Women will represent 19 percent of the participants in the Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Marathonto be held at December 4th and it will have 5,700 female representatives, of which 2,000 will debut remotely.
This Thursday a survey conducted by the exam organization was presented at the headquarters of Teikacompany promoting the project since 2019 “Beyond Purpose”, to find out the habits and thoughts of female runners, with the participation of 1,391 surveyed female runners, of which 71 percent are Spanish with an average age of 42 years. The survey was sent to the database of marathon (39 percent), half marathon (42) and Valencia City of Running (19).
The challenge What they set out to do when starting this initiative was to reach twenty percent of women within three years, because the long distance is the test with the lowest participation of women, at the same time as making visible and demystifying that not only elite runners run a marathon, but real women, and in this edition they touch that percentage.
The survey shows that the more motivation why the women Running a marathon is to overcome a challenge, but the lack of time (39.6) and not completing it (24.7) slows them down.
The Training Specialist Jose Garay and medical specialists virginia lopez and sports psychology eva ageaThey explained that it should be clear that if you train and prepare, you can run a marathon.
“Since 2018, I don’t remember a woman entering the critics box. In the middle, yes, but the critics, no,” he said. LopezWhat agea He added that women generally know their limits and run perfectly in a marathon.
Even the coach Garay explained that, in general, you have to slow men down while you have to push women in training. Among the reasons why women run, a 45 percent do it because it helps them stay in shape and a 16.2 for healthwhile your main goal is to get a challenge.
About the time they have to do sports, a 43.7 indicated that they had enough timea 45.7 said they had little time and a 10.6 in almost no time for them.
Also one 48 percent of those surveyed train between three and four days and the 51 does it alone, which aspect they like the most. A 28.8 consider that they do not need a coachwhile other girls run with their club mates or with the club coach.
Finally, the factor that most affects female runners is the absence of time (42%), the climate (27), the stress (17) and the menstruation (14).
Source: La Verdad
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