In hindsight can understand triathlon being male dominant in participation, but still slightly surprised to see IMUK is 1750:250. Is it normally so far skewed?
Probably some interesting side issues from this, regarding reasons why, if governing bodies need to address barriers to female participation or if its just a case of less want to, and thoughts on qualification standards etc
I think cycling is the issue. How many females do you see out riding on the roads on bicycles? when I see a female on a road bike, I almost feel compelled to comment.
Now, swimming & running participation is way higher.
I thought this was going to be about Forum members tbh. Historically, in the heyday of TT (mid-late naughties) there were quite a few female contributors here. This appears to have really tailed-off in the last 5 years or so. Why? Does it mirror participation in general?
Facebook.
Middle aged women LOVE Facebook.
Also - open water swimming?
I’d say there’s more females at my ow swim venue than males. The median age also appears higher than cycling or running.
So loads of females on IMJ then I guess?
There’s a lady who pops-up fairly regularly on the Strava leaderboard, Sharon. I don’t know if she posts or lurks here at all.