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Created: Friday, 04 September 2015 15:17

Last Updated: Friday, 04 September 2015 15:18

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Photo (L-R) - Hadley or Adeline, their mom, their aunt, Hadley or Adeline.

By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)

YWCA WOMEN'S TRI RACE REPORT - Do you know how many women finished the USA Triathlon Olympic Distance National Championships this year? 1181. Do you know how many women finished the sprint version of that race? 696. The YWCA Women’s tri had 935 women finish the race. That is not too far off from the number of finishers at the National Championships, one of the biggest races annually in the US.

Do you know how many women age 50+ finished at Lifetime Minneapolis, Minnesota’s biggest triathlon? 43 women in the Olympic, Sprint and Super Sprint combined. The YWCA tri had 251 50+ women finish the race. Yes, you read that correctly, more than five times as many....

Furthermore, of those 935 racers, 335 women were first time triathlon racers. That means more than a third of the athletes that finished had never done a triathlon before. I would wager that 335 is a larger number than most Minnesota races have as total finishers.

These statistics are truly amazing, so what brings these women out each year? Here are my thoughts:   ...READ MORE