Quote Originally Posted by SheFly View Post
The issue with women's cross in the Northeast is that there are generally two choices - a 1,2,3 race or a 3,4 race. This means that someone who is a Cat 3 cross racer really has a choice of which race to do (or can choose to do both). I've already vented on this topic, so won't do more of it here (although I would have gotten an upgrade point on Sunday....).
The same problem is here in the Netherlands.

We also have 4 categories
1. Elite Women with a contract (the pro's)
2. Elite Women without a contract
3. Women's B
4. Women's C

And most (fun/well organized, like crits and classics) races are a combination of category 1,2 and 3. They need to do that to ensure that they have enough women (at least 60) at the starting line for an interesting race. Otherwise the race may not attract enough sponsorship to pay the bills. But it is a hard on the Women's B since they have to train almost as much as the elite just to be able to follow the bunch.