To be disappointed in GWR re: female nurse marathon record?

[meow1989]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-48161466

A nurse has broken the record for fastest marathon time run in a nurses uniform but Guinness World Records has denied her the record because she ran in scrubs not a dress, pinafore and cap and thus was wearing attire "too close to a doctors uniform".

Surely this is archaic and ridiculous and undermines nursing? Although it's been stated that this would be the same criteria for a Male attempting the same record, somehow I can't see it.

This is very petty and mean, I hope they apologise and move into the 21st century.

Its absurd. Nurses haven't worn that uniform for decades!

I agree. There has been plenty of posts displaying all the various nurse uniforms and I think Guiness is revising their criteria. Hopefully she will get the title soon.

Ah. So to get the record they want her to dress up in clothing which is most commonly worn for the enjoyment of people with sexual fetishes rather than dressing as, er, an actual nurse.

Those nurse outfits were a revelation I’m told. No more worries about snagged stockings and simple to take on and off if soiled.

Initially I thought it was very bad of them. But I read into it a bit and I don't believe it's the record for the fastest nurse it's about running in the fancy dress costume. I think the rules regarding the costume should change now due to change in what nurses wear and a new world record started with the new requirements. But I actually think it's a bit unfair on the previous winner who ran it in the dress, pinafore and cap to lose her record to someone who didn't run it in the same, if that makes sense?

@notreadyforthisx2 I do take your point, I just cant believe this attitude still existed for this issue to happen, if you see what I mean. And why is the doctor outfit scrubs and not a long white coat, trousers, shirt and tie if they really want to go "traditional".

GwR have said on Twitter they're taking a few days to look into this.

So basically a male nurse who wants to compete in his profession's uniform will have to run round looking like an extra from a Carry On film.

Guinness World Records needs to wake the fuck up.

I get that, although it's fancy dress so it's going to to the extremes isn't it? That's the whole point. I imagine running in a nurses style dress more difficult than in scrubs, and some nurses do still wear the dresses. Some nurses wear normal clothes too, but that couldn't class as fancy dress.
Not sure what the requirements were for doctor but they often wear normal clothes under white coat so wonder if its's scrubs with white coat over.

I wonder if there's been a fastest time in scrubs and if she beat that.

For doctors, the fancy dress rules include scrubs, white coat and stethoscope. For chefs, they have to wear a hat and carry a pan!

The fancy dress rules are oddly specific. GWR are reviewing it, but the nurse was aware of the 'dress code' before she ran the race so they may have a get-out clause there. It has had quite a bit of publicity so change may be on it's way, whether they will apply that retrospectively I don't know and if they don't she should get a place for next year to try again

I get that professions have specific uniforms but the nurse one is overly gendered. It doesn't need to be a skirt. That's ridiculous. A chef carrying a pan doesn't compare because a pan is non-gendered.

disappointment doesn't really capture my feelings about this
incredulity would be closer
hopefully lots of people will hear about this nurse who wouldn't have done otherwise and can support her fundraising

See, chefs I know (admittedly senior chefs) do wear chefs hats at work. And they do use pans. If the nurse criteria was scrubs or a tunic and a bag of IV fluids that would be fine.

I think the GWR should get back to focusing on 'real' records (eg fastest marathon run, or greatest number of marathons run or whatever) and not the whole tangent they've gone off on over recent years.

NotReadyforThisx2 makes a good point - this record isn't anything to do with nursing, it is to do with wearing particular items of clothing when running a marathon...... maybe it needs to be renamed as a record, if people really give any credence to these titles.

It doesn't really matter what the record is for. It still reinforces archaic stereotypes. A respected organisation that's affiliated to a respected worldwide event is categorically saying 'nurses are female and they wear skirts'.

Nah. Not acceptable.

There is a male nurse who has tweeted today pointing out the obvious about his work uniform! But to be counted for the marathon record, he'd have to wear a dress ....

A chef's hat is not gender specific in the way that a nurse's dress is. They've really talked themselves into a corner here and it will be interesting to see how they handle it, I don't think 'a few days' is going to make this go away (I hope not, anyway!)

I agree with that @opticaldelusion. But then they need to get rid of any gender specific costumes. I'm sure there's a cheerleader one, that's a stereotypical female cheerleaders outfit when not all cheerleaders where that anyway.
Not sure on others, I didn't even know they had world records for running it in fancy dress until this came out.

you are both correct and incorrect these records are damn stupid records the fastest female nurse afaik is sarah sellers 2:36