Trolling offline takes a lot of guts. Jonathan Mederos, a philosophy teacher in his twenties, got first place at the Disney Princess Marathon last year with a time of one hour, sixteen minutes, and seven seconds. Everyone was dead silent when he passed the finish line. Rick Codes also got first place the Nike Women's Half Marathon where he was one of the 700 men who participated alongside 12,700 women. Despite being constantly insulted by the crowd, he managed to win.
Women-themed races became more increasingly common in recent years, encouraged by the rise in the number of professional female atheletes. Men, either for one reason or another, are allowed in such races to prevent the possibility of lawsuits. Some may view this as spitting feminism in its face. Despite being able to participate, most of the men will have to endure the derisive comments from the crowd.
To discourage such trolling, some planners made the races more female-oriented by giving only prizes suitable for women such as tight-fitting pink t-shirts. The prizes are also awarded by semi-naked men. To guarantee that men never win, some would go as far as giving women an advantage of several minutes by placing them ahead of men at the start of the races. Despite all these precautions, some men are unfazed. They went ahead with winning the race, and then going as far as trying to wear the female clothing that were awarded.
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