baby boys can't race with their mummys at Race for Life??

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Am I reading this correctly!!??

4. Can I bring young children?

Children of all ages are welcome at Race for Life events and children under five can accompany you on the course free of charge. However we do advise that under 18s are accompanied by a responsible adult. Some of our events are very busy, involving in excess of 10,000 women, and we ask you to take that into consideration when bringing young children.
Women wishing to bring children under the age of five do not have to register their child and they can come along free of charge. Children aged five and over do have to be registered and, don't forget; only girls can take part as Race for Life is a women-only event.

Yes what is the problem?

I think this means you can only register girls over 5 to race. Boys and girls under 5 can race with their mums and don't need to register. Might be wrong though

Yes. It says that race for life is a female only event so only females can race.

A newborn in a sling/pram I am thinking.....understand its a women only event so older children will be boys only, but this can't refer to babies surley??

put him in a dress

saslou - thats how I read it.....but now I'm wondering???

If old enough to "race" then it looks like girls only.

Wouldn't it be rather inconvenient to try to run for miles carrying a baby?

Yes. And....?

Do Race for the kids for Great Ormond St hospital then, you can run or walk it, it is also 5k and all kids are welcome.

www.raceforthekids.co.uk

run??? I was thinking more hobble and be held up by my pram!

It says over fives have to be registered, and under fives do not. To me that mean that if you child is under five and for whatever reason is accompanying you, it doesn't matter their gender. Especially if they are in a pram.

The Race For Life has always been a womens-only event. And its quite nice that way, really - fantastic atmosphere.

SirBoobAlot really looking forward to it!

SEA - brilliant

Word to the wise - when my bf support group tried to register to do this a couple of years ago we were told that all children had to be registered, regardless of age (guess the under 5 thing is new) but that regardless of age NO boys were allowed : even small babies who were still BF. My friend was told she couldn't register her son but if she phoned another operator, gave him an asexual name and dressed him in neutral clothes on the day then no-one would really check. We were quite shocked - knew it was for female 'competitors' but thought that the gender of small babies would not be an issue, especially as some mums anticipated a midway stop for feeding. In the end we organised our own walk and raised a significant figure on our own.
As far as I know, the official stance is still that it is a female only event - no males, regardless of age! But to be sure you could ring up and check

It's a women only event so of course you cannot have boys taking part. I don't see why that would be so surprising?

I did a race for life about 10 years ago with a group of work colleagues as one of them had cancer. My boyfriend, boss (male) and another guy who worked with us also participated dressed up as St Trinians girls. They were not chucked off the course and Sarah Greene interviewed them after.

I did Race for Life last year and there was a lady there walking with her 3 year old son. No-one questioned this. I was actually crying as I walked behind them as when you walk you pin your number on your front and (if desired) whom you are remembering or celebrating for . This lady had written on that she was doing this for her sons father/her husband who had died of cancer. It just choked me for days.

Doing the Relay for Life this year, should be a good day.

Evening - I once tried to register my now 3 year old son and was told that he couldn't participate in a pram

In the end I decided to blow caution to the wind, walked at the very back and it clearly wasn't an issue on the day.

Good luck and the all the very best to everyone taking part this year!

A group of us wanted to do this when dd1 was little but we were told no pushchairs. Last year dd1 (now 8) did it with me ds2 who was 2 came with us I rung the organisers asking how it would work and they said if he was under 5 he could come in his pushchair. I asked what would happen on the day if he refused to sit in the pushchair and they said not to worry as he was under 5. He ended up running whole course nobody was worried.

i think it's crazy

fair enough it's "women only" but if you're trying to raise money for charity, and people are going to end up not coming because you don't let them bring a small boy then what's that about??? stupid, that's what it is

I agree with the above, it's abit stupid if it is true, babies are babies who cares their gender it's not relevant surely? In unisex clothing no-one could tell anyway, just take him.

I hope this isn't true. You must choose between charity or caring for your baby?