Afternoon all, looking foward today to running in the heat once more. Looking to up pace overall so looking at a 5k race coming up soon .. but it has a pace minimum for Elites of 22mins and to my horror if you have a bad race that at 22mins and not crossed finish line .. you will be "asked to retire and make way back to the start" .. ever heard of such a thing?
in fact the criteria is 20mins for men and 22 mins for women which is sexist too?
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sounds good, what race is it?
Lots of races have cut-off times, some enforced more strictly than others. This one seems a bit extreme for a 5k but if they've made it clear in the race info then you can make your own choice on whether to enter or not.
If you are elite and are drifting outside of 22 minutes most people would probably step off the course anyway wouldn't they?
What race is this anyway ?
Also are you an elite? If not then I guess you won't be allowed to run or that you shouldn't have entered.
I do think it is exist to have a slower target for women, but then again women are slower than men so it is just mirroring performance norms between the sexes. Where is he race? Sounds cool!
now that is sexist! lol
The British 5km time for a Man (Mo Farah) is 12:53 where as for women its Paula Radcliffe in 14:29 . So its hardly surprising even at elite level they state different times.
elite is different to world class, i ran 39mins for 10k and just ran with a mate every week. this is just a town race and whethe rmale or female shoudlnt determine times. the fact of better times exists only like for like age
The time differences exist through must grades if runners.
I'm a feminist type personage and I'm the first to jump and scream if I think something is sexist. It's a fact that elite men run faster than elite women, Keith (hello Keith, I'm Kaz's friend from the 10in10 the other year) has even given you the proof. I don't think it's sexist.
All men do not run faster than all women, accepted.
My mate's ten year old runs sub 21 for 5k!!!
and to repeat the above, what's the race?
my mates daughter is international athlete at 14 for GB. Elite agree should be sub 18 not as i said i woudl havebeen elite (once!) but just a pudding jogger
All other things being equal men are faster than women, and senior runners are faster than veterans.
Therefore, the cut-off for this race is both sexist and ageist...
...or neither and just something that the organisers feel they need to apply to make the event work. For example, I understand Norwich hold a two-lap 5k with a cut-off point which means that those who haven't completed the first lap in 10 minutes (so 20 minute 5k pace) are asked to step off the course. I believe it's part of a wider festival, and they need to reclaim the streets for other events after the 5k race - hence the stipulation. Might even be the event the OP is referring to?
Olympics are sexist - forcing women to run in separate races to men.
the organisers can choose whatever times they like.....and you can ddciie whether you want to enter or not....
their race... their rules...
or is this a case of just posting here to show how great you are without any training...
Well there are actually a few points behind this post.
First if a race is set up for a specific timeframe then so long as it is specified I think that is OK,
Even in a more general race there can be a cut off time. This applies often where there is a road closure and it has to be re-opened at a certain time. However even here the requirement is often to step onto the pavement to finish.
You do have volunteers out there as well. If you are running a marathon in 10 hours that may be a good challenge for you but if the person in front finishes in 7 hours that is a long time for volunteers to be out there.
The fact is many will stay out and certainly the finish area is often left up after a cut-off time.
The times stated above are not particularly elite to be fair but are reasonably fast for say an 8 minute miler who will finish in around 25 minutes.
Actually I am in that category and also run track races for our B team. Some think there that there should be an upper time limit but never been introduced although in reality there has to be one as the 5,000M isn't run in isolation. It is part of a schedule of races and if I took 45 minutes to run it then I would impact the rest of the races. So it all depends on the event.
Pray tell which race is awarding prizes for top 50s?!?
Granted my WAVA % wouldn't see it that way, but I'll choose to ignore that - I am an elite athlete - end of story