Reality Rules Parkrun Launch 3 October 2026

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Today was another Parkrun Saturday and like every weekend the achievements by women was demoted by men running in the female category.

We are hoping to change this! In only a few weeks time, we will debut Reality Rules Runners UK at Parkrun. We hope that many hundreds (hopefully thousands) of you will join us to send a clear and strong statement to Parkrun about the huge support there is for fairness and sex-based categories at their events.

All sports events are responsible for putting on fair events. This includes free, volunteer run, community events like Parkrun.

So please tell people about Reality Rules Runners UK, as we are hoping to attract lots more supporters before our debut at Parkrun on 3 October.

Thank you! 🙏

https://realityrulesrunnersuk.substack.com/p/another-parkrun-down-only-a-few-weeks

Came across this by chance, so dont know more than this!

They are also on X for anyone on X https://x.com/RRRunnersUK

Dunno about racism, but they are certainly experiencing sexism. More than one form of it as well.

I’d love to see their justification for that.

It’s a good idea to think things through before posting.

I think park run is taken a bit too seriously by some.

I understand they are different, and I understand both are ridiculous.

Why do parkrun publish category times and ranks for their non-competetive fun run?

Why do they even have an age grading system so runners can get a sense of where they rank overall?

If no one cares?

@PollyNomialThese women have signed up to box other women. That’s what they’ve given consent for.

If they end up boxing men, that is an extraordinary breech of that consent.

How on earth can you support this as the right and just thing to do. It is an appalling betrayal of women’s rights.

Do you not believe women’s consent is important, is that it?

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The simple question all this nitpicking and flimflam is intended to distract from.

Saying that men should be able to compete against women in boxing because it is a dangerous and harmful sport and should be banned anyway is something I’ve seen before on here. Suitable words to describe it are illogical, disingenuous and misogynistic.

I don't know why people use the expression transphobia.

Firstly, a phobia is an irrational fear.

Is it actually irrational to fear male-bodied people in womens spaces?

Anyway when it comes to parkrun nobody is scared of having male bodied people run in the womens category, they don't want it because it's unfair. Very different.

And believing that men can become women is Emperors New Clothes.

As I said upthread it's not just parkrun, it's some races as well. Which are meant be split on the basis of sex, not gender reassignment.

Although you get entitled parents bringing their kids on bikes and saying it's it inclusive to say they can't rid their bikes for all the same reasons that are trotted out about trans people, oh well, it's not a race, does it matter, it's a community event blah blah.

One of the parkruns in Devon banned double buggies on a narrow course in the summer holidays and oh my god the comments.

There are sadly entitled people at parkrun with no common sense.

It might be helpful if the supporters of the current policy could outline what they think the benefits of it are.

Inclusion?

Everyone - including trans people - feeling welcomed and encouraged to participate in a community event which is good for their health?

Trans people not having to out themselves as trans to take part, which can be unsafe?

People who ARENT competitive being able to enjoy a walk, or a jog with their pram, or some sociable outdoor time in their mobility scooter without having to care about categories and times if they don’t want to?

450,000 choose to participate each week, so I think many people see the benefits of the current set up.

parkrun is a lovely thing - it’s sad they’re having to deal with this.

I don't consider it possible to safely fight in boxing matches with any combination of age and sex.

Because of this, I can't and don't hold the position you are attempting to assert that I believe.

But how do you know they were women and girls and not TIM?

How do I know it wasn’t 3 million trans women and 0 cis women?

um, because I understand maths and demographics and probability etc?

If I don't want people to be injured in car accidents caused by drunk/drug driving, I'm going to say "don't drink or take drugs before driving" and never "well, if you must drive under the influence, X is better than Y".

I don't want people to get CTE so I don't think anyone should fight. No qualifications or exceptions.

Yes. But it’s pretty much all that poster has.

As there is no such thing as a “cis woman”, the number will necessarily be zero.

Driving under the influence is illegal - women choosing to box isn't. However, when you do a sport that has risks associated with it, it's right to take every possible step to minimise that risk. That includes keeping men out of the female ring.

But how do you know those women and girls were not trans/nb/other genders?

Just as well I don't say that then.

The only way to minimise risk in boxing is not to do it.

In which case I'll ask you again - applying the maths, how many men (the ones you refer to as TW) should hold the records in the women's categories, in your opinion?

This is a thread about males competing in the wrong sex category, @PollyNomial- boxing is only relevant to this specific thread because in the Paris Olympics a man competed against women in boxing. Hope that helps. Probably AIBU, Chat or a full page ad in the Times would be a better arena for your anti boxing campaign, rather than the sex and gender discussion board.

That's not what minimising means.