The REAL CRIME at the JERSEY CITY MARATHON

Hi everyone.

I am the third place runner who was cheated out of third place, $1000 USD in prize money, and a 2:18 result (5 min pb). I was misdirected by race staff with less than 30 seconds of running left and it cost me 17 mins in my official result. So far, I have been in correspondence with race organizers to reach some sort of resolution.

I am a top local runner in NYC and it’s beyond frustrating that biological men much slower than me have made 10’s of the thousands this past year despite running times that are nowhere near as competitive as the men’s. Something needs to be done about this because I personally already know of people abusing the system and claiming to be non-binary when they really aren’t for a quick paycheck.

I value my manhood and integrity over money but many others don’t. These “woke” race organizers need to wake up and realize how ridiculous this is.

Most past races sure, but not quite "every other race". A quick scan of athlinks shows at least 2 other races entered in the non-binary category, neither of which offer separate prize money for that category.

Nobody has justified why non-binary should get equal prize money. The Runners World story hints that it is discriminatory that non-binary people can't earn the same money, but it also points out that non-binary is not considered an elite category by some race directors.

They would actually have larger competitions if they included a left-handed category, or a LGBTQ category, two categories that could be justified by natural human traits. Could the left-handed people claim that they deserve equal prize money, based on larger numbers?

It is great that they are creating a non-binary category for people who do not want to sign up as male or female. But they only exist because it is a box to check on the race form, not because they are a major category that we should be paying to compete.

Has anyone ever tried to explain why this tiny category deserves equal prize money, while LGBTQ, a much larger category, isn't even recognized? Or the race form box could be "LGBTQ/non-binary", then that might justify providing prize money.

well what about Nikki hitz who is nonbinary but chooses to compete as a woman category.

Who?

Vote with your feet and choose a different race in the free marketplace of age-grouper recreational events.

And that is why I posted above that the prize money should be proportional to the number of entrants in each category.

$1 from every entry goes to the prize pool for the category in which that entrant will compete.

In this case, that would create prize pools in the thousands of dollars for men and women, and exactly $10 for the 10 non-binary entrants.

If, in the future, there are more women or non-binary participants, they would have the largest prize pools.

I compare non binary runners to the “meanies” in the Beatles yellow submarine movie. Sgt peppers and the band will come and play

What a strange time to be alive

maybe it was just a marketing trick this year.

next year after ten thousands of runners signed up for the race, they will simply remove the category non binary (or whatever its called - so sick of tired of this bs) and wallah! back to normal like it shud be, men and women. like god created us.

Shoot, my hip gave out a couple years ago after 50+ marathons, but if I could bring home $2,500 for running my usual 3:10 by signing up as non-binary, I'd do it in a second. I could use the money and it's a great way to stick it to the idiots that offer it. I suggest you younger guys go for it.

I actually was the 1sr nonbinary runner. I am a biological male but I am oppressed . I went to Columbia but I am oppressed. Please understand

If this isn't a troll job, you should be much more concerned about being steered off course. And you should know a lot of race directors could be doing a lot more for sub elite runners. So many more races can offer up some prize money. This is a race that does that. That's a good thing. The non-binary category doesn't affect you.

The category exists, you should not force people to choose male or female when they don’t want to identify as either one. But instead of elevating the category to equal status as male and female, it should be considered as a minor category that does not have a major prize.

This is partly false. The category itself doesn't affect him but the prize money paid to nonbinary runners could be added to the amount paid to top runners in male and female categories or it could be paid to top runners over 40 YOA or clydesdale/athena type categories.

Totally agree, money paid to nonbinary runners should be added to the amount paid to top runners in male and female categories.

A possible downside to this is that artificially ramping up the number of entrants in the nonbinary category will lead activists to use the inflated numbers as evidence to support giving prize money.

So, the wokesters found a way to make $18,500 available to men and $9,2500 to women. Interesting.

True. When u think about it that way. Its so anti woke. 😂

Or is it anti anti woke