Very few recreational women runners in Asia!

wongc

In HK, the female runner ratio is even lower than 20%.  I notice that in most races the ratio is only about 15% or less.  As a female runner myself, I also encounter the problems most female runners have:

-  balance between work, family and run (working mum in particular)
-  running under the sun is no good to the skin, running at night is dangerous......not much time left for training
-  running alone, especially in the countryside, is dangerous when men ususally have no issue

Reasons/Excuses?

Anyway, the 50% ratio in the US really surprised me!

Nike in HK only organizes one 10K race every year.  The 5000-7000 quota would usually be filled up in an afternoon (via internet)!