That’s the way it should have been done. I can fun a 5K in about 40min. I know plenty of woman who kick my ass up and down the street based on that time.
Because there’s a cash prize involved. Many male runners could easily snag the prize that’s supposed to encourage women to also participate in sport.
Yes, you can find plenty logical flaws in this system. But it’s a matter of perfect being the enemy of good.
The hope is that it’s better for gender equality to also offer prize money for the fastest of some rather arbitrary group (“women”), because then they have any chance of winning at all.
The downside is that it leads to all kinds of conflicts, because what in the absolute flying fuck is a woman?
I mean factor 2 is a bit much but if you want everyone to finish roughly in the same time frame distribution, you either have to do a shorter route or have the women start earlier.
Why would you want everyone to finish roughly at the same time though? I’m sure there would be plenty of woman who could finish 5km much faster than some men would finish 10km.
Usually for these races they will set a cut off time and also block off traffic for that time frame only. Personally i am with you and would find it cool if they did the same race and see a few very athletic women overtaking most of the average performing men.
But why have routes based on gender? They could just have had two routes to choose from and let it be up to the individual.
That’s the way it should have been done. I can fun a 5K in about 40min. I know plenty of woman who kick my ass up and down the street based on that time.
Because there’s a cash prize involved. Many male runners could easily snag the prize that’s supposed to encourage women to also participate in sport.
Yes, you can find plenty logical flaws in this system. But it’s a matter of perfect being the enemy of good.
The hope is that it’s better for gender equality to also offer prize money for the fastest of some rather arbitrary group (“women”), because then they have any chance of winning at all.
The downside is that it leads to all kinds of conflicts, because what in the absolute flying fuck is a woman?
Why would you want everyone to finish roughly at the same time though? I’m sure there would be plenty of woman who could finish 5km much faster than some men would finish 10km.
Sure, but the average distribution is going to have most men running faster than most women.
Math is apparently still hard.
Usually for these races they will set a cut off time and also block off traffic for that time frame only. Personally i am with you and would find it cool if they did the same race and see a few very athletic women overtaking most of the average performing men.