Detailed athletics rules, and male vs female muscle, basic speed, performance.

[BraselC5048]

I'm writing up some detailed rules on athletics, and according my rules, which use Basic Speed instead of Basic Move, the best females have Basic Speed 7.75, and males 8.25. The question is whether I should simply assume top level female athletes simply buy up basic speed less then the best males during character creation, and that your characters likely should too, or should I dock females .25 Basic Speed or so in the rules?

I've already got rules that females characters have Very Fit apply to uses of Extra Effort, inspired by this and other similar posts, but should buy a lower ST during character creation in return. Should I take the same character creation based approach?

Originally Posted by Irenaeus

I'm not sure how to simulate the near-immunity to muscle fatigue that some trained women seem to have, but I'm pretty impressed by it. I start out stronger, but I also fade more quickly.