August 2006 - with permission of Runners World
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Who’s running the world ? - that's a question you may often ask yourself and if the 2006 Runner's World magazine survey is any guide then women are running the show. In the third bi-annual survey it’s quite clear that women are now the dominant sex with some 53.73 per cent of the 830 respondents being female. It’s been a remarkable turnaround from the first survey in 2002 when 54.15 per cent of respondents were male. more here 
Survey Results - male / female comparison
