The first running of the Jersey City Marathon and Half-Marathon this weekend will feature a special division and cash prizes for nonbinary runners, according to reports.
According to the Star-Ledger, “In Jersey City, 10 nonbinary runners in the marathon and four in the half marathon were among the 6,300 runners overall who had signed up as of Thursday morning, said race director Steve Lipski.”
According to Lipski, the organizers decided to include the nonbinary category to express “love and respect for people.”“Who are we to challenge how they identify,” Lipski, himself a 12-time marathoner, told the Star-Ledger.
