Friday Facts: Women have outnumbered men in the sport of running.
For all the lady readers of my blog, I wanted to share this interesting fact for friday. In 2013 women have surpassed the number of men who finished races by over 20%! There were about 25,000 finishers in the NYC marathon in 1989—nearly 20,000 of them were men. Last year, men still outnumber women, but by much less of a margin— around 31,000 men and 20,000 women finished. Women did make up 61% of all half marathon finishers in 2013.
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Dr. Nick Campitelli
Dr. Campitelli is a podiatrist in Akron, OH specializing in foot and ankle surgery with an interest and enthusiasm for running as well as helping runners with injuries. For the past several years he has been treating running injuries in patients by fixing their form and transitioning them to minimalist shoes. Having treated runners with all types of injuries through conservative measures with orthotics and shoe gear changes to reconstructive foot and ankle surgery, Dr. Campitelli has brought what works best and is most current to his practice as well as the Akron and Cleveland running communities.