2005 field: 28% female.
2004 field: 37% female.
2003 field: 40% female.
Of 700 athletes registered 621 are from Michigan.
Overall, registrtion numbers are up over '04 and '05.
I wonder what accounts for the drop in female participation despite the increase in total participation?
Maybe they read your all women suck posts?
They’ve finally realized that I don’t travel to Michigan, and thus have lost interest.
Is it a “real drop” or is just a drop in percentage due to the increase in participants, and thus real female participation may be flat or up in real numbers.
Mr. Chin is throwing a huge bash for tri hotties that same day…
That’s easy Tom, you’ve clearly stated that relationships are not for you. Lots of broken hearts out there.
Yeah, I will be grilling all day. Plus, I have great deals on bike, frames and parts - all new, and unused inventory!!!
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Oh, geez. I’m embarrassed to admit- I didn’t even consider that. I just got off the phone with Jim Donaldson and we were discussing the numbers, the race preparations, etc.
Ithink there is some truth to this. The odd thing is that there is a lot of hype about the increase in female participation in the sport, and proportionally, we aren’t seeing that demographic here.
However, if I recall correctly, the largest triathlon in the world is now the Danskin Seattle race, which started as a women’s only event. Correct me if I’m wrong on that.
I did that race back in '94. What was the name of that lake that the swim was held in? Half-Moon? It was a great event, held in a great venue. Coincedentally, that was when I bought my first piece of Bikesport-labeled clothing, which I still have to this day. It’s a light-ish green tee, with “Ancient Bike Dogs” and something about the Pottawatomi Trail on the back and the B/S logo on the front.
Talk about ancient history, huh? (talk about hijacking a thread, huh? 
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I seem to recall that the organisers of the London Triathlon touted last year’s race as the biggest tri in the world based on competitors. Although I have no numbers to support that.
Hmm, that in and of itself is an interesting topic. I wonder which one is the largest on participation? For quite some time it was Chicago.
When did Chicago loose the title?
Not sure. 2 years ago? 3?
I thought it was about 3 or 4 years ago, about the time that Mrs T dropped out as sponsor.
I just found this from the Telegraph online from August 2004 after the London Triathlon, looks like my memory still works sometimes! Is now a good time to ring the shop for Mike O?
More than 120 elite competitors raced past Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Big Ben, the London course having already been earmarked as the possible staging place of the Olympic triathlon in 2012, symbolised yesterday by former Olympic gold medallist Seb Coe, chairman of the 2012 London bid, starting the race.
Unusually, the London event, in association with The Daily Telegraph, included the transition stages from swim to bike and bike to run through the ExCel exhibition centre. Upwards of 25,000 spectators were at the biggest triathlon in the world, with 8,500 entrants, 45 per cent of whom were first-timers at this level.
So Tom, what are the hard numbers for total participation and women?
Jim didn’t tell me but the registration list as of May 19 is up at eliteendeavors.com
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Hmm…I’m a woman and I’m signed up. This means I should either bail or medal!
One would need all three years figures for comparison.
