In reply to IainRUK:
> (In reply to Wonrek) But womens participation in running isn't great, especially at the sharp end, there's not many in the 'decent club runner' standard.
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> Snowdon Marathon record is 2:28? for blokes, 3:08 for womens.. and that sort of difference isn't unusual, where as really there should be 10-13 minutes, say 30 seconds a mile, between the records.
I am surprised someone like Anna Lupton didn't have a go at that.
> For blokes its fairly dominated by V40-V55's.. then it things off a bit, but those age groups are very competitive.
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> Welsh guy just set V60 10K world record.. 32:54..
The woman at number 2nd on the FV60 UK 10k list for 2013 is a member of my club, it is 43+.