Paul Halford

Freelancer in athletics/running journalism/PR (Trail Running mag, England Athletics, NAL, EME News, WMRA + others).

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@Frances_Coppola @TiggyMallinson @dwalz23 It does. It also has positions by gender and age group. Have you seriously been this outraged about something you have so little knowledge of?

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@Eldandoerino @AMPopps @sullivansa1 They can do that without publication of results. Just email personal results and make all and only your results available on the website.

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@Eldandoerino @AMPopps @sullivansa1 If that's all it's about, what is the purpose of publishing results?

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@PlantsBikesBass @MeToobirdy @PaulTonkinson You get finish positions.

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@PlantsBikesBass @PaulTonkinson It's not meaningless to everyone - that is the only reason parkrun publish results with positions instead of just emailing personal results privately.

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@GoodDogOtto @benbloomsport Parkrun are saying it *isn't* competition, so if were them, I would rather let actions fit the words and remove results than take whatever steps are necessary to match what a UKA-affiliated race would do to ensure that men weren't competing as women.

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@GoodDogOtto @benbloomsport I'm only saying if parkrun are truly a run and not a race (in more than name only), why would they not just make life easier for themselves and not publish results? Given also they would not want to go through the trouble of some means of validating women's results?

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@Trackerbal34022 @BritAthletics https://t.co/lnYi3d1T25

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@ian_hodge8 Terrible GB performance overall but fourth on the placing table and sixth on the overall medals count seems to have gone under the radar, don't you think?

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@gabe2663 @BritAthletics The medal table is not the best reflection of performance.

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@BritAthletics Fourth on the placings table and sixth on the overall medals table is a decent result which seems to be being ignored - despite how badly the team may have performed overall.

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@Cathal_Dennehy @sweatscience Do these studies compare the "super shoes" to the 90g shoes I used to race in or simply the more traditional marathon shoes? I swear proper flats were faster for me and it's even accepted that not everyone benefits from carbons. Yet no one makes 90g shoes any more.

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@wbplumber @James_Athletics They are doing all of that of course. How well they are doing it is another matter.

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@thetrainline Is it possible to buy tickets other than advance via the app?

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@stevemagness @mldalton13 Didn't she just try to go with a faster athlete and blow up?

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@BBCSport I think if you can run 19.70 then Covid hasn't affected you much.

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@AthleticsWeekly But if you can run 19.70 with Covid then why is it considered a factor in the result? If you had a cold, you would expect to be more affected than that.