r/XXRunning rules, stats, and what to post

This is a women's running community. It exists for talking about running from a woman's perspective, and the description makes clear that women of all shapes, sizes, and ages are welcome, and that trans women are women and welcome here. Trans and non-binary people are also included under the rules. The people posting here are women sharing training experiences, gear questions, sensitive topics like body image and pregnancy, and general running help for other women. The description notes the rules and flair system are a work in progress, with user flair recommended and optional post flair being set up, so expect some ongoing changes to how the sub is organized.

If you show up with anything that looks like marketing, a few rules will decide your fate. “Relevence” requires that content be relevant to women's experiences or help women with their running, which rules out generic product pitches aimed at everyone. “No AI spam bots” bans spam bots outright, and the policy brief confirms AI content is banned, so leave any AI generated post at home. “Don't be unpleasant” sets the tone bar, because the mods say they remove uncivil posts and the brief confirms it. “Please use appropriate flair and use the spoiler tag for sensitive topics.” matters if your post touches weight, body image, eating disorders, or reproductive health, since those need flair and often a spoiler tag. “No medical questions” removes anything asking for diagnosis or treatment advice. Two megathread rules matter for common questions: “GLP-1 discussion in megathread only.” and “Sports bra questions in the Friday megathread only, please.” Finally, “This Sub Is For Women (and trans and non-binary people)” tells you that if you are a man, you should do more listening than talking and stay out of posts marked for women, trans, and non-binary people only. “No body shaming” and “Please mark body parts / injuries as NSFW” round out the picture for anything visual or appearance related.

A good post here reads like a helpful woman runner sharing something useful, not a founder promoting a thing. Lead with relevance to women's running, because that is what the “Relevence” rule demands. Share a training lesson, a gear experience written as your own honest use, or a resource that clearly helps women with their running. Write it yourself in your own voice, since AI content is banned here and spam bots are not welcome. If your topic brushes against weight, body image, or pregnancy, pick the right post flair and expect a spoiler tag. If your topic is sports bras, save it for the Fashion Friday megathread. If it is about running on GLP-1 medication, use the pinned megathread. If you are a man, contribute only general help in open threads, never in posts marked for women, trans, and non-binary people only, and listen more than you talk.

Do not post AI generated content or anything that looks like a spam bot, because “No AI spam bots” covers that and the policy brief says AI content is banned. Do not post generic content that is not about women or running, since “Relevence” will sink it. Do not ask or answer medical questions, because “No medical questions” sends injuries and eating disorders to medical providers. Do not put sports bra questions outside the Friday megathread or GLP-1 questions outside the pinned thread, because those rules are explicit. Do not skip flair or spoiler tags on sensitive topics like weight, body image, eating disorders, or reproductive health. Do not body shame anyone, and mark injury photos as NSFW. Do not be unpleasant, because abuse, trolling, bigotry, racism, homophobia, sexism, and personal attack threads get removed and repeats lead to bans. Do not dox anyone or share personal information. And if you are a man, do not post in threads marked for women, trans, and non-binary people only, do not dismiss a woman's experience, and do not mansplain.

What stands out to me is how precisely this community routes recurring topics, with a whole rule just for sports bras and another just for GLP-1 medication questions. That tells me the mods here watch the feed closely and have little patience for anything that ignores the lanes they built. I also notice no top posts have been observed yet, so I would treat this as a room to learn quietly before posting anything at all.