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Since Boston uses birth year to determine age graded BQ categories, they should also use birth sex. Otherwise it's OK for me to fib my age as a 45 year old male - because I "feel" perform like one at that age (I am in my 30s fyi)I kind of skimmed the thread so don't know if this was brought up already. According to the article linked it goes beyond just identifying as a certain gender.
More about Amelia: She has been on hormones for three years, and says she had been back and forth about surgery for awhile. She hesitated for many reasons, not the least of which was the apprehension and fear she had of the long and intense post-operation recovery period. She finally decided to undergo the procedure, because “my big goal is to qualify for the Boston Marathon, and I can’t qualify for it as a woman without having surgery.â€
"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "