Outstandingly gifted, yet humble, runner (and with two 100 mile finisher's buckles!!). Sometimes lowly parkrun volunteer
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"I want the information parkrun chooses to publish to be accurate for what it claims to represent"
Finally...agreement! Parkrun are clear they use gender, and the data they publish reflects that. 👌
No, Neil. I want the information parkrun chooses to publish to be accurate for what it claims to represent.
“Unknown” means unknown. It does not falsely classify someone as Female.
A known male in the Female category is different.. the data is not missing, it is misclassified.
That distinction really is not difficult…
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Absolutely fantastic annual report from parkrun, illustrating the incredible impact they have around the world. Guess how many times the word 'race' appears? 🤔 parkrun.me/ar2025
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To be clear, the attack on Parkrun by anti-trans activists has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with fairness in sport, or placings, or any bullshit that they put out, it is fundamentally about Parkrun being a community event accepting trans people in the community as trans people. 1/
I’m no former Olympian, but I expect fairness at parkrun.
My best time wouldn’t be a patch on Mara Yamauchi’s, but I was First Lady at my parkrun once - and I’d have been fuming if a man claiming to be a woman had cheated me out of that placing. Or pushed me down a few places.
I’ve been involved in parkrun for more than a decade - as a runner, volunteer and now an event director.
And I have never met a parkrunner who doesn’t care about their time or placing, regardless of age, ability or fitness.
That is just as true at the back of the pack as it is at the front.
If nobody cared about times or placings, they wouldn’t turn up every Saturday morning for a timed event with a start line, a finish line and numbered finishing positions.
They wouldn’t register for a barcode so they could receive a result.
And parkrun wouldn’t publish those results every week, in finishing order, complete with times and positions.
You can try to rewrite the parkrun story to suit your agenda, but the “it’s only a fun run” argument is nonsense.
Enjoyment and fairness are not opposites.
Women deserve fair sport - at every level.
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😂🤣😂🤣😂 First day this campaign apparently 'launches' and already hiding from any kind of debate, comment or criticism from anyone who doesn't agree. Just increasing the size of that transphobic echo chamber. 🫣😱
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Being born with a Y has profound advantages in Tiddlywinks, so here at the 2025 World Championships, I do my thing..
The one on the left had a husky voice and facial hair. I made her so uncomfortable she broke down. Turns out it was from cancer treatment but how was I to know?
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How is a non-competitive sport affected by biology? All people have the same start at Parkrun
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Made it! One of the cool kids now. Assume I should be doing daily intervals and targeting a sub 2hr marathon next weekend?
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Birmingham 2026 Euro Champs schedule has been released. Have Mara and that ex swimmer exploded yet?
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Hey, @grok who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
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hey @dcrainmakerblog Any plans to review the new(ish) GoPro hero? The little one with the cooling fins. Could be a great replacement for my hero8 to sue when running.
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.@GarminUK @dcrainmakerblog If I disable Trueup, will a new watch generate its own things like VO2max, lactate thresholds itself and not pull it all from historical Garmin account details? Have an issue with a 'stuck' Lactate threshold on my 955 that I dont want to pass over.
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I think she can see the value, as some of her older tweets show. She simply doesn't seem to care. This has become deeply ideological for her, and it trumps the reality of parkrun, its objectives, and what is actually good for women and girls. Her mask has well and truly slipped.
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Would love a RT @runcamille! 🤟
@keithdunn Polish off that #BM100 hashtag and get sharing this!! 100% genuine and is being auctioned for charity in the UK by David Hellard, of @caffeine_bullet and @SalomonSports Golden Trail Series fame
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Love him or hate him, @mrjamesob has an impressive mug! Your #BM100 crew need to get on the @LBC merch site @Ultra_Damo and you might get that 5th lap done!
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