Mile After Mile Podcast

Being Seen How You See Yourself

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Synopsis

My guest today on the Mile after Mile Podcast is professional triathlete Rach McBride.    In addition to being a professional triathlete Rach has a background in science - specifically genetics.   Rach and I talk about their academic pursuits and choosing to go all in as a professional triathlete.   Then we go deep into how Rach identifies. Rach is non-binary and uses the pronouns they/them.   We talk about logistically how this impacts registering, participating in sport today.    Rach (they/them) teaches Amy (she/her) a little bit of the history of gender classification in sport.     We also try to play the imagination game and think about how sport might look in the future.    We talk about the power of names and naming things.    We talk about the influence of money and scholarships in conversations on how classifications are made in sport.    We talk about how language is changing quickly and how youngsters may have an easier time because don’t need to unlearn old habits.   We recorded this episode befor