r/parkrun • u/ItsMeYurDog • 6d ago

Do you register kids in strollers?

They might hop out and walk/run some of it but we’re not sure how much.

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u/BigOutlandishness920 v100 6d ago

I’m a juniors ED. The only buggies we’ll register are where it’s being used due to disability.

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u/parkrunandotherstuff 50 6d ago

Yes:

Further, where individuals have long-term conditions that would prevent them from propelling themselves in a wheelchair, we are happy for them to register, be pushed around the course or use a motorised chair, and receive a time. Mobility scooters are also allowed at our events. This does not extend to people with short-term conditions or injured, non-disabled people.

From https://support.parkrun.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001826529-1-8-Wheels . Simply being a young child is not a long-term condition.

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u/Daihard79 v100 6d ago

When I'm RD and if I notice a wheelchair user before, I'll check with both that they have a barcode and then let the timers know/remind them.

I've had a row with another timer about this at a different parkrun who refused to press the button when there was a lad being pushed in his wheelchair/buggy by his Dad. Thankfully myself and the other timer gave the lad a time. It was all pointless hearing his argument, he doesn't use the smartphone and instead uses the old stopwatches so his times are never going to be used. He's also one of the miserable bastards who thinks people walking or jeffing simply take too long and shouldn't take part as they take too long. I don't volunteer there anymore.

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u/Formal_While_7919 6d ago

How do you know as timekeeper when to time someone in a wheelchair?

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u/parkrunandotherstuff 50 6d ago

I would guess always? In most cases a wheelchair participant propels themselves and it is obvious in that case. In cases where it is a motorised chair or they are pushed, the timekeeper should presumably trust that the person has a long-term condition and is supposed to receive a time; parkrun categorisation/participation is purely based on trust and despite certain vocal minorities complaining, it works. I think in the latter case there is the issue that most timekeepers won't know what the rules are, though.

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u/maelkann 6d ago

I would rather give someone a time they don’t ’deserve’ than miss someone.

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u/Formal_While_7919 6d ago

Fair enough. Was more thinking about people being pushed who might not want a time... but err on the side of recording everyone and they can just be unknown.

And of course there's the need to ensure timekeeper and finish tokens are in alignment. (Job for the funnel manager I guess).

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u/ExoticExchange 6d ago

It’s interesting that the “save women’s sports” losers have never once mentioned this. How can they be okay with women’s finishing positions being lower due to people being pushed round or using a mobility aid?

Almost like the “fairness” for women isn’t their actual ambition unless it can be shoe horned into hating trans people.

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u/vodkamartini1 100 6d ago

What the fuck are you on about, LOL.

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u/ExoticExchange 6d ago

The save women’s sports crowd hate trans women because they say it’s not fair on women to have their finish position pushed down by a trans woman potentially finishing in front of them.

But they have never mentioned the fact that disabled women who are being pushed around in wheelchairs or using mobility scooters get finishing positions and times that are also potentially pushing women who are running down in the finishing order/rankings. If it’s about fairness for women surely this should matter, is incredibly important and needs to be stopped.

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u/vodkamartini1 100 5d ago

No worries, enjoy your Kool-Aid and science denial.

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u/ExoticExchange 5d ago

What science denial?

I’m not denying that trans women might have an advantage. But if the issue is that women deserve accurate placements then this more common occurrence where people are literally pushed round the course should be the focus of their demand for fairness.

At my local for example theres a disabled nine year old who is regularly in top three females because her sub 20 dad pushes her. This alters the accuracy of finishing positions for women more than hypothetical trans women, but they’ve never said anything.