Unequal Prize Money at Blink Festival Illustrates Challenges for Women’s Distance Racing
Chelsea LittleAugust 31, 2016
At Norway's Blink festival, the women's winner of the 60 k classic received just one-fifth the prize money as the men's winner. Smaller women's fields present a conundrum for long-distance race organizers: how can they promote women's racing and incentivize attendance, and what constitutes enough effort toward doing so?