2011 was 8th straight year that a new U.S. road race finisher high was set @RunningUSA State of the Sport - Part III

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2011 was 8th straight year that a new U.S. road race finisher high was set @RunningUSA State of the Sport - Part III

Women, men finish in record numbers in U.S. road races, nearly 14 million finishers with a record 55% female and also a new high number of races in 2011; off-road, mud events thriving too COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - (July 25, 2012) - Over the past 15 years, Running USA has reported on the Second Running Boom, particularly as it relates to U.S. road races, and in 2011, per our data analysis, there were a record 13.9 million road race finishers in this country compared to approximately 5.2 million in 1991 (a 170% increase). This was the eighth consecutive year that a new U.S. finisher high was set. In short, the boom continues, and it is being led by women as U.S. road race finishers, once the province of men 20-30 years ago, are now predominantly female (55% compared to 25% in 1990). There are a myriad of reasons for this historic growth trend in U.S. road races, but communit...

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2011 was 8th straight year that a new U.S. road race finisher high was set @RunningUSA State of the Sport - Part III

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