Female runner

Grassroots runner fighting for fairness for female athletes

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

Thanks to so many regular parkrunners/volunteers across the UK who sent me their photos calling on ⁦⁦@parkrunUK⁩ to do better and stop unfair self ID! Sorry I couldn’t use them all. Please keep sharing and encouraging others to make their voices heard #savewomensparkrun

[Reality Rules Runners UK @RRRunnersUK]

Some things for you to consider regarding #Parkrun & (un)fairness in light of the average advantage of males over females…

#SaveWomensSports #FairFemaleSports #RealityRulesRunnersUK #ParkrunUK

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

. @parkrunUK policy allows males to choose the female category…

… for women and girls, it’s the same unfairness as cutting the course short

Only one type of unfairness is acceptable to @parkrun /2

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

On a lovely out and back @parkrunUK today

Given an average male has a 10% advantage over an equally trained female - 3 mins for the average parkrunner

Would I be allowed to turn back early and run 10% less?

Or would my result be deleted because it wasn’t fair?

@RRRunnersUK

[SEENinSport @SportSEENuk]

"Women only sports? There are so many girls brilliant at sports. This is their only chance. Why take it away from them by making them compete against biological males. That's not fair."
@KemiBadenoch

Interview clip from @MrMennoTweets

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

@danny_golding @parkrun Hafan Pwllheli

Fantastic volunteers

Very tough. Cambered sand and pebbles all the way but fantastic views of Snowdon to take your mind off it

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

“First female - well done” shouted to me by parkrunners & marshals

In a small out and back @parkrunUK it’s easy to spot the first female finisher

The only thing for certain - I was 12th. Any of the 11 males in front of me could have registered in the female category today…

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

@MadMummy4 @parkrunUK @RRRunnersUK Indeed

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

Lots of support for Reality Rules Runners at a sunny @parkrunUK this morning

Fantastic encouragement from the army of volunteers on @parkrun’s 22nd birthday. Hopefully the present to the female parkrun community will be fair, sex-based results soon

@RRRunnersUK

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

@PennySa35958225 @RRRunnersUK @parkrunUK @parkrun Reasons @parkrunUK gave for deleting my results and barcode

No To Unfair Self-ID - “false name / deemed inappropriate”
Willie Tucker - “overall context of the situation”
Bjorna Mann - “reading aloud the name is an example of a protest registration”
Female Runner - “unsuitable”

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

@PennySa35958225 @RRRunnersUK @parkrunUK @parkrun Reasons @parkrunUK gave for deleting my results and barcode

No To Unfair Self-ID - “false name / deemed inappropriate”
Willie Tucker - “overall context of the situation”
Bjorna Mann - “reading aloud the name is an example of a protest registration”
Female Runner - “unsuitable”

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

I’ve joined @RRRunnersUK and returned to @parkrunUK

All my previous results and barcodes have been deleted by @parkrun

No To Unfair Self ID
Willie Tucker
Bjorna Mann
Female Runner

Started afresh with 1 volunteer credit and now 1 run

Will Dee Leeted avoid being deleted?

[Maya Forstater @MForstater]

@alfredlanning23 @KittyKevin01 @Cantspekl @HelenSimpson4 @Caterin00138072 @mara_yamauchi @sharrond62 @SportSEENuk @Martina @xx_xyathletics @KemiBadenoch @ForWomenScot @FondOfBeetles @runthinkwrite @DerryBanShee @WomensRightsNet @WomenChilterns @NWalesReSisters @fairplaywomen @Sport_England @BBCSport @JournalistJill Email the person and say "you seem to be registered in the wrong category. Here are your options - register as M, register without sex. Please correct your registration within X days or let us know if this a mistake on our part. " Etc

The normal thing to enforce TS and Cs

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

@MForstater @alfredlanning23 @KittyKevin01 @Cantspekl @HelenSimpson4 @Caterin00138072 @mara_yamauchi @sharrond62 @SportSEENuk @Martina @xx_xyathletics @KemiBadenoch @ForWomenScot @FondOfBeetles @runthinkwrite @DerryBanShee @WomensRightsNet @WomenChilterns @NWalesReSisters @fairplaywomen @Sport_England @BBCSport @JournalistJill .@parkrunUK did exactly this to me but a bit more brutally

[Female runner @FemaleRunner]

@MForstater @alfredlanning23 @KittyKevin01 @Cantspekl @HelenSimpson4 @Caterin00138072 @mara_yamauchi @sharrond62 @SportSEENuk @Martina @xx_xyathletics @KemiBadenoch @ForWomenScot @FondOfBeetles @runthinkwrite @DerryBanShee @WomensRightsNet @WomenChilterns @NWalesReSisters @fairplaywomen @Sport_England @BBCSport @JournalistJill .@parkrunUK did exactly this to me but a bit more brutally

[SEENinSport @SportSEENuk]

“Across all running events, males (aged 7 to 9) consistently outperformed females, with an average performance advantage of 4.9 %”

This is why it is grossly unfair to school girls to only have mixed-sex sport options; setting them up to fail even before puberty

[SEENinSport @SportSEENuk]

The first conclusion from the @void_if_removed review of the @BJSM_BMJ paper - debunking their claim that transwomen (biological males) have no advantage over female athletes

The SEEN in Sport website has an abundance of peer reviewed research; showing male advantage increases from birth and is not removed by years of testosterone suppression

[SEENinSport @SportSEENuk]

Another debunking of the @BJSM_BMJ claim that transwomen (biological males) have no advantage over females in sport

Yes there’s overlap between elite women and untrained men (Graph 1)

But compare elite women v elite men and the overlap virtually disappears (Graph 2)

[Mara Yamauchi @mara_yamauchi]

London Marathon is in April. Every year since UKA banned males from the Female category, males have competed in it.

The 2026 race, including the Mass race, is under EA’s licence and therefore males are still banned.

So how many males will break the rules this year?