Fair points here. Women should be given equal press coverage to men in all of these events. Here in Britain some years ago, a woman ( Sarah Rowell ) won an ultra endurance race outright, beating all the men. I believe women have a superb ‘Miles per Gallon’ capacity for ultra endurance and may have a stronger finishing ratio on courses like this.
Hello, just a note about the first women home and also a women who lasted the distant while some men fell.
I am most disappointed with the whole media arena for not giving any credence to the winning female competitor of the first NZ 100mile event. Even the Northburn website has no pictures of Tracey Woodford running or coming in….why?
Tracey is some what gutted with the treatment of the newspapers, as they have approached the men in the event but not the winning women.
Also you have pics on your site of men who did not even finish the 100mile ?!!!!
Tracey feels somewhat deflated. After doing so well with no blisters and looking real beautiful at the prize giving…hard to believe she had actually run 100miles the day prior, while some of the blokes still looked shattered. Who are the stayers -women also, so they should have been given acknowledgement and I am of the old school -winning is best and they should be noted for the grand effort they (the winners) put in to make it to the end.
Very sexist coverage from all media circles…shame
Regards Nelly Hymen
Yeh fair points Nelly – we don’t actually have any photos of Tracey, I’ll have to chase up her support crew cos I’m sure they’ll have heaps and I’ll get them up here. Next year we will have an official photographer so we won’t miss anyone!
I’ll high-light the first men and women in each class in the results above now.
Please make no mistake – we are all in awe of Tracey – we think she is legendary. I’m pretty sure we made that very clear to her on the day.
Fair points here. Women should be given equal press coverage to men in all of these events. Here in Britain some years ago, a woman ( Sarah Rowell ) won an ultra endurance race outright, beating all the men. I believe women have a superb ‘Miles per Gallon’ capacity for ultra endurance and may have a stronger finishing ratio on courses like this.
Hello, just a note about the first women home and also a women who lasted the distant while some men fell.
I am most disappointed with the whole media arena for not giving any credence to the winning female competitor of the first NZ 100mile event. Even the Northburn website has no pictures of Tracey Woodford running or coming in….why?
Tracey is some what gutted with the treatment of the newspapers, as they have approached the men in the event but not the winning women.
Also you have pics on your site of men who did not even finish the 100mile ?!!!!
Tracey feels somewhat deflated. After doing so well with no blisters and looking real beautiful at the prize giving…hard to believe she had actually run 100miles the day prior, while some of the blokes still looked shattered. Who are the stayers -women also, so they should have been given acknowledgement and I am of the old school -winning is best and they should be noted for the grand effort they (the winners) put in to make it to the end.
Very sexist coverage from all media circles…shame
Regards Nelly Hymen
Yeh fair points Nelly – we don’t actually have any photos of Tracey, I’ll have to chase up her support crew cos I’m sure they’ll have heaps and I’ll get them up here. Next year we will have an official photographer so we won’t miss anyone!
I’ll high-light the first men and women in each class in the results above now.
Please make no mistake – we are all in awe of Tracey – we think she is legendary. I’m pretty sure we made that very clear to her on the day.