Abstract

Female participation rates in ultra-running is considerably lower than that of males, but the reasons for this are not fully understood. In this study, online questionnaire responses were collected from ultra-runners taking part in the Scottish Jedburgh 3 Peaks ultra and Highland Fling race. One-to-one-semi-structured phone interviews were conducted with a subset of runners to further explore themes from questionnaire responses. Similar experiences among male and female ultra-runners were identified. Enablers were: wanting a challenge, nature/outdoors, and the friendliness of the ultra-community. The main barrier was training time. Qualitative responses suggested negotiation-efficacy was important for factoring in training around work and family commitments, and although a greater proportion of males had dependants compared to females, female participation was considerably lower than males. This may be due to the historical influences of traditional gender roles however this effect may be diminishing as female participation in Scottish ultra-races appears to be increasing.

摘要

超跑的女性参与率远低于男性，但其原因尚不完全清楚。在这项研究中，收集了参加苏格兰 Jedburgh 3 Peaks ultra 和 Highland Fling 比赛的超跑者的在线问卷回复。与一部分跑步者进行了一对一的半结构化电话访谈，以进一步探索问卷回复的主题。确定了男性和女性超跑者的类似经历。促成因素是：想要挑战、自然/户外活动以及超级社区的友善。主要障碍是训练时间。定性答复表明，谈判效率对于考虑工作和家庭承诺的培训很重要，尽管与女性相比，男性有更多的受抚养人，女性的参与率大大低于男性。这可能是由于传统性别角色的历史影响，但是随着女性参与苏格兰超级比赛的人数似乎越来越多，这种影响可能正在减弱。