The Philadelphia Distance Run Is Establishing a Nonbinary Division. Here’s Why That Matters
The PDR’s new organizers have put inclusion and equity at the core of the race.
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When runners sign up for a race, they expect to check one of two boxes. Competitors will race in one of two gender divisions, and winners will receive prize money from one of two pools. Race divisions split between the gender binary male or female is a norm that most runners expect, and few have challenged.
Yet in the fall of 2021, the Philadelphia Distance Run (PDR) plans to do just that.