Race for Life now open to men

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Or, at least one race is.

www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/sport/17368961.the-2019-cancer-research-uk-race-for-life-in-winchester-will-allow-men-to-run-for-the-first-time/

It’s a fairly crappy website, with auto-play!, so here’s the relevant bit:

The flagship Cancer Research UK event will be open to anyone wanting to take part in the five kilometre run.

Georgina Horne, event manager, said: "Our Race for Life events have been women-only since they started, over 25 years ago.

"But we now feel the time is right to open them up so that everyone - women, men and children - has the chance to participate together. We did research into what would be best for the project, and figured that letting more people in was just that. The idea wasn't directly to boost the numbers but I [sic] will help. We also have received lots of negative comments about the event being 'women only', so that, with the research, helped us come to a decision."

I wonder what those negative comments were.

It might be good for families to race together, but it’s yet another women-only event that now isn’t.

I think in recent years there has been upset over boys not being allowed to run with their sisters in honour of their mum. I guess that's the driving force behind it.

I’ll bet it’s not that, yesitsme

One wonders what Lily Madigan will make of this, given that an early bit of MRA-style online agitating was Liam (as LM was then) complaining that it was unfair that he (as he was then) was not allowed to take part in the Race for Life

I suppose this means that more people will do it overall now, but I bet a subset of women won't do it at all.

Oh that'll be best friend to women Lily Madigan, and LM's friends.

Crosspost, Olenna!

well I look forward to seeing LM completing the race

I expect that will go on the 'to do' list along with volunteering with the rape crisis centre

liam

LM is going to get mighty riled about that......

Can only be a good thing if it increases funding.

If it increases funding but there is always going to be woman who don't want to run with men

Does this mean the money will go to men's cancer research now? I was under the impression it went to woman specific cancers?

I think it's better being openly multisex rather than bowing down to the "Those who identify as women" bullshit.

Agree that if an event isn't single sex then it should be open to all. They maybe thought enough people did park runs etc for the single sex bit to no longer matter

I think there are enough women in running now that the fun runs aren't intimidating to other women in the same way. Even the Movember fun runs were full of groups of non-runner women having a go, a bit dressed up, and that's run by Men's Health.

There are a whole load of kids coming through, who can run 5k no bother, running alongside their parents, I think this is the right call.

I think it's great that men can run in the Race for Life too. Never understood the reasoning behind excluding them, as surely the more people running and raising money the better.
Plus, men have relatives they would like to run in memory of too.

I think it's better being openly multisex rather than bowing down to the "Those who identify as women" bullshit.

Agree, but still a shame that yet another thing that was women only and for good reason, has been lost.

Agree, but still a shame that yet another thing that was women only and for good reason, has been lost.

What was the good reason if you don't mind me asking? Not being snarky, just curious.