Re: Tevis - Men & Finishing

[Larry Suddjian <wstf@foothill.net>]

219 Starters and 121 finishers of which 46 were male and 75 were female for
a 55.25 % completion.  Perhaps you should look at the last few years Ride
results to see how women did.

Larry Suddjian, RD

Lauren Horn wrote:

> I counted the riders that came across the finish line, although,
> undoubtedly some of theses riders will be deemed unfit to continue and
> not get a completion, and the number is 132 riders. Based on 220 riders
> starting, that is a 60% finish rate. Pretty good. Average finish rate is
> 56%. I don't know what the actual percentage will be, depends on how
> many were pulled at the finish.
>
> What I really want to know is WHY, out of the top four finishers, THREE
> of them are MEN? I'm not into men bashing at all, don't get me wrong,
> but men do occupy a small percentage of the riders but they always seem
> to be un- proportionally represented in the top ten at a lot of rides. I
> know that my husband has a very competitive attitude and after one
> endurance ride he says he wants to go for the win. And I'm the one that
> warns about overriding your horse, don't push too much etc....
>
> Lauren