses that race.
The pace is also fast on ski marathon trips involving tough endurance machines. An example of this is Vasaloppet, which is competing in Sweden.
– It is 90 kilometers of equal thrust, but this year the average speed was more than 25 kilometers per hour. The bike has a full job to keep up with.
A fitness skier could also have an emergency on a downhill slope. In the World Cup, the downhill goes 50 miles an hour or even harder.
Reijo Jylhä knows how hard the peaks ski. PASSI FLAME