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Perhaps they could open it to males as males get cancer too last I heard.
Although I'm not sure most men would want the pinkness.
I don't think most woman want the pinkness. Gender stereotyping annoys me, and RfL plays it up massively.
There's the Everyman 10K that's men-only.
But I hate the fact that an entire colour has been hijacked by a charity. If I'm attracted to anything pink - not just clothes, now! - I find I have to check that it doesn't have a feckin' annoying breast cancer squiggle on it somewhere.
Not to mention the fact that men can get breast cancer.
Indeed.
JB - I wish there were men only events for testicular cancer, but for some reason they don't seem to take off.
LHBH - I agree with Slugsta, there's having a healthy debate/agreeing to disagree (call it what you will) but nobody would want to see you having to do that!
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And another thing... if R4L does its job and raises loads of money to be put into useful research, then on the whole it must be a good thing but one aspect that doesn't sit too well with me is the message that breast cancer is something which overwhelmingly affects women and therefore is something that just women should be involved in raising funds for. My mum died of breast cancer when I was very young so I've quite clearly been affected by it. The chances of getting breast cancer myself may be extremely slim but I wouldn't mind the option of getting involved in fund raising events that are specific to it.
I donate to Cancer Research anyway but it's the "all women in it together" that just seems needlessly exclusive to me.
It seems to me that R4L is primarily a fundraising thing which happens to involve running, rather than a race which some people use as an opportunity for fundraising.
So really, it's a bit like the VLM but much shorter.
*Awaits the incoming*
So i doubt that opening it up to "runners" would do much - many runners look down their noses at it.
Equally opening up to men wouldn't do much.
Really they could do with refreshing the brand and playing a few new tunes with it if it's not to wither away to something much smaller.
I'm not a marketer so no idea unless it could be variations like "Swim For Life".
Could also try "Bike for Life" but the t-shirts might be a bit of an issue.
Under 30 gets you top 15?
*googles gender re-assignment clinics*
LHBH - I think I love you!
Gloriously eloquent and oh so right.
JB - there's already a Swimathon for Marie Curie. And I totallly agree, with you (shock, horror) it needs revamping.
Under 30 mins certainly didn't used to get you top 15 at my local race (but that was 10 years ago).
Continuing the pink debate, I'm not a pink girl myself either but I've been involved in reading research about sales of sporting goods recently and, apparently, the market is very evenly split. For every woman who hates pink, there's another woman who wants a pink bike or pink running kit.
Pink and baby blue sports kit annoys me so much.
Why do trainers rarely come in other colours??
Also sneaky flashes of pink, all black .... except for the logo which is pink?
Maybe it's so the shop workers know where to put it?
Erm...a quick rummage through my running shoes hamper produces:
silver and white, purple/silver/white, navy/white, orange (with green laces
Not a hint of pink or baby blue.
I love my black asics running shoes
No pink on them!
Beware Of The Fish wrote (see)
That's because the manufacturers of women's running clothing decided that pink was the colour for jackets. You'd have a hard time finding things that WEREN'T pink.
Except tights - they are all black, because the manufacturers have decided that tights will be black, and no other colour. Bit like Henry Ford.
Do you ever see men's tights/tracksters in a variety of colours? I think you'll find they're all black, too.
Come on PC, we write to our MP's and go on hunger strikes when our knickers get properly twisted. Forums are here for the most trivial matters of spleen-venting, simply cos it's more entertaining than actually working for a living.
My problem with women-only events/clubs is that women fought to get accepted in male-only clubs, races, (and many other areas of life), only to turn it around and say, in effect "MEN can't have male only things, because that's discrimination, but WOMEN can have female only things, because we're doing it for the right reasons...".
It reminds me of Animal Farm: all animals are equal - but some are more equal than others
It just seems hypocritical to say that men can't, but women can.
Most the lady runners I see are barely wearing anything at all.
At least in my mind they aren't.
um - I hate pink so much that I go out and buy pink stuff. Not so much anymore but my bike is white with pink bits so I bought a pink water bottle and carrier and stuff to match. I actually look better in pink than a lot of other colours so if I don't want to look dead I'll add pink to what I'm wearing.
Have to agree with PP, forums allow us to vent on the things that aren't going to change the world.
I have black capris from the same range, but there's only a li'l flash of the pink by the knee. Purty though.
;-)