Male v Female numbers?

Slowkoala wrote (see)

According to Hal Higdon, 57% finishers in HMs are female versus 41% for full marathons but I'm guessing this is based on US races.

I'd love to do the Ealing Half but I think it clashes again with the Moor Park 10k which is also local to me.

Like others have said, I'm really not that bothered re proportion of males/females in a race, it's not usually something I'm even aware of until I see the results.

I would be amazed if those figures are correct unless the US is so different to the UK.  Look at the 2013 Silverstone HM run last weekend, 6188 finishers, 65% male, 35% female.  Not sure if that is typical but all races you go to have a much higher % male runners. 

Miss Knees wrote (see)

Normally?....

...okay, or ever! But one day...

I thought it was roughly 70/30 normally and Ealing Half bucked the trend last year. Does seem a very high US Stat, maybe % of female starters who finished....but even then it's still really high over the male one and doesn't make sense. Anyway, women seem to be more involved in the UK now so that's a good thing in my book. 

literatin wrote (see)

Miss Knees wrote (see)

Normally?....

...okay, or ever! But one day...

One on the way after Reading Lit, even though you don't have to race

And no doesn't bother me, in fact I actually feel better for completing a male dominated event such as Tough Guy or some hard run. Daft but it gives me a sense of being in a minority that I like. 

It doesn't bother me at all.  You should try bike events, there's NEVER a queue for the ladies 

LOL I've got my first sprint tri this May. I think that will still have a queue, roight! Once I have done that I might convert to bike events....

Roight? I wasn't doing an Irish accent honest, I meant right, obviously.

Number of finishers from the biggest 5 US Half Marathons:

500 Festival - 16,774 female : 14,396 male

Country Music HM - 14,213 female : 8,117 male

Rock N Roll Arizona - 9,520 female : 6,180 male

Rock N Roll San Antonio - 10,124 female : 6391 male

Rock N Roll Las Vegas - 13,509 female : 8616 male

Tom good work on the stats, seems like our American friend really are different then

Wow! Thanks Tom. Us UK gals better get moving. 

Those Rock N Roll ones are massive now. I was meant to do the Edinburgh one but not going now. I'd definitely be interested in a country music run 

Some UK stats from David Whitelam http://www.roadracestatistics.org.uk/conclusion.htm on our FB page https://www.facebook.com/ealinghalf 

Interesting question, and one I hadn't really thought about. But I wonder if the gender balance or the numbers of women entering open events has been affected by the vogue for women-only races.